Just picked from our garden! Last of this year’s harvest mayB.

The garden of Green! The tomatoes will need a bit of indoor ripening, but everything else is good to go!

Thank you Mother Nature!

Grapes and Food today!

Grapes from our Garden!

 

Did a little harvesting yesterday. Plucked enough grapes from the vines to make a nice batch of juice once they all purple (ripen) up!

It’s so much fun to grow your own when possible. Even when you don’t feel like going outside to water and weed, it’s worth it in the end when harvest time rolls around.

Spent gobs of time this week putting together the new website. Old server’s shifting their business focus, so I had to find a new one and build another site. Now to sort out the domain name transfer. The peeps at Fusive Web, my old site have been brilliant in helping me with all the technical bits that need doing. Thumbs up! I’ve been beavering away at getting my various voice over demos listed, and embedding an MP3 player…so I’m getting to grips with that.  I’m almost there! 

Since I haven’t had much time to ponder and think about what to write today, I’m printing one of my fave vegetarian recipes. It makes a fine dinner….Give it a try!

 

Feeling peckish – a Vegetarian suggestion  from my cooking corner

 

How about cooking Aubergine parmesan with Potatos layered alternately with the aubergine – covered with alternating layers red leicester and mozarella cheeses, and lovingly topped with a homemade tomato-based herb and seasonings sauce with mince and shiitake mushrooms?

 

You only need about 3 aubergines, and about 4  jacket-style potatoes or other large potatoes.

 

 Slice the potatoes and aubergine thinly and cook them in a little olive/sunflower oil. Meanwhile soak the mince and shiitake mushrooms in boiling water (water that’s boiled in the kettle and poured into a bowl will do) so they get soft.

 

 Then mix 2 tins of chopped toms and some Italian seasonings such as garlic, oregano, basil, as well as some parsley in a skillet. Get this a bit warmed up and then add the mince and mushrooms.

 

Then oil a rectangle pan and next layer in a pan the aubergine, cheese, some of your sauce, potatoes, cheese, more sauce and continue alternating till you have used all the aubergine and potatoes. Finally top the mixture with the last of your sauce and sprinkle more cheese over it.

 

Put this in your oven at about 180/190 degrees for about 45 minutes. I usually cover the dish with foil and then put it into the over. You can check after about 30 minutes to see how it’s doing and adjust your cooking time accordingly.

 

Also feel free to add the spices that you like and other ingredients. I made this up myself so you can really adapt it to whatever you have to hand. If you eat meat, you can add that as well! 

Enjoy! 

Cheers…

 

 

 

Gratitude, Love and Hard Work!

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

 

We got a most bountiful harvest from our garden last night.  I am grateful to nature for these gifts! I couldn’t bear to just cut it up and cook it. So now it’s been saved for all time in digital form. Though I’m thankful for this food, but it did indeed take a lot of work to being it to fruition.

 

I guess that’s just like life and friendships. Love being a member of all of my various internet groups, but if you’re going to get anything meaningful out of being involved, you have to work at it, don’t you?

 

Just like a voiceover career. Having a nice voice is only the smallest part. Having an agent is often a small part too. We have to constantly network, market, study and beaver away ourselves. Ahhhh, the thrill of the chase. And finally reaching the finish line isn’t half bad either! Then we’re off again….   

 

What to do in between times? Be grateful for the gigs we have landed. Spend time with family, hubby and friends. I also like doing craftwork — making jewelry, embroidery and so on.

 

Been reading some good books lately as well. Here are some suggestions!

 

♦   Ireland – In a Glass of its Own – Peter Biddlecombe

(funny travel read)

 

♦  Step Up to the Mic – Rodney Saulsberry

(inspirational voice over book)

 

♦ Goal Mapping – A Practical Workbook – How to Turn Your Dreams into Realities – Brian Mayne

(make a plan and map it to make it work)

 

♦  The Amber Spyglass (actually the whole trilogy) – Philip Pullman

(fabbo — can’t wait for the next 2 films to be made)

 

Spending way too much time on the internet today….. !

 

Cheers!