Burritos with garden vegetables - December 1 2012

As the first day of summer, December the 1st was a perfect day for a picnic with some vegetables from our garden! I found a delicious vegetarian burrito recipe which included some produce from our own garden!

So here is the recipe for our California Ensalada Burritos!

CALIFORNIA ENSALADA BURRITOS

SERVES 4

• -1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rings

• -¼ cup white vinegar

• -⅓ cup plus 2 Tbs lime juice (separate two measurements)

• -1 tsp salt

• -¼ cup coriander leaves

• -1 garlic clove, minced

• -2 Tbs olive oil

• -2 small avocados cut into large cubes

• -3 cups mixed baby greens

• -1 ½ cups shredded red cabbage

• -4 radishes thinly sliced

• -1 tomato cut into cubes

• -1 carrot peeled and cut into matchsticks

• -4 large tortillas warmed

1. Stir together onion, vinegar, 1/3 cup lime juice, and salt in bowl. Cover, and chill 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Meanwhile, combine coriander, garlic, and remaining 2 Tbs lime juice in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Slowly pour in oil and stir well until dressing is well combined.

3. Toss avocado chunks in separate bowl with 1 Tbs of the dressing. Season with salt, if desired.

4. Toss baby greens, cabbage, radishes, tomato, and carrot in large bowl with remaining dressing.

5. Arrange vegetables in center of each tortilla, then spoon avocado chunks over top, mashing down lightly to keep from spilling out of burrito. Remove onions from marinade with fork, and divide sliced onions among tortillas. Roll up tortillas, leaving one end open.

ENJOY!

Happy birthday to me!! - November 11 2012

Its always exciting having a birthday. This year was extra exciting as university had finished and we were on holiday, plus I managed to get the day off work and hang out with my hubby!

Our rocket is growing like mental! Which is good for us because it is almost going to be too hot to keep growing rocket, as we are heading into summer. Rocket doesn't do too well in summer as it goes to seed really quickly and the leaves can be really bitter because of the heat. So this is our last harvest of rocket for the year! And although we will miss this gorgeous green leafy monster, it gives us more room to plant new plants!!

 This is so exciting!!! For my birthday, my wonderful husband bought me a mandarin tree, an avocado tree and a lime tree, as well as two strawberry plants! I don't know much about fruit trees, but I do know that we won't be harvesting from these beauties for a couple of years, so that the trees can establish themselves and strengthen. Makes a lot of sense really! We will be planting them in some large-ish pots as we don't know where we will be in a couple of years, but we do know that we will be moving from where we are now, and I want my trees forever!

I am a very happy lady!