On Saturday, I had a very lovely morning. I went to the growers’ markets with a friend and had the tastiest mango and peach fresh fruit juice. We also got some yummy dense pumpernickel bread, gooseberry jam and goats curd and had a very nice breakfast indeed. After that, we went to visit a nearby community garden close to the harbour and it’s wonderful being in the middle of summer because everything is producing harvest everywhere. We picked tomatoes, zucchinis (with their flowers still attached), beans and lots of herbs. Later that evening, I had a very tasty dinner with the fruits of my not so intensive labour.

Oh, I also got finger limes from the markets, strange little things:
finger limes

You can see the pulp comes out like caviar. It’s supposed to be interchangeable with lime but it does taste different. Almost beany. Wasn’t a big fan until I made a salad with it:
tomato and bean salad

Chopped up tomatoes, beans, garlic, good olive oil and half the pulp of a finger lime. There was something in the beans and garlic that just went heavenly well with the finger limes, I’m embarrassed to say that I licked my plate totally clean after (it mixed in very nicely with the juices from the saltimbocca which I just had to make again).
Also in a fit of decadence, I stuffed the zucchini flowers with the goat’s curd and fried them up. Mmmmmmm…
zucchini and goat's curd

Btw, listening to the Pax de deux from the Nutcracker as I’m writing this, this version is on Swooning, part of the ABC’s Swoon series. It’s just so damn passionate and romantic. Loves it! I just love that the whole Swoon series (esp vols 1-3).

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