An Accidental Tea Treat . . .

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As I was having breakfast this morning, I had forgotten a teaspoon. Too lazy to get up from the breakfast table, I used the spoon that was in the jar of jam to stir my tea to dissolve the honey.

It still had some jam on it, but -again- I was too lazy to wipe it clean. 

That turned out to be the best thing ever! When I drank my tea it had a light taste of black berries, mixed with the clover honey that I use to sweeten my tea.

And thus a new tea idea was born: flavour your tea with a little bit of your favourite jam. Try it, and I guarantee you'll love it!

Ground-elder , a Wonderful Weed . . .

Most gardeners consider Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria) a most annoying weed. I have to admit, once you have it in your garden, it's there to stay! 

But it's also a very tasteful and healthy vegetable. Basically you can use it in the same ways you cook with spinach. Cooked, stir-fried or raw as a salad.

Pluck the young leaves from Februari to May, before the plant starts to bloom (at least in my part of the world). You will be pleasantly surprised by this healthy, tasty and free vegetable from your own garden!