OK, I have to be honest and tell you that this is a really old set of photos from, well, the Winter. It seems like an age ago, but the poor quality of the photos can at least be explained by the complete lack of sunlight. You wouldn’t think that the South Coast of England could be so devoid of natural light in Winter but these craptastic shots are a testament to the dark truth.
This was a pretty common meal for us during our spasmodic Vegetarian periods. It tastily stands on its own two feet whether you eat meat or not, but it is substantial so I’m not sure that you’d really want a great slab of meat with it. Seems a bit over-ambitious to me. Unnecessary even? DH would not agree 
Adding green veg to the plate elevates it even further to near Sainthood.
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Come and have a quick walk around our garden with me.
Won’t take long – there’s only about 12 square metres of it.
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Acer, Aquilegia, blackcurrants, bright lights chard, cherry tomatoes, chives, courgette, french marigold, natural pest control, oregano, raspberries, salad leaves cut and come again, standard tomatoes, thyme, winter pansies, zucchini
This is a real family favourite of ours. It has to be said that it looks a bit pale and insipid, but don’t judge this book by its cover – it is bursting with flavour; it’s utterly delicious.
We called it ‘hay and straw’ at home, because we always had it with the green and white tagliatelle. Nowadays, we tend to have it with spaghetti or pappardelle, so the ‘hay and straw’ title has lost its significance, but we know what we mean.
I am confident that the original Italian recipe would have called for veal mince, but when I was a child, it wasn’t possible to get humanely reared veal so as a family we stopped eating it. Of course, nowadays, you can very sympathetically raised British veal, but the meat simply isn’t on my radar yet. So let me show you the recipe made with free-range pork mince instead.
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