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The Good Life

Home sweet home for a few days with our newest edition to the family Nacho the terrier. And just like an episode of the good life I made dinner with that was totally home grown, lamb from our sheep, and all veg from the garden. I made Lamb fillet with a broad bean pesto, roasted beetroot with balsamic and roast new potatoes with caramalised onions. Broad Bean Pesto I cant give an exact recipe because I can't remember the amounts I used but a rough guide is: 200g cooked broad beans 1/2 lemon juiced 4 tbsp olive oil handful of basil and mint leaves pinch salt and pepper Unfortunatley broad beans are fairly labour intensive but after you have podded them, boil for around 2 - 3 mins and then refresh in ice water. When cold shell them. PureĆ© the beans and add a little lemon juice, olive oil and herbs, seasoning and tasting, it may need loosening up so you can do this by ading more lemon juice or olive oil, or a splash of water. Get whole raw beetroot and give it a wash and take of the s