The August vegetable harvests just keep coming week by week and they are truly colourful.

There is such a variety of vegetables and fruit to pick and create some magic in the kitchen with.

Garlic Butter Vegetables

Last night we picked a ball courgette, baby yellow squash, tomatoes, sweetcorn and spinach.

I made a garlic butter (garlic from the garden) and fried the two squashes in cubes with the garlic butter. I boiled the two sweetcorn cobs in a pan of boiling water for 5-7 mins and then cut off the sweetcorn with a knife. I added the sweetcorn to the vegetables in the frying pan and spinach chopped up to wilt in the last few minutes of cooking. We had it as a vegetable side to go with our sausages.

Here’s the recipe with chicken from Julias Album for Garlic butter Chicken with zucchini (courgette) and sweetcorn. I think you can add whatever meat to this dish or just have the vegetables in the garlic butter.

Homemade Coleslaw

Tonight’s dinner side, we will make homemade coleslaw with kohl Rabi, carrot and spring onion, all grated and mixed with mayonnaise.

Here’s some more recipes from my selection on the internet for cooking with Vegetable Gluts. A popular click is: Slow Cooker Chorizo, Potato and Runner Bean one pot by Farmers Girl Kitchen.

Fruit Harvest

Blackberries

Our blackberries are slowly ripening, we only have one thornless plant but it feeds 3 of us for berries and yogurt every weekend for a while.

Strawberries

We bought 6 Strawberry plants from our local garden centre in May and planted them in a large pot. The varieties had white and pink flowers and they are still providing us with large strawberries in August with no sign of stopping anytime soon.

Strawberry Fool Recipe

For a lovely indulgent strawberry summer recipe, this is the one to make – Strawberry Fool from Good Life Eats.

Blueberries

We have 3 blueberry plants which produce berries at different times of the year. These 3 year old bushes now have come to an end but have provided us with a good crop of berries this year.

How to keep and store Blueberries

One word – Freeze them. To keep your blueberries fresh for longer the best method is to freeze them.

It easy to do, wash your harvested blueberries, dry them on a towel, then lay them out on a tray so they are not touching and put in the freezer. Once frozen, pop each frozen blueberry into a freezer bag and it’s there when you need them for smoothies, deserts etc.

Did you know? Blueberries can be frozen for up to 1 year.

Blueberry Popsicles (ice lollies)

If you have a lot of blueberries enough for 1 and a quarter cups, try this summer blueberry Popsicle (ice lolly) recipe from Good Life Eats.