Blueberry Syrup is one of my favourite recipes (and a great gift), but I wanted to make a quick blueberry sauce recipe that had whole blueberries in it rather than just as a syrup. This Blueberry Sauce Recipe is designed to be eaten immediately or within a few days rather than to bottle and keep in the pantry. Serve it with your favourite muesli or porridge, or put it on pancakes as a breakfast or dessert. 2 cups frozen (or fresh) blueberries ⅓ cup water ¼ cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon … [Read more...]
Harissa Roasted Eggplant
This Harissa Roasted Eggplant recipe is from Jamie Oliver's Everyday Superfoods cookbook. It is just so amazingly delicious and a wonderful plant-based meal that I just had to share it with you. I'd love to say that I'd grown the eggplants myself but I only managed to grow smaller sized ones this year. I've made lots of recipes with my eggplants but this one uses them as the centrepiece so it is good to use the larger sized ones (but you don't have to). 1 red onion 2 cloves garlic Olive … [Read more...]
Tandoori Roasted Pumpkin & Chickpeas
This year I managed to grow quite a good crop of pumpkins - actually they were butternut squash but you can use them just the same as pumpkins in cooking and I find them much easier to cut. I find that I am tending to eat a lot more plant-based meals these days and pumpkins are a go-to favourite to base meals around. This Tandoori Roasted Pumpkin & Chickpeas recipe is so simple and really tasty - the chickpeas go quite crunchy and add a nice texture. The recipe I tried put them into … [Read more...]
Feijoa and Coconut Cake Recipe
With feijoa season in full swing it is great to have a selection of different recipes to choose from. I particularly like the addition of the coconut flavour in this Feijoa and Coconut Cake Recipe. The sugar and almonds in place of icing are a nice change too. 175g softened butter 1 C sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 C flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 C milk 1 1/4 C coconut 5-6 largish feijoas, peeled and diced (approx. 1 – 1 1/2 c) 1/4 C sliced almonds 2 tbsp sugar Lightly grease a 20cm cake tin … [Read more...]
Chicken Saagwala Recipe
This Chicken Saagwala recipe is a wonderful way to eat your greens. It is a perfect dish to try if you have mountains of spinach growing in the garden, or have silver beet or Swiss chard that have been growing well all winter but now you want to pull it out to plant your summer vegetable garden but don't want to waste it. I especially like this Indian curry because it reminds me of my travels through Northern India, particularly our stay in the town of Chanderi where we were so well looked … [Read more...]
Whisky Orange Marmalade Recipe
If you make this recipe using Seville Oranges it will be the traditional bitter orange marmalade. I had lots of navel oranges on my tree and decided to try a couple of different variations to this recipe: one based on Whisky Seville Marmalade and another based on Mandarin Marnier Marmalade. I made the basic recipe and split it in half at the end, adding whisky to one half and cointreau to the other - you can make it all with one or the other or try another flavour altogether. 1kg Oranges 2 … [Read more...]
Cointreau Orange Marmalade Recipe
If you make this recipe using Seville Oranges it will be the traditional bitter orange marmalade. I had lots of navel oranges on my tree and decided to try a couple of different variations to this recipe: one based on Whisky Seville Marmalade and another based on Mandarin Marnier Marmalade. I made the basic recipe and split it in half at the end, adding whisky to one half and Cointreau to the other - you can make it all with one or the other or try another flavour altogether. 1kg Oranges 2 … [Read more...]
Preserved Figs In Syrup
Preserved figs in syrup is a wonderful way to enjoy your bounty throughout the year. Figs have such a short season and you have to fight the birds (and sometimes possums) to harvest your crop, so it is great to savour the harvest. This recipe is a quick and simple way to preserve them for later enjoyment - if you can wait that long. I pick my figs as soon as they start to soften and they continue to ripen inside. Then I put them whole into the freezer, gradually filling the bag until I have … [Read more...]
Can you freeze Persimmons?
I discover that the answer to 'can you freeze persimmons?' is 'Yes' and share the Persimmon Clafoutis recipe that I made with them. I had a good crop of persimmons on my tree last year but with unfortunate timing I was heading off on my trip to China just as they were ripening. I shared bags of them with my neighbours but suddenly thought 'I wonder whether you can freeze persimmons?' You can freeze many fruit whole, so on the day I left I put some whole in a bag in the freezer. Then I had … [Read more...]
Lavender Shortbread Recipe
This Lavender Shortbread Recipe is very simple, has a delicious flavour and is perfect to give as a gift. The biscuits (or the dough) can be kept in the freezer for when you need a little something to give to someone. You can experiment with different shaped cookie cutters if you want or use a letter press to stamp words into your shortbread as I did. Ingredients 250 g butter 3/4 cup icing sugar 2 tablespoons of finely chopped dried or fresh lavender flowers 2 cups flour pinch of … [Read more...]
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