Welcome to the Recipes pages! Here we’re collecting recipes which make the most of what you can grow on a plot. Some have been devised and created by our very own plot holders or people from other sites. And we’re also now including ones from the Cook Together, Eat Together participants at St.Margarets Community Centre. You are very welcome to leave a comment after each recipe to tell us how you got on – or not as the case may be.
Please feel free to send in your own recipes. Happy cooking!
Please check out the following article on what to do with your allotment produce:
Recent Recipes
Parsnip Soups
Yummy Parsnip Soup There are two main ways to make a soup featuring parsnips. The quickest and most straight-forward generally ...
Beetroot Soups
Borscht (Beetroot soup) Not every year is a good year for beetroot, but when it grows well, you’re going to ...
Pancake day special
Here's a pancake day special supper you can cook up from allotment ingredients, as recommended by Vanessa, who used to ...
Beetroot – Superfood
Beetroot If your only experience of beetroot is in salads with vinegar, then a beetroot glut on your allotment is ...
Chick Pea Soup with Chard
About this recipe: Chard is such a brilliant vegetable, easy to grow and it just keeps going through the winter ...
Pumpkin treats
Pumpkin treat - savoury Pumpkin Scones This recipe makes scones with a difference – savoury, no sugar and with the ...
Starters and Soup
Parsnip Soups
Yummy Parsnip Soup There are two main ways to make a soup featuring parsnips. The quickest and most straight-forward generally ...
Beetroot Soups
Borscht (Beetroot soup) Not every year is a good year for beetroot, but when it grows well, you’re going to ...
Chick Pea Soup with Chard
About this recipe: Chard is such a brilliant vegetable, easy to grow and it just keeps going through the winter ...
Gazpacho – Spanish style tomatoes & cucumbers
If you have a bumper tomato crop, how about trying a traditional Spanish dish called Gazpacho. This is a cold ...
Mains
Pancake day special
Here's a pancake day special supper you can cook up from allotment ingredients, as recommended by Vanessa, who used to ...
Beetroot – Superfood
Beetroot If your only experience of beetroot is in salads with vinegar, then a beetroot glut on your allotment is ...
Courgettes – You can almost watch ‘em growing
August is the time of courgette gluts! Once they get going, you can pick one a day from some plants, ...
Spinach and Chard
Spinach Leafy greens are all very nutritious and are said to play an important role in keeping the heart healthy ...
Pumpkins – healthy & easy to grow
Squash is the general word for a plant which is part of the cucurbit family, closely related to courgettes, melons ...
Preserves and Jams
Preserving Courgettes
Once you’ve tried lots of recipes for using fresh courgettes, you may still have some left, and they don’t keep ...
Tomatoes – a taste of summer
There’s nothing better to make you appreciate the joys of growing your own than picking a fresh tomato off the ...
Desserts
Pumpkin treats
Pumpkin treat - savoury Pumpkin Scones This recipe makes scones with a difference – savoury, no sugar and with the ...
Courgettes in breads and cakes
If you’re not a fan of sickly sweet cakes which are high in sugar and fat, why not try cooking ...
Apple flapjacks with cinnamon – healthy snacks from windfalls
The oats in Flapjacks give them a reputation for being a healthy snack and energy booster, particularly in cold weather, ...
Rhubarb Rhubarb
This year has been a bumper year for rhubarb on our plot, and it's such an easy plant to maintain ...
Sticky Pumpkin & Ginger Loaf
This sticky loaf is a comfort food using Halloween pumpkin flesh, perfect for bonfire night! Preparation : 15-30 minutes Cook: ...