Recipes for cooking from your vegetable garden. Find creative and useful tips to preserve, store and cook your edible garden harvest. From an abundance of herbs to creative ways of using vegetables in sweet baking recipes.
This sweet, salty, spicy nuts recipe makes a great party snack or lovely homemade edible gift recipients will love! Here we’ve used dry roasted cashews, almonds and walnuts but you can mix up the quantities to favor your preferred nut variety or substitute the nuts altogether. Alternative nut choices could include macadamias, pecans, hazelnuts or peanuts. …
This oyster mushroom risotto recipe is simple and simply delicious. So if you’re looking for an easy mushroom risotto recipe, this dish is full of flavor the whole family will love. Read on for how to make mushroom risotto made with oyster mushrooms. I grew the oyster mushrooms from a mushroom growing kit – which …
This Tomato Chili and Ginger Jam recipe is sweet and mild with only a small amount of heat from the chilies. It’s the perfect condiment for adding a lovely sweet and slight spiciness to your favourite dish. The recipe is quick and dead easy to make, even for those of you who aren’t a whiz …
Have you every wondered ‘what can I use for pesto instead of basil?’ While a traditional pesto recipe uses basil and pine nuts, I had a garden full of winter leafy green vegetables that needed harvesting. So I came up with a different pesto recipe to make use of leafy green vegetables growing in the …
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This naturally sweet banana pancake recipe is perfection and has no added sugar! (Icing sugar used for photo styling purposes only). Even without added sugar, these pancakes are surprisingly sweet. Light and fluffy and full of bananas these healthy banana pancakes are a must-try recipe for breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea or dessert. The secret to …
These Banana Zucchini Muffins are really very easy to make. They make a great option for a morning or afternoon tea snack and kids will love them in their school lunch box. Don’t worry if your child says they don’t like zucchini, because honestly, you can’t taste it at all. But you will know it’s …
This cabbage rolls recipe was inspired by my Polish grandmother who was also an inspiration to me in the garden. She made Polish stuffed cabbage rolls, traditionally known as Gołąbki, from her home-grown cabbages, with traditional meat and rice filling. But with a growing number of vegetarians in the family, we needed a meat-free option. Credit …
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These Basil and Corn Fritters are a hit for morning tea or brunch. And they make clever use of homegrown basil. Read on for how to make basil and corn fritters with this quick and easy recipe. They are a great snack on their own or dress these Basil and Corn Fritters up with a …
Nasturtium is a low maintenance plant with many benefits to the garden. But can you eat it? And if so, what can you make with it? This article explores the edible benefits of nasturtium and ways you can make use of this versatile plant in your kitchen at home. Firstly, yes, you can eat nasturtium. …
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