Sunday catch up

Autumn is in the air and the trees are starting to colour up...

The willows are losing their leaves...

And I continue to harvest tomatoes to finish ripening inside...

For a very late Yarn Along link this week, I am still reading this book, and crocheting 10" granny squares for charity blankets...

Knitting on my jumper is slow going, but this book I picked up at the library yesterday is a real winner (and might end up being a buyer)...

An enchanting read...

And lovely photos...

Plus delicious recipes...

This is my version of the recipe above which I made last night, and again tonight with a bit more variation...

The basic recipe ingredients from the book for the salad are:

 

 tuna (they used fresh...I used tinned)

chopped cherry tomatoes

steamed haricots verts (which I discovered when googled are French green beans)

chopped hard boiled eggs

boiled (or steamed)  new potatoes

chopped cantaloupe (we call them rockmelons)

I added:

some cooked butter beans and broccoli as well as the green beans

chopped gherkin

chopped avocado

cashews

raisins

chopped mint

and drizzled over some olive oil and lemon juice

salt and pepper

It was delicious!!!

If you add the cooked vegies while hot to the cold salad vegies, you end up with a yummy warm mix!

Tonight I made the salad again, omitting the tuna, but cooked some meat separately (pork).  There are so many variations and combinations you can try.  I particularly liked the sweetness of the rockmelon and raisins with the other vegies, and the crunchiness of the cashews (you could use other nuts, but cashews are my favourite).  I hope you'll try it!!

And here are a couple of inside shots of the living room in my new house.  Still organising and re-arranging...but getting there...

Bed time! Sov Gott!!

 

xx