Veg Cooking Class at the City Farm

Brian had to work one Saturday so I decided to find something to do and ran across this opportunity for a vegetable cooking class sponsored by Riverford Farms. It was an hour or so of cooking and then lunch and the price included a cookbook and a box of vegetables (veg in British speak). There were 7 of us total and it was a great afternoon.

The location was the Windmill Hill City Farm. This is a small 'farm' right in the heart of Bristol - you'd never even know it was there walking down the neighboring streets, but once you step through the gates, you're in this cute little farm complex complete with geese, ducks, two cows and a few goats. They also have a garden of veg and lots of herbs, a little cafe and a few meeting rooms for classes and lectures. A really cute little place.

Our prep area and yes, that's a glass of wine before noon!

The first dish was a Romesco  sauce/dip of tomato, garlic, cilantro, almonds, ginger ... you can serve it on veg or bread or sandwiches. Pretty versatile.

Our instructor, Polly putting some finishing touches on the food.

This was a chopped salad of peppers (capiscum), grapefruit, broccoli (shredded!), onion, spring greens, zucchini (corgette) and an Asian dressing. It was amazing - super fresh.

And our main dish was a vegetable curry with cauliflower, ginger, cilatro, tomato, onion, chick peas, coconut milk ... Yum.

After lunch, I strolled around the city farm.

 I know, an odd piece of metal art for a city farm, but hey.

Two of the goats sunning themselves and probably trying to hide from all the kids trying to pet them. It was a gorgeous sunny day so there were quite a few families at the farm, which is open to the public.

Apparently, the female goose in here is 22 years old and blind. The two males with her protect her and lead her around when needed. We were told she falls in the little pond a lot!