A blissful day - and another recipe for you!

What a beautiful day it's been today!

Weather like the middle of summer: what a gift, so Man Wonderful and I decided to take each other for a picnic to one of the local National Trust beauties - Antony House.

It was used for filming for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland a few years ago, and there's still lots of evidence of this around the grounds.

We had a supermarket picnic 'meal deal' with a couple of extras between the two of us.

We sat and read in the shade of a huge tree in the peace and quiet.

I even took some time out to work on my patchwork.

This evening I made Lamb Koftas with hummus, griddled veg and flatbreads.

I used:

-500g lamb mince

-1tbsp ground cumin

-1tbsp ground cinnamon

-2 cloves garlic, grated

Combine these and form into lozenge shapes on skewers.

I cooked these on my griddle pan over a high heat, retaining the fat that came off while cooking.

I then popped them in a warm oven while I griddled:

- Sliced courgettes, peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms

In the retained lamb fat.

These I also popped in the oven.

I'd made hummus earlier on using chickpeas, tahini, olive oil and fresh garlic.

Then I made some fast flatbreads using:

-1tbsp Olive oil

-I tsp salt

-1tbsp flour

-water to make a dough

I rolled out small balls of this dough in very thin pieces on a floured board and cooked them in a heavy based pan over a high heat for just a minute or two each side.

Our meal was served with a dollop of Greek yogurt splashed with lemon juice to finish.