Frugal Foodie ~ Pesto & Blackberries

I picked up a few bargins when I stopped off  at the co-operative on my way home from work yesterday 🙂  I really should try and pop in there more often, after all I have to drive past it nearly every night 🙂

3 Pots of Basil  £1.10 each normally I got them reduced to 30p a pot saving me £2.40

2 Pots of Parsley £1.10 each normally I got them reduced to 30p a pot saving me £1.60

2 packets of Blackberries £2.00 each normally I paid 60p each saving me £2.80

= a total saving of £6.80!!

So tonight I made 2 batches of Pesto…. one for tomorrow night’s tea and one for the freezer,  the blackberries were frozen, they will be a welcome addition to an apple crumble this winter 🙂

Pesto Recipe is a case of throw it in the food mixture until I get the consistency I like

• Basil
• Parsley
• 5 cloves of Garlic
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Put everything in a blender and whizz together adding the olive oil through the funnel

Glistening Ink Cap / Mica Ink Cap ~ Coprinellus micaceus

I have these growing in abundance at the top of my garden they are Coprinellus micaceus  also known as the Glistening Ink Cap / Mica Ink Cap.

• Has a creamy or fawn cap with glistening particles over the surface on young fruit bodies. These disappear or wash off with age.
• Common Name: Mica ink-cap, Glistening ink-cap
• Found: Grasslands
• Substrate: Berried decaying wood
• Spores: Black
• Height: 100 mm
• Width: 50 mm
• Season: Any time of the year after rain.
• Edible: Yes