I thought I had killed my rosemary bush. It was all bare sticks and dry leaves and no matter what I did, nothing changed.I almost bought a new one a month ago but for some reason I waited, and I’m glad I did. Turns out I did not kill it at all. After some good […]
Easy Homemade Bread – tips, tricks, and recipes.
My life is so crazy that I often find it easier to make homemade bread than to put all the kids in the car and go and buy some at the shops! I used to think that making your own bread was hard and time consuming, and while you do need to allow a fair […]
Simple Yoghurt Dip
There are two things that I make nearly every single week – homemade muesli bars and youghurt dip. I make a big batch of simple garlic and mint yoghurt dip every, single, week. You’d think my kids would be sick of it by now, but nope. If I skip out on making it boy do […]
Easy Focaccia Bread
Lazy weekend days are made for casual lunches, with great slabs of warm fresh bread, along with good olive oil for dipping, and maybe some home-made hummus. That’s why I try to drag myself out of bed by 10 am, it gives me just enough time to make focaccia bread for lunch. Focaccia is so […]
Veggie Nuggets
My husband ate my blog post. Yep, you read that right, my husband ATE my blog post. I made some delicious little veggie nuggets for dinner last night, and before the ravenous hoards scoffed the lot, I hid a couple in a container in the fridge so I could photograph them in better light this […]
Cheese and Ham Rolls
Happy New Year! We’ve spent the last week of 2013 and the first week of 2014 chatting, laughing, watching movies, swimming, gardening, playing outside, and eating… oh so much eating! It seems all we have done for the past few weeks is jump from one meal with family or friends to the next. It’s been […]
Eat What Your Grow – Spring Salad with Balsamic Dressing
It was a warm weekend here on the Pickle Farm, and sunny weather in mid-October means it’s time to start planting seeds in the garden. So the kids and I spent most of the weekend shoveling horse poop, poking little seeds into the dirt and playing with the hose. It was glorious! The garden is […]
Herb Soda Bread
It’s Sunday afternoon. The last day of the school holidays. The first day of daylight savings. The Father Figure is at work and I am faced with four, hungry, cranky, children. I suddenly realise I have absolutely no idea what time it is. My brain is confused by the clocks shifting, and the sunshine, and […]