Incredible Edible Rossendale

Get your kids to grow some broad beans in a yoghurt pot. Put a piece of kitchen roll in a yoghurt container pop a broad bean or pea inside and wet the kitchen paper. Watch it grow. Wet the paper every day as it dries with top off. Starting clockwise you see the unopened bean swell and split openPhotos from Incredible Edible Rossendale's post

Morning Rossendale! How are you all getting on during your self isolation / social distancing? We hope you’re managing to spend some time sowing and planting (more on that soon). We thought it would be a good idea to share some recipes and ideas for using up veg and store cupboard items now that we need to reduce food waste even further. Today’s recipe is vegan curried orange vegetable soup. I used: 1 onion, 1 garlic clove, 1 large sweet potato, half a swede that had been lurking in the fridge for a couple of weeks, 2 or 3 carrots, vegan veg stock and curry powder. See photo for the best before date - can anyone beat that? Fry the onion for a couple of minutes until softened, add a heaped teaspoon of curry powder (or to taste) and the garlic clove and fry for a couple more minutes so that the spices release their flavour. Add the other diced veg, veg stock to taste and enough water to cover everything. Bring to the boil then simmer until the veg is cooked. A tip is to stick a fork into one of the pieces of swede or carrot. They will take longer to cook than than the sweet potato. I then blitzed it with a hand blender but you could use a potato masher if you don’t have one, you will just end up with a slightly more rustic soup which some prefer anyway. I added a handful of coriander as I had some wilting in the fridge. If the soup is too thick add a bit more water. Enjoy! We would love to hear your tips for using up food 😊

Following in from previous post re. Making compostPhotos from Incredible Edible Rossendale's post

Looks yummy. Not sure I have some stilton but could use parmesan as an alternative or ordinary cheddar or a mix.It's soup day again! In using up all the little bits and bobs that were holidaying at the bottom of the fridge, I've rustled up this - recipe#14 - celery and stilton soup. There are few things nicer than a cheeseboard. This we know. But it's a sad day when all you've got left are a couple of floppy rindy ends. Don't' throw them away with a tear in your eye. Bung them in soup. You know that Wear Sunscreen song? It should have had a line about putting cheese ends in soup. Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped. two thirds ish of a celery, chopped, 2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped, 1 tsp celery seeds, Veg stock to cover (about a litre), 1 sorry looking rind of stilton, crumbled. Saute the onion and celery on a medium light until golden. Add the potatoes and celery seeds and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the stock, bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer until the veggies are tender (20 minutes or so). Add the crumbled stilton and leave to cool a bit before blending with stick blender. Check the seasoning. Done. What's that elegant accoutrement on top, you say? Crisps. Not even joking. You know those veg crisps you get? That get a bit too salty when you get to the bottom of the bag? That's right. On they went. And they were immense. #homecooking #soup #veggie #crisps #cheese #stilton

It would great to recycle your food waste as in Rossendale there is no waste food collection. It's so easy ,just have a small bin in your kitchen and throw your peelings food scraps , cardboard toilet roll holder kitchen roll holders,vacuum cleaner waste,(YES vacuum cleaner hair and dust) cardboard strips.Ought to be 50% brown dry to 50% green to balance up the compost. I never quite make that balance but still get good compost. Empty small bin of waste into large compost bin and wait for the magic to happen. Loads of worms and creepy crawlies do the work for you.One thing to do in your garden at home is to make to make your own compost, using your kitchen and garden waste. There are some good sites that show you how to make it... Try these sites - look for Home Composting recycle now.com garden organic.org.uk rhs.org.uk Now it's getting warmer you will be surprised how quickly your kitchen scraps etc turn into this lovely compost, it's like magic!

Leek seedlings growing well on window sill . Ready to be pricked out but too cold yet to plant out. Need to harden them off gradually.

Anyone see Carol Klein this morning on Breakfast show BBC? Get your potatoes in ( grow in a big pot or bin) if no garden. Use yoghurt pots to grow spinach, beans. Water and put on window sill. Watch them grow.