Wash and peel the carrots. Chop them up, add to a big pot. Dice the zucchini.

Peel the rutabaga and dice it. I have always found it hard no matter how sharp the knife is to cut a rutabaga up. So please be careful. Chop the gherkins.

Add to the pot everything so far. I cut the ends off one side of the lemons stick a fork or butter knife inside and twist it. This is an easy way to get it to juice with some pulp.

Take the skin off the pitted dates. Add them to the pot.

I saved the apples for last peel and chop them up. Add everything else to the pot except tomato paste. Put the pot on to boil.

Cover and simmer. Allow to cook till the chutney is getting tender and a little soft. Mashing it a bit as it cooks down. Taste as you go. After 1 hour of simmering, add in the tomato paste. Simmer 20 minutes covered. You can mash this to your desired chunkiness or as smooth as you desire.

After 20 minutes add to a jar and seal. Store for 6 weeks it will be ready. Just to let you know we had some now and it was delicious. I hope you enjoy!!!