Cold Courgette Salad

Or Zucchini to the Americans!

I've been loving this salad lately, it's my new favourite and a great way to use up a few courgettes!

It's really simple, use a vegetable speed peeler to create thin strips of courgette, then add a salad dressing of 2/3 olive oil to 1/3 lemon juice (from a lemon not a bottle as it tastes so much better), chuck a bit of feta cheese and a handful of mint leaves in and mix it up. 

I couldn't believe how good this tasted. An easy summer salad!

Leek Thief

Sometimes you learn things the hard way. I'm living back in "proper" countryside now, not like the village I was before. That means if I leave plants outside the rabbit fence, even just for a couple of days to harden off, they will probably get eaten. My leeks are now much shorted than they were to prove this! Rubbish.

"Shorter" leeks

Now what though? Plant some more - its too late really or just plant these - will they do any good or grow bushy? Some help please!

Nice pot of salad

Everything else seems to be looking good and we had our first salad last night from a pot in the green house with loads more nearly ready to have.