Category: Preserving
Cooking in Season
Quince: Easy Peeling and Cutting Tips
Quince have a wonderful flavour, but an almost impossibly hard texture. Read on for a quick kitchen tip that makes quince easy to peel and cut!
Recipes
Banana Ginger Chutney
Banana ginger chutney is unexpectedly divine; the perfect sweet-sour accompaniment to creamy coconut curries. And it uses up three ripe bananas!
Recipes
My Granny’s Lemon Curd
This delicious, velvety lemon curd has the perfect balance between lemony and sweet, with a smooth buttery finish. A family favourite for four generations!
Recipes
Kumquat Marmalade Recipe
Many, many years ago, when I was first learning to make jam and preserves, I saw a basket of kumquats in the produce market near where I lived. Always willing to try a new food, I bought the crazy little fruits; later that day I made marmalade with them…
General
Meyer Lemon Marmalade
January and February are the citrus months. Every imaginable type of citrus fruit is now for sale, and …
My Life in Food
Fresh Almond Milk
Last week, I announced an exciting giveaway that you can all enter: half price tickets for one of …
Baking
Homemade Quince Paste
It’s quince season! For those who need help envisioning a quince, here is a description from my 9-year-old …
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Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
One of my favourite September rituals is making a big batch of Salsa Verde. Salsa Verde is obscenely …
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Spiced Gooseberry Chutney
If you have been wanting to buy some of those gorgeous green gooseberries but are not sure what to …
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What to do with Garlic Scapes
These crazy vegetables – long coiled green things – show up in the farmers’ markets in June. “Garlic …
Cooking in Season
Operation Freezer, Week Two: Roasted Chicken and Raspberries in Syrup
This has been a red-letter week in Operation Freezer. I managed to use up freezer items for at …
Cooking in Season
Tayberry Jam
The lady who gave me my first tayberry (years ago) told me that tayberries were a heritage variety of …
Digital Kitchen/BBQ Thermometer with Magnet and Clock Timer
Asian Ingredients: A Guide
