5 Easy ways to preserve fresh produce without canning
Easier ways to preserve food without canning By Megan Cain of the Creative Vegetable Gardener For many of us gardeners, late summer and early fall signals the peak of the
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Honey & Almond Baklava Recipe
A Turkish sweet made with buttered pastry layered with chopped nuts and soaked in a spiced honey syrup The first time I had this middle-eastern treat was in the airport in
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12 Juicy Summer Berry recipes and DIYs
Everyone loves to eat summer berries If there’s one thing that you can count on each summer, it’s berries. Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Loganberries…the list goes on. Most of them grow
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Gin Tasting Afternoon at the Sefton
A giggly & girlie gin-infused tea party. Highly recommended! None of us knew quite what to expect with the Gin Tasting Afternoon we booked at the Sefton. Sure, most of us
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9 Creative & Delicious Rhubarb Recipes
Break away from the same old rhubarb recipes The first Rhubarb Crumble of spring is amazing then after a month or two you find yourself fed up with it (pun intended). Instead of abandoning
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Wild Food Foraging: Finding and using Wild Garlic
How to find, pick, and use Wild Garlic in fresh spring dishes. This delicious wild edible is a must-have for any wild food forager. It’s late May and getting towards
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The Secret to the Best Hasselback Potatoes
This is an easy recipe for crispy textured roast potatoes with sea salt and bacon. It was an hour before friends arrived for our first bbq of the year and
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Wild Flower & Berry Herbal Tea
The best herbal tea I’ve ever tasted It’s a rare thing for me to be wowed by a cup of tea. More of a coffee person, I’ll have tea when
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Redcurrant & Elderberry Muffins with Streusel Topping
I’m often booked up on Saturdays with soap making lessons and in between making batches of soap we have break when I usually serve up croissants and warm drinks. Today
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