I was amazed and happy to find a couple of huge bags of rhubarb that I'd totally forgotten about in the bottom of my freezer - it was like finding precious treasure! So into the pot they went to make spicy rhubarb chutney: http://www.food.com/recipe/spicy-rhubarb-chutney-9467 I used lots of jalapeno, with the seeds, and cayenne - and it's turned out scorchingly hot - so if you prefer less heat, use 1 jalapeno, and no cayenne. You can spoon some on top of veggie burgers, beans and rice, serve with cheese and crackers, and of course, with curry! Some more chutney recipes: http://www.creative-cooking-corner.com/chutney-recipes.html# The traditional Indian tool to make chutney is a sil-batta which is a type of mortar and pestle. The flat stone bed (sil), from 12-18 inches long and 11/2-2 inches thick rests on the work surface. The batta is a hand held stone roller, which is worked back and forth across the base. Usually made of sandstone or granite, the surface of the sil is cut with a pattern of shallow ridges or a design to create friction for the batta. I would love to try one of these next time I make chutney - especially with fresh garden herbs.

tiny, tender, tasty micro greens

So far March has been very cold and wet - too wet to start digging out in the garden, so we decided to get going with our greens indoors on a windowsill - a tray of soiless mix and vermiculite worked great to germinate beets, arugula, rapini, basil, and radish seeds. Any tray at least 4 inches deep will work. These micro greens http://www.highmowingseeds.com/organic-micro-greens-growing-and-seed-saving-info.html are sort of like sprouts, but with more leaves!they are intensley flavourful, and fun for kids to grow, too. Clip them just before eating to garnish a salad or put into a sandwich. Nutritionally, micro-greens are glyconutrients that have vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, as well as the minerals calcium, chlorophyll, iron, lecithin, magnesium, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium. Up to 30 percent of the greens is protein, helping to balance your diet. here is a list of seeds good for growing micro greens: http://www.liseed.org/microgreens.html