COURGETTE TEA BREAD/MUFFINS -cups added

Thought I would share this recipe -it is gorgeous!!!! -if you like carrot/passion cake -these should be a hit ;-) -I used my 2nd courgette last night to make these.... if the courgettes do as well as they seem to have started off -I may well "have" to make some more batches to go in the freezer for later in the year .

Its originally made in the oven in a loaf tin, the ones above were made in the remoska -

1. 1 large egg
2. 125ml sunflower oil 1/2 cup
3. 175g courgette -trimmed and grated 1 cup grated
4. 150g wholewheat flour 1+1/4 cup
5. 1/2tsp baking powder
6. 1tsp bicarb ..........I replaced 4,5 +6 with 150g SR flour
7. 1tsp ground cinnamon
8. 175g soft dark brown sugar 1 cup -packed
9. 75g sultanas 3/4 cup
10. 75g walnuts, chopped 3/4 cup -measured before chopping

• preheat the oven to 180c - 350f - gas 4 -
• grease and base line a 2lb loaf tin with non-stick paper
• beat the oil and egg together in a large bowl
• sift in the flour and add all other ingredients and stir to combine
• pour into the prepared tin
• bake for 1hr, or until a skewer comes out clean
• cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove and cool

If doing in the remoska -it will make about 15 like the ones in the photo (about 2/3 fill the cases)-so you will need to do them in 2 batches -the 1st batch took about 30mins then because it was warm for the 2nd batch they took about 5 mins less

* There you go folks -I made a batch this morning and transfered into cups -hope they work out well*

Mini cauli

Now it might only be tiny-but it's more than I was starting to expect -"my very first mini cauli"
The plants are looking really healthy, but I was starting to think the curd was never going to appear..so let's see how this one does -and if the rest can do the same

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My strawberry table -Im getting a few off every day and have had to cut of 40 trailers off so they carry on fruiting -once they are done I will let the rest grow

My 1st courgette

My first attempts at celery -and "so far-so good"

My beetroot and scorzonera -now I normally fail miserably with beetroot -but these seem to be swelling -fingers crossed

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Some of the aubergines which are flowering -at last !!!!
More tomatoes of varying kinds

tomatoes and courgettes

Maskotka tomato -which has plenty of flowers on, so If they all set I will be growing plenty of these next time ;-)

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Here we go... todays photos
My sweet potatoes -or triffids as they are now known lol ....here's hoping that there as much happening under the compost

some of the beans.....

oooohhh and more beans lol

The purple peas -which I will grow again -even if just for the gorgeous flowers ;-)

and 1 of my purple peas up close n personal

photo updates -at last

Sorry for being missing for a while -lots of things going on and at the time, not much happening in the gardening...suddenly everything seems to be going into fast forward -These pics were taken 10 days ago, so I will get some updated ones in the morning as everythng has come on in leaps and bounds.


Some of the peas and squash

more peas and tomatoes

A courgette plant -should be taking the 1st courgette off tomorrow ;-)

I seem to be battling with green/black fly -strangely though they are targeting my tomato plants not the beans as usual.... I am spraying them down with washing up liquid in water as and when needed.... made much easier by having a 5lt bottle with a sprayer attatched -so once I have pumped the air in to get the pressure up I just have to set it off and wave it about lol -the best €5 I have spent....

My sweet potato foliage is turning into Triffids...just hope underneath is doing as well

I am still getting lots of salad leaves, have finished off the raspberries , black/white/red currants for now but still getting several strawberries a day. Quite a few pods on my peas (have "tested" a few) and now waiting for some more to fatten up... had 2 lots of potatoes (only set 3 lots) The peppers are at last starting to get flowers on, as are the aubergines.. so its happening ..slowly...

Hope everyone is getting lots of goodies out of their plots

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