We were down to the last of the chilli sauce I had made several years ago so it was time for a new batch. I decided to make only a small batch this time as only the two of us are at home now. The recipe I use is from a wonderful book called A…
Tag: food
Attempting to re-use some of my old recipe books
I am making a conscious effort to use the numerous cookbooks I have in my possession. I find that I tend to rely on just a few and I was going to do a cull of my books when I thought I really should go through them and pick out some recipes to try before…
A long time missing, October to be precise.
A Happy New Year to all of you who follow my blog, although you had probably given up on me as it has been so long since I last posted. I am not usually one to make resolutions at New Year but this year I hope to be more regular in my posting on the…
Use your loaf. . . . .A new recipe for bread
I usually make our bread in the bread maker but I read about this loaf on Down to Earth, a blog by Rhonda Hetzel. She calls it a five minute loaf and it is so easy to make. This link will take you directly to her blog and post on the bread I couldn’t believe…
The olives are ready for pickling
Arriving back from my holiday I realised it was well and truly time to pick our olives, before the bower birds consumed them. There has been a flock of bower birds hanging around the garden and they have successfully demolished all our cauliflower plants, each one stripped to a stalk. The olive tree has produced…
Sauce time
This year I almost missed out on making my tomato sauce. The place where we usually buy our sauce tomatoes wasn’t in operation so I had to find another source. Fortunately I was able to buy a box of saucing tomatoes at the local greengrocer. Crisis averted. Our younger daughter’s partner is a great lover…