Show What You Grow’ with Cono Sur wines

 

With many of us aiming to emulate the idyllic, outdoor lifestyle portrayed in ‘The Good Life’ by Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers - or more recently the delightfully acerbic Giles Coren and Sue Perkins - you can’t help but notice the soaring popularity of growing your own vegetables in the UK these days. With spring now upon us, all you gardeners will soon be filling your wheelbarrows with homegrown asparagus, cauliflower and rhubarb, so if you’re looking for tips on what to do with all your delicious homegrown produce, help is at hand thanks to Carbon Neutral® winery Cono Sur and their sustainably produced, award-winning range of wines.

As one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly wineries, Cono Sur has recently updated its Green Cooks website[1], an excellent resource for foodies containing delicious, seasonal recipes along with wine matches, blog posts from eco-experts and green-living tips. What’s more, the brand-new ‘Show What You Grow’ competition invites urban farmers to simply upload a photo of themselves with their home-grown fruit and veg and each week the best three images will be sent a bottle of Cono Sur wine along with a recipe suggestion using seasonal ingredients that matches perfectly with the wine.

So you’ve nurtured and cared for your vegetables and fruit – now what to do with all this lovely home-grown produce? For even more inspiration, the Green Cooks website contains seasonal recipes created exclusively for Cono Sur by celebrity chef and author of “The Allotment Chef”, Paul Merrett, using your own home-grown produce, with tips on which Cono Sur wines are best paired to each season’s dish. For spring, Paul has created a delicious, seasonal recipe using new-season lamb rubbed with cumin, accompanied by home-grown cauliflower cunningly disguised as cous cous, roasted tomatoes and a beetroot tzatsiki, paired with the beautifully aromatic Cono Sur Reserva Riesling.

So with spring now upon us, there’s never been a better time to make the most of what nature gives us and to show us ‘What You Grow’!

www.conosurgreencooks.com

Lots of my own giveaways to enter too