Home cured olives are an absolute delight. Use our easy step by step guide to achieve you own culinary delights.
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Recipes for those desiring healthier and more self reliant outcomes. Use the most of what you have and what you grow.
Curing olives is a time-honored tradition that transforms the bitter fruit into a delectable, savory treat. While store-bought olives are readily available, there’s a unique satisfaction in crafting your own at home
Making gingerbread is a favourite Christmas tradition for our family. This gingerbread is delicious and pairs amazingly with some homemade eggnog. Melt butter, add sugar, vanilla, molasses and yolk and blend well. Add dry ingredients and blend again until mixed thoroughly. Place dough on lightly floured bench, shape into a ball, wrap in gladwrap and […]
Cabbage is a seasonal vegetable, so preserving cabbage is a great way to be able to enjoy it all year round. We have some beautiful red cabbages growing in our garden at the moment, so this pickled coleslaw recipe is a great way to use them up and the colour is stunning! Ingredients Pickling Brine […]
Thanksgiving is not something that is typically celebrated here in Australia, so pumpkin pie is not a common dish among us Aussies. After seeing lots of American posts on all things pumpkin, I decided it was time to bake pumpkin pie. We were not disappointed, it’s delicious (though admittedly we’ve never eaten any other pumpkin […]
Prosciutto has always been one of our all time favourite cured meats. It is commonly known to be made using ham, not lamb. So when I stumbled across an Italian chef that was making it using legs of lamb I was thrilled to learn….since we breed sheep, not pigs. Right form the first attempt this […]
This homemade chocolate recipe is so quick and easy to make and it’s wonderful to be able to indulge in a healthy sweet treat knowing exactly what you’re putting in your body. Ingredients-100g cacao butter-45g cacao powder-45g maple syrup-1tsp vanilla powder/essence-Pinch of salt-Optional extras – dried fruit/nuts/seeds -Blitz the cacao butter (makes melting it so […]
Don’t waste your carrot greens, make pesto instead!








