Dehydrated Lemon Zest Powder
After a lemon dilemma, I’ve turned my hand to the process of dehydrating lemon zest and turning it to Lemon Zest Powder. Life can often give you lemons and, as I found out the hard way, pests can taketh them…
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Dehydrating Leafy Greens – Powdered Greens
With an over abundant harvest of kale, silverbeet, chard and spinach in my garden I’ve turned to dehydrating and powdering their green goodness to keep for another day. I really don’t like wasting food, as you can tell. I have…
Super Celery – All for the Eating
This blog is to honour the humble celery – all of it, from top to tail. Celery takes a while to grow, costs an arm and a leg at the supermarket, and makes up one of the top wasted food…
Frozen Mystery Mix
I am so into this at the moment! Frozen Mystery Mix bags, conveniently frozen and ready for a stir-fry, slow cooker or soup. Do you have an oven tray in your freezer, or is it just me? It started when…
Free-flow Freezing Steps for Excess Veggies
Free-flow freezing is a must when you have fresh vegetables in excess. Here’s how! Whether you are looking for points on how to freeze courgette, green beans, snap peas, corn, broccoli or cauliflower, leeks you’ve come to the right place….
Homemade Yoghurt without buying endless Sachets
Love love love homemade yoghurt…and oh those delicious supermarket bought sachets, creamy and perfect every time. But you only need to buy one and that’s enough to make endless homemade yoghurt every week. When wanting to make your own WITHOUT…
Freezing Eggs and other everyday food items
Can you freeze egg whites and yolks? Yes you can! How about avocado, milk and coffee? Save money and get freezer-wise with these everyday food items you didn’t know you could freeze. New Zealanders waste SO MUCH food every year…
25 delicious ways to use leftover Jam in Recipes
Love your leftovers! Thankfully, there are many delicious ways to use jam and those last few spoonfuls can go a long way to add flavour and yum. I’m a waste-not kinda girl so I’m happy to ‘eat my pantry’ so…
Being Resourceful: Menu Planning
Being resourceful in the kitchen in a time of uncertainty helps to manage stress levels, your budget and your supplies. Firstly, take a deep breath. If you are genuinely concerned as to where your next meal will come from, reach…
25 Delicious Ways to Use Leftover Relish
Other than grilled cheese toasties, dagwood sandwiches and adorning your cheese platter, just how do you use relishes and chutneys in recipes? Here’s 25 things to do with relish! If you’re like me you’ll have untold jars of homemade relish…