February Socks

I have finished my February socks with one day to spare.  I knitted these ones for hubby and they ended up having different toes.  I made the first one too short so I unpicked it […]

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Apricot and Almond no knead bread

I had another go at making the Cranberry Walnut bread recipe that I made a couple of weeks ago (this post) but this time I made it with apricots and almonds in place of the […]

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Bran Muffins 3 ways

A few weeks ago one of our local Op shops had a table full of free books out the front.  I grabbed a copy of The best of Alison Holst and as I was having […]

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Postcrossing

I love sending and receiving mail and in April last year, I discovered Postcrossing.  It is free to join and once you have signed up you are ready to send postcards.  You get assigned an […]

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Zucchini Tomato Sauce

The next chapter in the Zucchini glut saga is making some zucchini tomato sauce.  I have loosely based this on Nicola Galloway’s Roasted tomato and courgette harvest sauce recipe. I used tinned tomatoes as our […]

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Homemade dried herbs

I have an abundant herb garden and all of the plants are going nuts at the moment with the rain and hot weather we have had.  I like to pick big bunches and hang them […]

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Easy and delicious Foccacia bread

I found a delicious and easy no knead foccacia recipe on Pinterest the other day and I have made this twice now.  I made a couple of tweaks to the recipe the second time I […]

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