A bush bush pie is basically a toasted sandwich cooked in a cast iron pan over a camp fire.  I was introduced to them this summer in Unity, Saskatchewan, whilst visiting family there.

As soon as we got back I hunted out my own bush pie maker (Available at Princess Auto, in case you need to get one!)

It was only right that we make it our own tradition so we decided that baked beans and sausages were the perfect center for our Bush Pies- we just had to add a dash of British in there!

Did you know that today is a special day?  

Just look at that summery goodness right there!


I cold brewed some Orangecicle Tea from the Tea Girl and blended it with raspberries from Steve and Dans BC Fruit and mixed in a teaspoon of honey from White Earth Honey.

Add a generous helping of ice and you have summer in a glass!


All of these wonderful vendors are at the 124 Grand Market each Thursday until  9th October.

I have the juicing bug!
There I said it out loud.  I don't mean to go on about it but, I flipping love this whole juicing game.
I will also admit that it helps that at the moment I can simply nip outside to the garden and gather a whole bunch of stuff freshly picked from the soil- come winter who knows how I will feel but perhaps some of the romance will have gone when I am in the supermarket and not my garden?

Anyway here are my two faves at the moment;

SUNRISE

GREEN LEMONADE

My juicing tip for the day is that if you are juicing herbs they juice way better if pushed into something- I just pushed them into the peach halves for this juice.



 What are your favorite juice recipes?

BANGA CAUDA

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and microplaned or very finely minced
• 12 anchovies preserved in olive oil, drained and chopped
• 8 tablespoons of butter, cut into chunks
• A variety of raw vegetables, including fennel, cauliflower, endive, sweet peppers, crispy lettuce and courgette (zucchini)

METHOD

1. Put the oil in a pan with the garlic and anchovies and cook over low heat, stirring, until everything has melted together.. 
2. Whisk in 6 tablespoons of butter, and as soon as it has melted, remove from the heat and give a few more beats of your whisk so that everything is creamy and combined.
3. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to mellow the acrid taste of the garlic and stir gentle to melt.
4. Pour into a dish that fits over a flame.  Light a candle underneath to keep everything warm and delicious.
5. Dip in the crudites and eat.

WHY DID I WANT A JUICER?

 SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW YOU HAVE IT?

Its flipping cool and a little scary all at the same time! You hit that on switch and it roars into life just waiting to devour the fruit and veggies like an angry animal!  I threw half an apple in the other day and it must have hit the rotation of the blade at just the wrong time and it spat it back out- needless to say the dog quickly claimed that apple!  You have to place the fruit in and cover the top of the spout to stop this happening and then use the food pusher to send everything down to the spinning blade.

I have made a few juices now and I love it!  Hubby has even had a juice with carrots, peach and orange!  My favorite ones include beetroot pulled straight from the garden (see note below, if like me you are a beetroot juicer!).  I will also admit that I used the juicer to juice an apple and some fresh ginger that joined some lime juice and gin.  Nobody said that getting healthy couldn't also be fun!

 IS THERE LOTS OF MESS AND IS IT HARD TO CLEAN?

I have heard it said that juicing can be messy and leave lots of waste in the juicer.  Yes, there are some fibrous leftovers in the juicer after its finished.  I know there are lots of ways to use this in cooking but so far my chickens are more than happy with finishing off what the juicer spits out.  I simply avoid juicing citrus and then whatever is left the chickens get as a nice treat.  I will explore the cooking element of the leftovers soon too.

As for cleaning it's really quite easy.  Having a faucet that has a pull down shower type head helps as you can direct the water into where its needed to spray off the parts.  The whole top part of the juicer gets transferred to the sink and then you use the nifty little brush tool to scrape out the leftovers and then everything gets rinsed and washed.  The only tricky bit is the Nutri Disc™, which is the stainless steel micro mesh filter basket, but just give it a rinse and use the brush and its less than a one minute job to get it clean.  My tip for cleaning is to do it straight away- I think that leaving it could create fruit and veg concrete that would make the cleaner very unhappy!!

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?