Good Food Kitchen

A blue tit fledgling took an unscheduled trip out of its nest this morning. What followed was a race between my husband, Vincent, and Luna the cat to see who could reach it first. Thankfully Vincent won and the baby is back where it belongs. #bluetit #birdsofinstagram

Broad beans last night, podded straight from the allotment kitchen garden. Meatballs rolled beside me, basmati steaming slowly on the stove. Podding broad beans is either therapeutic or intensely irritating. Usually both. #kitchengarden 🌞🌱👩‍🌾 #broadbeans

First strawberries from the patch this afternoon: Sweet Ann, Gento, Lambada, and Albion. Sweet Ann has the edge for flavour, but Albion's remarkably good this early. Picked warm and apparently making it to the table before disappearing alongside a homemade Madagascar vanilla ice cream. #kitchengarden #strawberryseason #strawberrypicking🍓 #allotmentlife🌱

This week’s rhubarb and custard tartlets made with Fultons Strawberry Surprise and Stockbridge Arrow from the allotment. Layers of sweet shortcrust, rhubarb compote, vanilla set custard and poached rhubarb with the sugar kept light so the fruit still tastes of itself. #rhubarb #rhubarbandcustard #allotmentgrown #springbaking #gardentocake

First of the early strawberries turning red now. Picked and eaten straight away. A few varieties cropping one after the other, a season that runs from these first handfuls through to the last pickings before frost. #kitchengardener 🍓 #seedtoharvest #strawberryseason #goodfoodkitchen