We have been given  harvest gifts from CoolTan Arts' Allotment - Growers:  This week fresh tomatoes and plums. 
We have made a Tomato and Avocado salad and a Plum crumble. 
Thank you, Gardeners and you must come to lunch! 

CoolTan Arts Cooking Club Recipe at Baldwins Health Food Centre

We are very proud to see that G.Baldwin & Co on the Walworth Rd. are featuring Cooking Club's Mood-Enhancing Ice-lolly recipe on their blackboard behind the till in their newly refurbished shop. Staff say that many customers are photographing it with a desire to make them at home.

Green Summer celebration!

We have discovered that we can cool down and boost our nutritional intake while keeping calories low by eating lots of fresh greens. To make salads and tarts and soups taste more interesting and varied, we have been raiding our windowsill herb garden to add a variety of green leaves into our salads and pestos: coriander, mint, dill, parsley, basil and alfalfa have been thrown liberally into the mix.  We made a pesto with spinach and basil leaves and the rind of a lemon:

Pesto

Ingredients

A handful each of basil leaves, spinach, flat parsley

4 cloves of garlic

5 Tablespoons olive oil

Juice of 2 lemons

1 Tablespoon grated parmesan

Pinch of salt and pepper

Pine nuts

All ingredients go into an electric mouli and are blended until a lovely green paste.

This delicious Pesto was added to boiled Pasta spirals and fresh, chopped spinach leaves.

Heat until warm, or serve cold.