Our New Life in the Country: Food Diary

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Food Diary

These are some of my lovely red Chillis from the polytunnel soaking in oil.

I don't really keep them on top of the fridge, I put them there for the photo, it was so dark in the kitchen the other day, I needed some light, luckily the sun came out just as I was taking the shot and lit them up beautifully. I simply give the jar a little swirl every couple of days, and then pop it back in the dark cupboard then in a few weeks I'll decant the oil into another jar ready for use. In the meantime if I need a chilli I simply take one out and use it.

It saves on buying expensive ready flavoured oils.

If you are following my 'How Low Can you Go' food challenge, and you are wondering how it is going on a daily basis you may want to nip by my Food Diary blog occasionally. On it I simply list what we have for each meal and where it comes from. It was simply started for my own benefit, as I find it easier than keeping a notebook, but you're welcome to take a peek.

I'm not running it as a 'proper' Blog, so there are no comments or 'followers' and not many pictures. If you do want to ask me anything you can do so via the comments on this Blog.

CLICK HERE to get there.

Sue xx

6 comments:

The Squirrel Family13 September 2011 at 16:53
your first week went well , we have strated working our way through a freezer too .......i still have rhubarb and rasps in there from last year :(
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Fran13 September 2011 at 18:11
Sue, the chillis look lovely, too nice to eat! I like your other blog just keeping a record, what a geat idea x
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Sue13 September 2011 at 18:13
Don't worry Mrs Squirrel....I still have jars of stuff from September 2009 in the cupboard!!

It's a good test of our preservation techniques and quality control....well that's my excuse!

Sue xx
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Catherine13 September 2011 at 19:11
A great idea! Must try! Cx
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Tinyholder13 September 2011 at 20:44
I hate to say it - but be very, very careful with that. The oil of course is fine, but you can get botulism from keeping things in oil and then eating them.

http://www.pickyourown.org/botulism.htm
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Martin and Amy14 September 2011 at 11:41
Definately look too nice to eat Sue!

We need to start preserving ours over the coming days

Martin :0)
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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