Category: Recipes
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Waiting for the little Mites
I woke up this morning to find that my internet connection was down. I was practically hyerventilating within seconds. Am I one of the addicted ones? Grimly I turned everything off. I reluctantly backed away from the keyboard and went for a longer walk than usual. Something is happening to the air out there.. clouds…
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You say Tomayto and I say Tomarto – Summer Sauce
Where I was born and where I learnt to cook, in New Zealand, when we preserve our produce we call it Bottling and we “Put them Down.’ Here (US) we say “Put them up’ and call it Canning but both are in a glass jar with a sealed lid. Does this have something to do…
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Basil Pesto
Here is the pesto recipe. Remember when making a dish with so few ingredients use the very best ingredients. At the Farmers Market in Evanston the other day I saw baskets of basil. Freshly picked. Gorgeous. Pine nuts are horribly expensive but worth it. Walnuts are an alternative. Walnuts will change the color and taste…
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Farmers Market and Shocking Sheep.
I will let these images speak for themselves. These pictures were taken at the Evanston Farmers Market. The vegetables were from a stall called Henry’s Farm. If you have a farmers market close by you that has food like this then you are SO LUCKY. Gorgeous! Well I was working away and I could hear…
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Ignore Everything and Make Bread
White Cat in the tree house, yesterday evening. I am ignoring Mary’s Cat who is sleeping in one of the Silent Ones caps looking incredibly cute. And I am not listening to Mama who is crying because I am trying to wean her lambs AGAIN. I am trying not to think about the fact that…
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