We have four birthdays in the family this month.
The first one is my grandson's fiancée, the next my son's fiancée, and then two little boys with very similar names. Our great grandson who is called Finley-James and Finlay-Ross, our great-nephew, both will be two years old. They were born exactly two weeks apart one in England and one in Scotland and both weighed in at exactly 7lb 7oz.
As you can imagine I have to have my wits about me when I write the cards to get the right spelling on the right card, it helps a bit when we get two identical cards ... or does it? 😬
Most of my meals for the past week have started like this, homegrown tomatoes and courgette with onion and a few additional extras, mostly herbs and spices and occasionally some pasta sauce dolloped in for extra moisture.
I've had it stirred through some pasta, I forgot to take a photo of this, once I served this gloriously tasty mess with brown rice ... also no photo, I'm a bad blogger. 😄
But a favourite and nice simple way, is to serve it simply on a slice of crispy buttered toast.
While I have been working my way through a courgette that had turned into a 'marrow' a few slices at a time, the plant has thrown out three more that are growing larger by the minute. I need Alan to be having the same sort of meals every day too, so that we can keep up with them.
But, it's not a bad problem to have is it. 💚
Sue xx
Those veggies look so fresh and delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe similar names/ identical cards made me chuckle 😀
Alison in Devon x
We couldn't believe the coincidences when the second Finlay was born. :-)
DeleteThose two little lads are practically identical twins! I do love homegrown veggies, but by the time the courgettes come to an end I am getting a bit sick of them, haha. I've already got 2 large tubs of roasted courgettes in the freezer, to be made into soup when the weather gets colder. I've just been out to pick some tomatoes and a cucumber and there are already courgettes that seem to have grown 2 or 3 inches since husband last picked some yesterday! So I'd better do some more chopping and roasting of them to freeze tomorrow....
ReplyDeleteI've just been roasting a large tray with the last of the marrow, onions and tomatoes. There's enough to feed me for at least four meals. 🙂
DeleteOh my goodness-you have to have your wits about you when you are writing the cards for the two year olds! Lovely fresh tasty food-my favourite would be with rice. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI really do, I hate spelling anyone's name wrong. It was lovely with the rice. 😃
DeleteBeautiful food and happy birthday to all from Florida...96 degrees at the minute.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, that would be 35 Celsius, and far too hot for me. I hope you have air con.
DeleteYes, cannot live sans AC here! AC and lots of cold drinks.
DeletePhew!! 😀
DeleteMy goodness your birthdays are many over the next while. I have that same problem come October. My zucchini always seem to become marrow sized. Heck, Harvey picked a cucumber yesterday that was getting rather large.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
We used to have a break from birthdays from April until December, then girlfriends appeared and babies were born. Now there's a couple every month.😄
DeleteThose fresh vegetables from the garden look very tasty. :)
ReplyDeleteThey are keeping us both very well fed. 😃
DeleteThe veg looks so tasty and nutritious :) We are really enjoying our home grown produce at the moment. The french beans have done so well that I'm having to freeze a lot of them. Tomatoes are ripening on a daily basis now too! The Roma ones are a bit disappointing though as they are quite squishy and I love a FIRM tomato!
ReplyDeleteAngie x
That's a very FIRM firm!! :-)
DeleteI know what you mean though, there's nothing worse than biting into a squishy tomato ... unless it's cooked and deliciously oozy.