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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 …

Baking, Homemade, Love food hate waste, Recipes Blueberry, bread, Dutch Oven, Ginger, No knead, Walnut1 CommentJanuary 22, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Sunflowers

Welcome to the weekend!  Today I thought I would share with you some photos of the sunflowers that are giving us a beautiful show in …

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Sewing Update – Burnside Bibs

Every so often, I find a sewing pattern that is so good, I end up making multiple garments of the same pattern.  Burnside Bibs by …

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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 …

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Mini Christmas stockings

You might be forgiven for thinking this is a post about some stockings I made for Christmas 2022.   I was super organised during the holidays …

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Calendar pages to envelopes

While I was visiting my friend in Christchurch, she gave me some old calendars to recycle.  She had given me some a couple of years …

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T-shirt to cushion transformation

I popped down to Christchurch the weekend before Christmas to visit my oldest friend who had a significant birthday on Christmas Day. We have been …

Handmade, recycling, Sewing, Sustainability, Vintage Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, cushion, Def Leppard, Exponents, handmade, Mash up, recycling, reuse, sewing, T-shirtsLeave a commentJanuary 5, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

You can improve on a good thing

I have a recipe for chocolate chip biscuits that my mum used to make for us when we were little.  I have made it so …

Baking, Homemade, Love food hate waste, Recipes baking, chocolate chip biscuits, homemade, love food hate waste, recipeLeave a commentJanuary 4, 2023 Rachel McKelvie

Spicy Jalapeno Hummus

I have been a bit slack lately and have been buying hummus from the grocery store rather than making my own.  I was cleaning up …

Homemade, Love food hate waste, Recipes, Sustainability bulk buying, chick peas, homemade, hummus, jalapenos, preserving, recipes, recycled containerLeave a commentAugust 22, 2022 Rachel McKelvie

Easy Risotto Recipe

I am going to give you the long story of how I came to make this risotto. We order our groceries online and get them …

Homemade, Letter writing, Love food hate waste, No Waste, Recipes cooking, home cooked, love food hate waste, no waste, recipes, risotto, toasted sandwichLeave a commentMay 24, 2022 Rachel McKelvie

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