If you have been wanting to buy some of those gorgeous green gooseberries but are not sure what to do with them, let me help you out. First of all, make yourself some gooseberry jam. Hands down my favourite jam in the universe! But definitely, definitely make sure you save some berries to make a jar (or
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July 28, 2012
Spiced Gooseberry Chutney
July 26, 2012
Exciting Moments
Sometimes, when I want to give it all up in despair – the long hours, the one-woman show, the stress of self-employment while parenting young kids – the universe throws me a nice meaty bone of encouragement. Or two, even. I am happy to say that this week, I have been bolstered up, and so
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July 23, 2012
Sour Cherry Cobbler with Almond
This is how much I love sour cherries: 1. When my parents’ sour cherry tree died of a horrible tree disease several years ago, I cried and held a private tree funeral service in my head. 2. I kept my last jar of frozen sour cherries from that tree for four years because I didn’t
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July 8, 2012
Tayberry Lemonade!
Now this is the kind of post that needs to start with exclamation marks! Because it’s summer and the berries are BACK! And there is nothing so refreshing as lemonade, on ice, on the deck, on a hot summer evening – especially if you are school-aged and the lemonade in question is pink! YEAH!! I think I need
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