A couple of years ago it came to my attention that specialty brown sugars we buy for baking can be easily and cheaply made at home and save you a bunch of money. Considering the cost of ingredients these days I am determined to learn how to make as many of the ingredients I tend…
Category: Quick and Simple
Easy Peasy Pickled Eggs
Every year I make pickled eggs because if I don’t there is a mutiny!!! Up until this year I was making them in 6Lb jars like you find on the counter in chip shops. This year however Tanny and I decided that 2Lb jars would be better for us as it really is only he…
Preserving Fresh Beans
Here in the UK national supermarkets have been dropping prices on what they consider to be Christmas or Easter veg. Things like Potatoes, Carrots, Fresh Beans, Shallots, Broccoli, Parsnips, Swede (also known as Rutabaga), White Cabbage, Brown Onions, Curly Kale, Red Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage. Obviously each store has a choice of around 5 of these…
Scotch Eggs
As an Aussie the whole Christmas In July thing is something we do due to Christmas normally being in the depths of a sweltering summer and the idea of a turkey dinner being the furthest thing from our minds. You have to feel sorry for us really the idea of another Christmas spent getting up…
British Strawberry Jam
It is Jam It Up June time again YAY!!! Like last year I seem to have aquired some strawberries on the cheap YAY!!! I mean seriously it would be rude not to. To be honest though I was kinda thinking that maybe it wasn’t such a great idea due to loads of people do Strawberry…
Pickled White Fish
Dale from 9 Acres Family Farms again asked me this year to be a part of the Angler April collaboration #AnglerApril2024. I decided after last year sharing my seafood packed in oil recipe that this year I would share another traditional and quick way to preserve fish if the freezer goes down. So here we…
Apricot Ketchup
Farmers markets and local greengrocers are some of the best resources for purchasing “past their best” fresh produce which is perfect for making jams, jellies, chutneys and sauces and doing so for pennies. Sure it’s great if you have access to wild fruit trees or an orchard etc but not everyone does and shopping at…
Plum Sauce
I think we all know by now that Tanny is the fussiest when it comes to food, flavours, textures etc. This sauce I was terrified of sharing with him but he has found his new favourite thing and honestly would happily drink this out of the jar if he got half a chance. In fact…
Victoria Sponge Cake
This particular recipe is an absolute brilliant one for beginners and masters alike. It’s fantastic when you have an hours notice for unexpected or expected guests and pretty much everyone I know or have met are more than happy with this cake and it brings them back to some happy childhood memories. Saying all that…
Yorkshire Puddings
Yorkshire Puddings are such a huge thing in our home that if a roast dinner turns up without them there is a mutiny! I learned this recipe when I was working as a chef and it has never gone wrong. It is incredibly easy, very quick and simple to adapt to your needs. This will…
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