Pizza Calzone
All I can say is you need to make these. They are easy and delicious and they freeze really well. I have made a couple of batches since we have been in lockdown and we […]
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Lockdown pickles
My normal saturday ritual involves a visit to my local vege market to get our fruit and veges for the coming week. Since we have been under lockdown the vege market has been closed. We […]
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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 […]
Scrap blanket revisited
Hello from Lockdown here in Wellington! The weather is awful here today so I thought I would give you an update on my scrap blanket which I first posted about back in March 2017. I […]
New Year. Slow Fashion
Happy New Year and Happy New Decade everyone! I thought I would report in on the pledge I made last year to not buy any new clothes and appreciate and wear what I already had. […]
Cinnamon Apple Compote
I wouldn’t really call this a recipe but it is a great way to use up apples that are past their best for eating, rather than throw them into the bin or compost. I have […]
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 […]
The fashion revolution
At the start of the year, I decided that I wasn’t going to buy any new clothes this year. Full disclosure, I did buy 5 pairs of undies last month. I was skimming through Instagram […]
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 […]
Using our paper pots
So now that you have made loads of newspaper plant pots, you can fill them up and put them somewhere warm to sprout. We use a tin with some holes punched in the bottom as […]