I may not have anywhere to store all the food (it will be a while till my huge walk in pantry is done) but I have a functioning kitchen again, and I intend to put it to good use! Here are twelve of our favourite sweet treats to bake…. Fruit Oatmeal cookies Apple Berry Pockets […]
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Kid Friendly Food Gardening – What’s Growing In Your Garden?
We are staring down the end of spring here, and the garden is bursting into life! All our hard work of planting seeds and digging and mulching is beginning to pay off with flowers and seedlings sprouting and the promise of food to grow! Here’s a quick garden tour… As you can see by the […]
A Busy Mum’s Guide to Growing Veggies – In Winter.
The zucchinis are done, and the cucumbers long gone. We picked the last of the pumpkins on the weekend, and collected the beans that we left to dry out on the vines. We still have tomatoes hanging on, trying their hardest to ripen in the lovely Autumn sunshine we’ve had lately, but this week’s forecast […]
This Year’s Summer Garden
Despite planting this year’s veggies way later than we should have, I am really pleased with how the garden is growing at the moment. The only thing we are eating is lettuce, herbs and the ever present rhubarb, but things are budding and beginning to fruit and flower so I am hopeful that there might […]
Twelve Things to Cook This Christmas.
I don’t know why, but I always get the urge to bake things at this time of year. It’s a little crazy considering it has just started to get hot here, and we are crazy busy, so standing in front of a hot stove isn’t exactly relaxing, but still…. there is something about Christmas that […]
In My Garden…
A few weeks ago there was nothing but weeds and grass and clover in my veggie garden. Then we mowed, and weed whacked and got the tractor out and then there was dirt…. lots and lots of dirt, and a fair bit of mud. Then the sun came out and I dug in the dirt […]
Winter Menu Planning
As the days get colder and shorter these tips for easy winter menu planning and ideas for delicious family meals will help keep you organised and the family fed this winter. The change of seasons is a good time to change up your menu planning. Taking into account fruit ad vegetables are in season, and […]
When All Else Fails…
When all else fails…. make cup cakes. Nothing better than warm from the oven rhubarb and oat cupcakes on a bad day. Recipe? Um, I just kind of make it up as I go along but… Cook up some rhubarb with some water, sugar and a handful of oats. Then add that to a basic […]