Once you’ve made a batch of Homemade Flavoured Salt you’ll not want to use ‘standard salt’ again! The beauty of ... Read More
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 ... Read More
Homemade Pasta Sauce for Freezing
It’s tomato season, enjoy! Freezing fresh pasta sauce is so easy. Here’s how I do it. Pasta sauce isn’t just ... Read More
8 Easy Dressings and Vinaigrette Recipes
Get dressed for summer dining. Homemade dressings and vinaigrettes are easy to make and transform a salad in just minutes ... Read More
For a light-style pasta, escaping the trappings of a tomato or creamy sauce base, Citrus Broccolini Pasta is refreshingly simple ... Read More
Whether you are stepping ‘nibbles’ up a notch, or wanting to serve it as part of your main – a ... Read More
Well, I did warn you! Persimmon is still flavour of the month for me, as long as the short season ... Read More
Preserving Fresh Herbs: Rosemary & Parsley
A slight ‘segway’ from my current project, my very own veggie garden makeover, today saw me (a) trimming my rosemary ... Read More
Making your own vegetable stock makes perfect sense, as it has been for generations. I love old New Zealand cookbooks ... Read More
Known as an Italian style omelette, frittatas are eggy delights with endless ingredient options, transforming scrap to scrumptious. This humble ... Read More
Salvage Bread: Make your own breadcrumbs
Bread goes stale. Fact. Breadcrumbs bought from a supermarket could set you back $1.80-$6.00 depending how fancy. Fact. You get ... Read More
Once upon a time water was water, right? Flavoured water consisted of a squeeze of lemon juice and we were ... Read More
It’s madness I tell you. One minute I’m looking out my kitchen window and admiring the new season’s blossoms, next ... Read More
Heading into Spring with enough homegrown lemon balm to feed a small army (if that were possible), I decided now ... Read More
Growing mint is almost the easiest trick in the gardening book. This super useful herb grows like a weed and, ... Read More
If you are anything like me, you like to put a bit of effort into present ideas. For something unique, ... Read More
Whether it’s the bold, leafy flat-leaf Italian parsley or the curly, decorative variety that’s filled your beds and planters, parsley ... Read More
Basil is one of those must-have herbs in the garden, on the kitchen windowsill, or in a sunny pot on ... Read More