Life interrupts Food

Not feeling much like cooking today. The non-stripey Cat, our friend and companion for many years, is not well and this may be his final illness. As cats do, he has withdrawn into himself and although he allows himself to be pulled around for inspection and his medication without complaint he will not eat and he will not move from his seat.

So I've only had the emotional energy to boil a few potatoes from the garden to make this:


Very simple New Potato and Radish Salad.

The potatoes were cooked until just tender in well salted boiling water with some mint leaves added.

The radishes were cleaned and sliced into rounds.

The dressing is made from a couple of tablespoonfuls of vinaigrette and a small tub of soya yoghurt. To flavour I added some capers, some chopped mint and a onion flower stalk - like a spring onion only not quite.

To eat, I sprinkled a few broken up pretzel sticks over the top to add some crunch.