A step by step tutorial showing you exactly how to make delicious sugar free homemade stewed apples and how to can applesauce - the perfect way to preserve the apple harvest and great to have on hand for roast pork, baby food or quick Continue Reading
Preserving
Preserving food is something that I am really passionate about. I love making the most of fruit and vegetables that are in season and preserving them so that we can enjoy them all year round. Here are my recipes for canning/bottling, stocks, jams and much more to come as I learn all about preserving food!
Easy Refrigerator Pickles
These easy refrigerator pickles only take 10 minutes to prepare and are crunchy, tangy and super delicious! Perfect on burgers, with hot dogs or just as a snack, they are a great way to use up gherkins and cucumbers from the garden! Calling Continue Reading
Homemade Bottled Spaghetti
If you love canned spaghetti, you need to know how to make it at home. Here is our family recipe, with step by step photos and instructions! Up until a few years ago, I had NO idea you could make your own bottled spaghetti. We were at Josh's Continue Reading
How to freeze green beans
If your beans are going crazy in the garden this year let me show you the best (and easiest) way to preserve them for use all year long - here is a quick tutorial on how to freeze beans! Our beans have gone CRAZY this year! I grow them every Continue Reading
How to Bottle Plums (and other stone fruit)
Bottling plums and stone fruit is the perfect way to preserve the summer harvest to enjoy all year round. If you are new to bottling fruit, here is an easy to follow, step by step tutorial on exactly how to do it! When I was a kid, bottling Continue Reading
Christmas Fruit Mince
The perfect make ahead recipe for Christmas mince pies on the day. My Christmas Fruit Mince recipe is quick, easy & perfectly fruity and spiced! Out of all my favourite Christmas treats (and there are a lot!) Christmas fruit mince pies are Continue Reading
Quick Pickled Veges
This recipe for quick pickled veges is the easiest, most versatile side that is the perfect accompaniment for anything from tacos to sandwiches! This recipe for quick pickled veges is so ridiculous and easy that I totally feel bad for calling it Continue Reading
How to: Roast Red Peppers
The easiest way to roast red peppers - you'll never buy them in a jar again! It's party weekend! Josh is heading away with the boys for his stag do and I am going into the city to have my hen's night (bachelor & bachelorette parties for Continue Reading
Bottled Gherkins (Homemade Dill Pickles)
A simple to follow tutorial for how to make your own bottled gherkins! Make the most of that summer harvest and enjoy homemade dill pickles all year round! In my experience, there is no fence sitting in the gherkin debate. You either love them or Continue Reading
Slow Cooker Apple Sauce
The easiest way to make apple sauce - in the slow cooker! Make a big batch and freeze it in portions, ready to pull out whenever you need it! I've gotta tell you, Josh & I are one of those annoying couples that do everything together. Not on Continue Reading
5 Minute Triple Berry Jam (Sugar Free)
5 Minute Triple Berry Sugar Free Jam - all it takes is fresh or frozen berries, honey, chia seeds and 5 minutes of your time and you have delicious, easy (not scary to make) refined sugar free jam! I promised myself, PROMISED that I would not buy Continue Reading
Bottled Feijoas
A step by step tutorial to teach you how to bottle feijoas - the best way to preserve them so that you can enjoy them all year round! It's feijoa season in NZ at the moment and they are everywhere. You can buy them from the supermarket but I don't Continue Reading
