A pretty clever trick to pit cherries without getting permanently stained hands... all you need is a glass bottle and a chopstick.
Category: Recipes
Recipe of the Week: Cherry and Almond Muffins
I prevailed on friends (and Icecap Organics harvest box customers) Gary and Zoé Martin, to share their kitchen secrets, after listening to the mouth-watering adventures they got up to last season. The first harvest boxes were delivered last week, with a supply of fresh cherries. Which were transformed shortly thereafter, in the Martin kitchen, into … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Cherry and Almond Muffins
Recipe: Kale Chips
It's been so cool and rainy lately that the only thing flourishing in my garden is kale. Thank you kale, for growing no matter what. Thank you, also, for being a most excellent source of vitamin K, C, manganese, calcium and copper. I've never had much success baking kale chips. They either turn out too … Continue reading Recipe: Kale Chips
Recipe: Cilantro Pesto
Right now, my garden is full of cilantro that self-seeded last year. (I can't work out why the only things flourishing in my garden are the things I didn't even plant.) (Probably because it's actually a weed.) Every week, I gather fresh leaves and make batches of this cilantro pesto. It's an amazing spread on … Continue reading Recipe: Cilantro Pesto
Recipe of the Week: Chives
5 amazing things about chives: they're the smallest species of edible onions (allium schoenoprasum) they're the only species of onion native to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas in the garden, they repel insects and serve as good pest control bees love them they're rich in vitamins A and C, and are beneficial to the … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Chives
Recipe of the Week: Bannock
The best thing about summer, as a kid, was campfires. And the best thing about campfires, as a good little Aussie, was making damper. This 'smore business is something no self-respecting Aussie would come up with. Not when you can make up a batch of damper, wrap the dough around a stick, cover it in … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Bannock
Recipe of the Week: Lemony Lentil Soup with Dill and Feta
The first fronds of dill are doing their delicate dance in my garden. I'm still waiting impatiently for everything else to start sprouting seriously, and my pantry is running bare of last summer's pesto and jam. So here's a recipe for the in-between days, with just a dash of freshness from the garden. (Serves 8.) … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Lemony Lentil Soup with Dill and Feta
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