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 […]
Category: menu planning
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 […]
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 […]
Easy peasy soup
It’s cold and raining here today so I whipped up this delicious soup for lunch. It was so easy and cheap, I thought I would share. You can make it vege by leaving out the […]
Microgreens experiment
While in lockdown, we are trying to make sure that we maintain eating our 5 plus a day. So far, so good but to make sure that we are getting some variety, I thought I […]
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The slow art of Sourdough
Lockdown day 8 for us here in New Zealand and my sourdough starter has been getting a great workout the past week. Now that I have time during the day to feed the starter, mix […]
Tomato and Sausage bread bake
This dish came about because I had some bread ends in the freezer that needed using up. I defrosted my bread ends and also got some black bean juice cubes (I freeze the liquid left […]
Menu Planning
I have been menu planning for a while now, using the method of looking in the cupboards/fridge/freezer on a Sunday night to see what needs to be used up and writing up the menu plan […]
Homemade Creamy Hummus
While I was on holiday recently I discovered a new brand of hummus which was so delicious and creamy, I was compelled to try and recreate it at home. I had tried making hummus in […]
Fennel and Couscous Salad
This salad came about from a stuffing recipe for chicken, a salad to go with the chicken and a salad recipe I found online when I was looking for instructions on how to cook giant […]