How to make kefir milk from kefir grains
I’m very new to kefir milk and other probiotic foods/ drinks but it is so easy and super healthy that I wanted to share how to make it with you all. Firstly, some of you…
Category Archives: preserving
Preserving tomatoes
It’s that time of year when our tomato plants are finishing up and the tomatoes are super cheap in the stores. I pulled all my plants out and cooked up the ones I grew. I…
Mixed spice apple fruit leathers
It’s apple session and so that means loads of apples around for eating and preserving. Actually I’m not a huge apple fan but here are two great ways to preserve apples and make them yummier…
Glass storage in the freezer
Now that summer is coming to an end there is plenty of wonderful produce in my garden and cheap produce at the market that I want to freeze for winter. I thought I’d share how…
Book review; A Good Harvest
I was looking for a new book to read and a girlfriend recommended A Good Harvest from Rural Woman New Zealand. The wonderful folk at Random House sent me this lovely book to review. I…
How we save money on our shopping
When shopping I always look for the best deals as I HATE wasting money. There are only a few products that I buy brand specific and everything else I just buy whatever is cheapest or…
Removing goo from jars
A while ago I did a post on easily removing goo with peanut butter. This is still my tried and true method but the other day I found another easy trick. Put your chosen jar…
Metal funnels
I finally have my metal funnels. Woop woop I’m so super excited!!! I spent ages looking for metal funnels (would have been much easier if I had googled stainless steel funnels!). I found the smaller…
Lemon curd
A girlfriend has a wonderful lemon tree that I love to pick from. Homegrown lemons are so much juicer than store bought. I never really used lemons but now I seem to use them all…
Banana jam
Little monkey John just LOVES bananas; he would eat three or four bananas a day if he could. New Zealand Gardener magazine July 2010 edition had a recipe for banana jam. I thought what better to make…