Leftover fruit
Saturday morning is my weekly visit to the local vege market and the fruit bowl is normally empty by Friday. Unusually for us, we had some fruit leftover on Saturday morning so I put it […]
Category: Preserving
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 […]
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
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 […]
Preserves
We had a public holiday on Monday for Wellington Anniversary weekend so I took advantage of the extra day off to clean out my preserves cupboard. We got a whole bunch of delicious homemade jams […]
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Zucchini glut!
We are currently experiencing a zucchini glut in our garden and in desperation I turned to Google for some ideas to use them up. I had already made this cake (it was delicious by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Easy Pickled Chillies
Our chilli plants are producing fruit in abundance at the moment and I harvested a whole bunch more ripe ones this morning. We have always had great success growing chillies in our garden and since […]
Harvest Plum Sauce
We went up to Hawkes Bay to see the family for Christmas and Mum’s plum trees are laden with fruit at the moment so I filled a bag to bring home. Mum reminded me that […]