Paint the town red

What a wonderful weekend – and what glorious weather we have finally started to get! How very British too – talking about the weather. I have had a very retro themed few days – I went strawberry picking on Friday with my friend and her little boy, and visited the Saltburn Vintage Fair and Farmers market on Saturday (more about that tomorrow!).

WARNING – This is a picture heavy post because NOTHING looks better than a big, red, juicy strawberry!

 There can’t be many things more idyllic in life than a ‘Pick your own’ afternoon in the summer! My friend’s toddler is a keen strawberry eater and more went into his tummy and down his t-shirt than went in the punnet I think! It was so lovely seeing his face light up when he realised that he could pick AND eat up all of the little strawberries which were covering the field! After we had filled and weighed our baskets we munched some of our pickings whilst sitting in the sunshine and had a good natter.

When I got home I realised I still had enough strawberries to keep a small army going, so decided the best way to use them up was to make a jam. Unfortunately the idea scared the living heck out of me since I have NO IDEA where to even begin to make jam! So I decided upon the safer option of a strawberry flan. AND I cheated. I bought a pre-made flan case (don’t judge).

 This is the beautiful creation minus the jelly glaze which went over the top. This has got to be one of the nicest looking (and easiest!) deserts which you can make...it even got a nod of approval from the other half with a suggestion to add some alcohol to the flan base to make it taste more like a trifle next time. I live with a big trifle fan here!

Saturday morning was also spent under a sea of fruit as our little strawberry pot in the garden decided to get in on the action and ripen up some nice strawberries just in time to sprinkle over our cereal! 

Hope your weekend was as heavenly and tranquil as mine, whatever you got up to!

Until next time,

K x