Rid myself of more courgettes

Been thinking about next weeks menu plan and thought I would have a quick look in the freezer to see what I actually have in. I want September to be a totally clear month and no extra expense so want to use up a lot in cupboards and the freezer to save cash. Well, the time has come to really deal with the freezer.

My drawers are so difficult to open because of a thick layer of ice above and below each drawer. So I am definitely clearing out the freezer and getting it defrosted by next weekend. It's just one of those jobs I know everyone hates doing, me included, but I shall have to get on with the nasty job. 

Today I've used up a kilo of my home grown courgettes to make ...

COURGETTE CHUTNEY

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/8062/courgette-chutney.aspx

I added a home grown chilli instead of the recipes dried chilli and I added two cloves of garlic because I like garlic.

I let mine bubble away for just over an hour. The recipe said 45 minutes but i felt it was too wet so cooked for longer.

I ended up with 5 jars of chutney to put away for a few months to mature. I had a little taste and it's got a good kick with the chilli I added.

Had a nice day doing some gardening and enjoying being outside with the day being so nice for a change. We even had our evening meal in the garden. Thought we had better eat outside while we can because I don't think we will have too many more great days left. So we had tonight, mushroom risotto,chicken in a parmesan & herb crumb and a salad.

Hope you all enjoyed the sun today.
Bye for now x

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

                                                                                                                                                                 Hope you all have had a lovely day. Had a different Easter Sunday to what we would usually do. We have had a day of working hard around the house instead of going for Easter lunch with family.  Hubby has been laying Kitchen floor tiles all day. Daughter No2 went to stay at her friends and won't be back until Monday. Daughter No3 has been out with friends all afternoon. I have done a mountain of ironing, gardening, dog walking and made lemon curd.

Homemade lemon curd

LEMON CURD

4oz unsalted butter
Zest & juice 4 unwaxed lemons
12oz sugar
6 well-beaten eggs

Melt butter then add zest and lemon juice.
Gradually stir in sugar until dissolved.
Very slowly add the eggs stirring continuously over a low heat for 10 minutes.
Sieve if you prefer then pour into sterilised jars.
Cool then store in refrigerator. Will keep for about 3 weeks.

I need some of the lemon curd to finish off my baked lemon cheesecake I have in the freezer for my party. So that's another job I can tick off my party preparation list.

We decided to have the BBQ today instead of tomorrow. I made myself some spicy tofu kebabs, veggie sausages and I made a load of vegetable kebabs. Hubby and daughter had homemade burgers a chicken drummer and some sausages. We had this with homemade coleslaw and bread all washed down with a cold can of cider, lovely.