Winter veggies
As winter approaches us here in New Zealand a few of my friends have asked me what they can plant and grow in the winter time so I thought I’d do a post. A lot…
Category Archives: herbs
The new garden
I’ve been talking about the new garden for a little while now so I thought I should do a post on “this new garden”. NG is next to our deck right beside the house so…
Pizza
Super yummy dinner tonight – home made pizza. My pizza was so yummy that I wanted to share what we had. Homemade pizza base $1.50 pasta sauce – fresh herbs from the garden Cheese and…
Herbed Salt
Another Wendyl Nissen special from A Home Companion. This salt was fun to make as I kept running out to the garden to get more herbs; four heaped tablespoons is a lot of fresh herbs.…
Chilli jam
I made my first lot of Christmas presents for some friends on Saturday night. This fantastic recipe came from the fantastic book A Home Companion by Wendyl Nissen. The jam is super easy to make…
3 cereals, 3 legumes, 5 vegetables AND flavour.
A guest post by the one and only Mr Ecochick! Below is a meal we make so that I have LOADS of baby food to feed one hungry baby. This makes a huge pot of…
Christmas ideas
I love Christmas time! I love the sights, the smells. I love the Christmas shop at Kirkcaldie & Stains! I love Christmas carols, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations and I love homemade gifts. Homemade gifts are…
Mint fly repellent
A few weeks ago in Wendyl Nissen’s weekly newsletter she mentioned that having pots of mint around repels flies. Well I think the nation’s mint and pots sales probably doubled overnight as avid readers rushed…
$1.50 pasta sauce
This sauce is the basis for pretty much everything Mr Ecochick cooks. Well everything Italianish. This sauce is very versatile and can be used on its own over filled pasta or add mushrooms, carrots, lentils,…
10 easy tips for going green in the kitchen
I love the daily green website and I saw these tips on how to go green in the kitchen a few days ago so wanted to share them. I’ve used their ideas and added a…