Here's a beauty......when your basil is growing profusely and you can't use it up quick enough, this is a great way to preserve your basil for later use. This is a very piquant, fragrant oil which can be blended into salad dressings or simply drizzled over pasta for extra zing! So this recipe is very…
You know the saying....feed a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.....well, same thing with insect repellent! When your husband is always asking you to make him some insect repellent, you teach him to make his own!! I have always…
Rhubarb. It's a mouth bending tongue twister! You can't say it without doing a bit of mouth yoga! And it's also a whole lot more! I have three clumps in the garden. They are one of those beauties, plant once and forget. Year after year they will produce beautiful fibre-rich stalks to keep you going,…
Let's talk deodorant. Back when my son was just 14yrs old, he spent nearly a year on the couch, cradling his head from crippling headaches and migraines. Endless trips to doctors, paediatricians and even a neuro specialist brought slim relief. He lived on pain killers and the last straw came when he was prescribed an…
We went on holiday for two weeks and returned to found we had left a Sourdough Seed Loaf in our fridge. It was perfectly fine, albeit a bit dried out. We could have fed the birds but I have personal motto, "Waste Not, Want Not." So in no time at all, we have a jar…
Calling all Bird Lovers: A while back, I wrote a post on attracting birds to the garden. It's around winter that food supplies are scant in the Southern Hemisphere garden. Birds have to forage to survive. So yesterday I decided it was well overdue for me to make my annual bird feeding cups. Not exactly…
Food is often tied up in so many memories. A bite of something can transport us to a place or person, evoking powerful connections to that memory. One of my food recipes always reminds me of my good friend and her father, who taught me how to cook Mattar Paneer (Peas and Indian cheese). Arti…
