This recipe will create a strong and healthy ginger culture called a ginger bug. You can use it to make the best ginger beer you have ever tasted – guaranteed! And the best part is that it is 100% made from scratch, with no added nasties at all! To make your ginger bug: You’ll need: Organic ginger – it’s very…
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Today I tried my favourite ANZAC Biscuit recipe in our Metters Canberra Wood Stove. These need a “slow” oven, which means about 150 degrees. I was able to get the temperature of my oven to sit nicely in the slow zone, so I mixed up a batch and popped them in.
This is what I consider to be the best ANZAC Biscuit recipe ever! Not just for ANZAC Day, these are super easy to whip up whenever you want a delicious treat in a flash.
I have been pruning my espalier lemon tree today, and have pruned off about 20 green lemons (see here for why espaliered fruit trees are great in a cottage kitchen garden). Never one to waste home grown produce, I always hang my green tomatoes at the end of the season to ripen them, so now I’m curious as to whether…
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After what feels like forever, our Metters Canberra woodstove restoration is complete. This little beauty is finally ready to go into our kitchen! *hold for applause* It’s taken a lot of work but this gorgeous old stove went from rusty and neglected, to beautiful cast iron – I am literally in love. I remember the day we first dismantled the…
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