Sometimes when the freshies get to us they aren’t really that fresh! However, we are very lucky to have them as at Rothera and Halley they get no fresh food for 7 months of the year and the remaining 5 months there is a very limited supply.

A few months ago we got delivered a pumpkin that was 17kg. When Sam does the ordering she never knows what will actually turn up. She didn’t order the pumpkin and it was so huge I ended up cooking half of it pureeing it and putting batches in the freezer. So today I made some pumpkin muffins. We had a large amount of carrots that were going off last month so I grated them and froze them for carrot cake.

I cooked thursday as well and used a friends recipe to maket tabouli as we got in some fresh mint and basil. It was an explosion of tastes in the mouth. Although I don’t really crave freshies when we get them I really really appreciate them all the more. I served the tabouli with lamb loin with a balsalmic glaze and salad.

Boat school today was vessel light identification I think I managed to confuse and bore everyone on the subject!