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The Worm Farmer's Daughter

  • Rainbow socks and an author recommendation
  • Ten things
  • Weekend wanderings
  • Bran Muffins 3 ways
  • Zucchini Tomato Sauce
  • Bacon, Chorizo and Vege stew
  • Blueberry, Ginger and Walnut bread
  • Cheese roll filling – aka Cheese “Crack”
  • Chilli Cornbread

Category: Love food hate waste

Frankentrolly gets retired
Local / Love food hate waste / recycling / Sustainability
  • March 23, 2025
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 months
  • 191 words
  • 6

Frankentrolly gets retired

Every Saturday morning I get up early and head down to our local vegetable market.  My trusty trolley makes the journey with me each week but sadly it recently had to be retired.  I brought […]

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Plum and Ginger Chutney
Christmas gifts / Handmade / Homemade / Love food hate waste / Preserving / Recipes
  • March 3, 2025
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  • 3 mins
  • 3 months
  • 314 words
  • 4

Plum and Ginger Chutney

As soon as Christmas is done and dusted for the year, I am thinking about the next one.  I like to collect up recipes and gift ideas throughout the year and write them in my […]

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Granola Hack
Homemade / Love food hate waste / Recipes
  • March 2, 2025
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  • 2 mins
  • 3 months
  • 163 words

Granola Hack

I have been making a batch of my Granola recipe every time we run out which is weekly at the moment.  I have been experimenting with possible replacements for Maple syrup as with the rising […]

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Seeded onion bread – no knead
Baking / Bread / Homemade / Love food hate waste / menu planning / Recipes
  • February 7, 2024
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  • 3 mins
  • 1 year
  • 360 words
  • 6

Seeded onion bread – no knead

I have been further experimenting with my no knead bread recipe and this is a good one!  If you haven’t got a particular seed ingredient on hand, swap it out for something different or leave […]

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Orange, Cardamom and Walnut no knead bread
Bread / Homemade / Love food hate waste / Recipes
  • October 31, 2023
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  • 3 mins
  • 2 years
  • 365 words
  • 2

Orange, Cardamom and Walnut no knead bread

I have been doing more experimenting with no knead bread flavours and this one is a goodun’.  The orange is a good background flavour and the stars of the show are the spices which give […]

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Bottling Jalapenos
Love food hate waste / Preserving / recycling
  • September 28, 2023
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 years
  • 233 words
  • 9

Bottling Jalapenos

We use alot of jalapenos in our house and I have found the cheapest way to buy them is in a 3 kg tin from Moore Wilsons which costs about $15.00.  A 470g jar of […]

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Zucchini Tomato Sauce
Gardening / homegrown / Homemade / Love food hate waste / No Waste / Preserving / Recipes / recycling
  • February 5, 2023
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  • 3 mins
  • 2 years
  • 317 words
  • 8

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
Gardening / homegrown / Homemade / Love food hate waste / menu planning / recycling
  • February 3, 2023
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 years
  • 221 words
  • 3

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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Homegrown Potatoes
Gardening / homegrown / Local / Love food hate waste / menu planning / No Waste
  • January 23, 2023
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  • 1 min
  • 2 years
  • 113 words
  • 2

Homegrown Potatoes

Yesterday we harvested our first attempt at growing potatoes.  We didn’t get as many as we were hoping for but we were pleased with the result.  We grew them in a coffee sack and they […]

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Blueberry, Ginger and Walnut bread
Baking / Homemade / Love food hate waste / Recipes
  • January 22, 2023
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 years
  • 255 words
  • 2

Blueberry, Ginger and Walnut bread

I like a good dutch oven bread recipe.  No kneading, leave it to rise overnight and bake it the next day.  I found this Cranberry Walnut no knead bread recipe on Pinterest the other day […]

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