In Italy, Saltimbocca is a dish that is traditionally made of the tenderest young veal with sage and prosciutto between two escalopes held together with tootpicks and cooked flat. It is also often made into “little birds” by rolling up each escalope that is covered in the best proscuitto and fresh sage leaves. These are cooked in a delicious sauce of dry white wine and … Continue reading Veal and Sage Saltimbocca Rolls
The following is a list of vegetables and herbs that you can plant in January in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Amaranth Beans (dwarf and climbing) Beetroot Carrot Chives Cucumber Eggplant seedlings Kohlrabi Lettuce Marrow Mustard Greens Okra seedlings Parsley Radish Rosella Silverbeet Sunflower Sweet corn Turnip Zucchini Plant of the Month-The … Continue reading What to Plant in January
A Happy New Year to all followers, gardeners and visitors to The Grantham Gardener. I wish you good health, prosperity, and peace. May your garden bloom and be bountiful and may your table be always full with many friends around it to share the laughter! Happy 2020 from Annaofgreengables Continue reading Happy New Year 2020!
It is Christmas day on this side of the world, in beautiful but fire and drought ravaged Australia. Our thoughts and prayers are for all the firefighters and their families. To all those who read this: gardeners, those who love to cook, followers and visitors. I wish you all a peaceful and happy Christmas. Continue reading Merry Christmas from the Grantham Gardener
Today is the first day of summer and this is the first planting guide of the season. The following is a list of vegetables and herbs you can plant in December in Sydney, a temperate zone. Just click on the name for the growing guide for each vegetable or herb: Basil Beans (dwarf and climbing) Beetroot Cape Gooseberry Capsicum seedlings Carrot Celery seedlings Chilli Choko … Continue reading What to Plant in December
Mario has shared his delicious and easy to prepare Teryaki salmon with pan fried spinach and rice. He also shares his super simple recipe for homemade Teryaki sauce that is so easy to prepare ahead and used to make this dish. What a great quick meal for that weekend lunch or anytime. Mario’s Teryaki Salmon Ingredients: Salmon fillets, scaled, boned, cut in strips 20-30mm long, … Continue reading Mario’s Teryaki Salmon and Spinach
Today, we the Grantham Gardeners, pay tribute to our friend Sandra, who passed away this week. For many years she was a hard working member of our little gardening community, sharing her energy, knowledge and friendship. She made sure that we made time for social gathering during our gardening work. Talented in needlepoint, knitting and crochet, she created this bright tea cosy for our teapot … Continue reading A Tribute for Sandra
