Apple Harvest Compote

World Vegan Month Day 17.

The last of the apples have been harvested today at Cotna and will be mainly used for making juice and cider.

Sime collected a few for our use too and I got to work...

I simmered 400g of apples with 10 chopped dates and a small knob of ginger for about 10 minutes.

Then strained the mixture and added a good sprinkle of cinnamon, a teaspoon of vanilla extract and the juice of half a lemon.

Whizzed it all up...

until it was nice and smooth.

The mixture fills a 500ml jar and will last for a week in the fridge.

It's nice as a cereal topping or in plain soya yogurt and of course, we like a couple of dollops on our porridge!

Love Kay and Sime xx

Comments

Playing Hooky said…

I really thought those dates were olives! :D

18 November 2019 at 14:18

Just Humans Being said…

Now that would be an interesting combination!!!

18 November 2019 at 22:11

Top Of The World

It's my lovely wife's 45th birthday today and it's great to see her having such a nice time. We had a bit of a lie-in, then Kay said that she'd like to go to the new Eden Project Cafe in St. Austell for breakfast.
Having dined there recently, we were aware of their "Book Swap" area. Choose a book from home you wish to donate, write a brief piece in the inside cover and put it in the Swap Section. Then, if there's a book you fancy, take it home. Kay donated her favourite book "The Complete SAS Guide to Interrogation Techniques". I made that up. She actually donated the wonderful book "The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche, only because the last page is missing. Just joking. It was in pristine condition . I suggested selling it at a car boot sale instead but then she gave me one of her famous looks and I shut up. Kay wrote in the cover about how good the book is and how she hoped that whomever took it would find …

Last Night...

It's always nice to get-together with all the kids...
It's also very rare!
But last night we managed to all see the old man's band play...
Which was a nice thing to do, though I have to admit - I really didn't like the pub! There were certainly a few characters around. Being country bumpkins - a Friday night in a large town centre pub isn't really my idea of a good time & I just found myself feeling very uncomfortable in that environment, just so glad the kids were there too!
There wasn't any trouble, but it felt like there could have been at any time!
The band played well, but only the landlady of the pub seemed to really appreciate them. Such a shame for great musicians to play to a disinterested crowd, but that's the way it goes... I suppose these experiences will only spur the guys on to get what they really want & take a step up to the next level - where they deserve to be! Here's a video of them performing California from last night.

Bye for now. …

Lights Out!

Just 4 weeks to go until this year's Earth Hour.
Here's the link to join in: Sign Up For Earth Hour.
We'll have friends staying, so a candlelit meal will definitely be on the cards...

What do you have planned?
Kay & Sime xx

Just Humans Being...

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