At this time of year lemons and limes are ripening and soon they’ll be plentiful. If you’re lucky enough to have excess then preserving them is a good way to use the whole fruit. You may have tried a commercial…
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Nasturtium has to be one of the hardiest flowers I have growing. It self seeds, it’s a good ground cover, the bees love the flowers and the whole plant is edible. To me that’s a perfect plant.
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I’ve had this veggie stock recipe in draft for ages and now seems a good time to post it. While we’re stuck at home it’s a great time to expand the list of things we can make ourselves rather than…
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‘Kale chips’ – who hasn’t heard about them. I guess the assumption is that kale, being a superfood, would be even more super as a chip. I cringed and laughed at the idea but finally gave it a go. We’ve had…
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I love a noodley brothy meal and will often buy one for lunch or make a version at home. I think it’s because the depth of flavour of the broth/soup means it feels satisfying without needing to full up on…
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I’ve been playing around with cooking and eating sticky rice lately. I’ve made it a few times and it’s surprisingly easy and more impressive on the plate than plain rice. I struggled to find out how to cook it online…
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I have a massive veggie garden and people often look at it and assume we’re self-sufficient in vegetables but I buy an embarrassing amount. Last week I decided to be resourceful and only cook with vegetables from the garden. I was inspired…
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I love making a mixed green pesto as it uses a variety of raw greens I know are good for me but I probably wouldn’t include in a meal unless I was having a salad or a smoothie. And I…
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I recently saw a post about making butter by shaking up cream in a jar. It made me wonder – if I used my tupperware cream whipper and just kept shaking it – would it turn to butter after the…
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I started writing this post months ago and thought I should get finished it since it’s about pumpkin based soups and here it is spring. (Though as I type it’s a typical spring – raining and a little chilly so I…
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