http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.html times health forum thread - Farm Shops/Pick Your Own - are they good value? Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:08:43 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: jakijust beetroot no adds Yummy - it's annoying how most of the supermarkets only have cooked beetroot in vinegar, or else vacuum packed and soggy! I'm afraid I usually end up shelling out for M&S's version.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlTue, 10 Jun 2008 02:08:43 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlThis sounds nice Barbara - I've got loads of rhubarb still in the garden to be used up. I didn't realised there were so many nice ideas as I usually hate rhubarb! Fiona I got some cooked beetroot today in Lidl (just beetroot no adds) ready for my risotto sometime this week. Will have to search for the recipe now but there can't be many beetroots along the way.......http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlMon, 09 Jun 2008 21:38:55 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: jakiny tasty recipe ideas? Not very different from the delicious recipes suggested above, but perhaps a bit simpler and quicker. If you have a good rhubarb plant, you'll need some variation anyway. I like to just wash and roughly chopped the rhubarb, then simmer with the tiniest bit of water for as short a time as possible. Add fresh ginger and/or a vanilla pod before simmering and/or add something roughly chopped from the orange/clementine family just before you turn off the...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlMon, 09 Jun 2008 21:33:13 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlI found a rhubarb recipe tonight and it was very nice but not too sure if it was that low cal. The kids liked it. 12oz rhubarb, in little slices, 4oz wholemeal flour 2oz butter 2oz caster sugar 1 egg 5 tbsp skimmed milk spices eg coriander, cinnamon, ginger,... Rub fat into flour, add sugar, egg and milk and then stir thoroughly. Add rhubarb and then put in ovenproof dish and cook in oven for half hour on 220 deg C (200 fan oven). Nice with fat free yog and a scoop ice cream if it...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlMon, 09 Jun 2008 20:52:28 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlWe've got a tomato plant - yes , just the one ! It's a start !http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlMon, 09 Jun 2008 19:39:14 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlRightly or wrongly, I've been suspicious of farm shops ever since a former neighbour, in the fruit and veg trade himself, told of how they went to Covent Garden just the same as all other retailers to boost the range of produce they had available. Personally, I would much prefer to grow my own if my garden was slightly bigger than a handkerchief. I used to grow my own veg, including dwarf beans and sweetcorn, which tasted immeasurably better picked onl;y moments before they went into the...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 23:02:21 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSounds rather delish!!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 20:35:03 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: jakiany tasty recipe ideas? Jaki, this one from the Weightwatchers website sounds delicious ... Rhubarb Tiramisu 300g rhubarb cut into 2" chunks 3 tbsp artificial sweetener - you could use honey I think 200g low-fat soft cheese 200g very low-fat fromage frais 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 tsp instant coffee made up to 150ml with hot water & allowed to cool 8 sponge fingers Boil rhubarb in a little water for 3 mins then sweeten to taste - put it in the bottom of 4 glass...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 20:29:13 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlThe biggested bonus is the freshness of the produce - and if it is eggs you are after it is nice to be able to see the chickens who laid the egg running round. I shop at the farm as often as possible - but again I live in a rural area which does (at times) have its advantages.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 20:05:18 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlI love rhubarb. Usually stew it with some sugar and orange juice... but I saw Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall roast it in oven with some honey. Usually serve it with some fat free yogurt and a sprinkle of porridge oats, delish.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 19:57:24 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlI don't know how to high light the quotes as some people do but... rhubarb recipes: Rhubarb and ginger jam - fattening but only use a bit. Baked rhubarb with orange or other enhancing stuff - great on natural yogurt... quite a few others but they won't be allowed on this healthy site (such as rhubarb abkewell which is divine!!)...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 19:43:29 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: jakiI did pick some huge rhubarb sticks today from our garden (the one success in my garden!) - any tasty recipe ideas? Errr... rhubarb crumble?http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSun, 08 Jun 2008 07:19:56 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlOn Gower there are quite a few PYO strawberry farms - I'm determined to go this year with the kids. We used to go on a coach trip to Hereford back in the 70s when I was a child. There were lots of coach loads there. We had a fab day - picking (and eating) strawberries, picnic lunch, then raspberries and then a cream tea. Those were the good old days... I did pick some huge rhubarb sticks today from our garden (the one success in my garden!) - any tasty recipe ideas?...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 20:44:43 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlThere used to be quite a few pick your own places near where my parents are, which I loved as a child and it was dirt cheap, they seem to have died out though which is quite sad...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 17:38:06 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: jakiWhy did I bother to use the straighteners this morning??? Because you care about your appearance??? http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 16:28:46 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlOne of our local farmers delivers me a sack of fruit and veg every so often when I need it, on his way to delivering to the university. His produce is generally only things in season but the carrots are something else, they're the tastiest carrots I've tried! He was at our local produce sale (monthly) this morning so I had a few things along with a dozen local organic free range eggs. It's one of my pledges trying to buy local, organic if I can afford it, and growing my own (...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 15:01:50 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlWhere I used to live, there was a strawberry pick your own within cycling distance and me and my daughter would cycle up there. I'm sure she used to eat as many as she put in her basket!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 09:03:12 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlPetrol costs are a sore point with the other half who doesn't consider them a cost at all. This is a man that will do a 40 mile round trip to go swimming, when the rest of us are happy to go to the local pool 1 mile up the road. He likes the driving bit, but I thought it might be something to do as a day out that has a pay off too - a bit of activity and oodles of lovely fresh fruit and veg....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 09:00:21 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: Sparky67a family trip How far away is it? It might cost you more in petrol - at today's prices almost certainly - to get there. Unless you cycle?http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 08:44:12 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlQuoting: Sparky67do they work out cheaper ... yes because you don't pay for the ones you eat while you're picking Not that I would ever condone such behaviour! http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 08:43:19 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlAs my husband is always complaining at the amount of fruit and veg we buy at the supermarket, I was thinking about suggesting a family trip to a farm shop pick your own type place. Does anyone use these and do they work out cheaper than the supermarkets? Any thoughts greatly appreciated, thank you....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_1025_0.htmlSat, 07 Jun 2008 08:39:35 +0000