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Easy homemade chocolate Turkish delight recipe. Sweet and soft rose candy coated in melted dark chocolate and topped with rose petals. I didn’t grow up with rose candy but it wasn’t long after tasting Turkish Delight that I was hooked. It’s sweet, gelatinous, pretty to look at, and can be intensely floral. If you haven’t…
Blueberry and lavender jam recipe with fresh Lavender buds and sweet honey. Lavender adds a light floral and almost nutty flavor to this fruity jam. I love blueberry jam. It’s by far the most popular preserve consumed in my home. I mix blueberries with apples and peaches in jams as well. One of my favorite…
Learn to preserve fresh fruit and vegetables in homemade jellies, jams, chutneys, pickles, & more. Includes an introduction to water bath canning, pressure canning, and preparing food for preserving People have been preserving food for centuries. It was how our forefathers survived the winter when they no longer could harvest from their gardens. With modern technology,…
Five easy and quick ways to preserve fresh produce without canning including dehydration, freezing, refrigeration, and fermentation. By Megan Cain For many of us gardeners, late summer and early fall signals the peak of the harvest season. Although filling up baskets and bowls full of vegetables from your garden can feel exhilarating, it can also…
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 Greece on my way back home to Britain. For two weeks I’d somehow missed out on trying it and nearly kicked myself afterwards. The sweet and crunchy…
This light as air dessert is easy to make I’ve shied away from Pavlova for years mainly because my only experience with meringue was with those little pre-made nests you buy at the shop. They’re crunchy, practically made of pure sugar, and in my opinion not very nice. Then last Christmas I went to a…
Combine the sweetness of strawberries with the tart of rhubarb in one of the best summer pie recipes. I absolutely love the flavour combination of strawberry and rhubarb. It’s sweet with a tart edge and is perfect for all types of desserts from cakes, tarts, muffins, jam, to my my favourite – pie. Juicy and…
Alcohol-free Garden Cocktails. Virgin drinks made with fresh herbs, edible flowers, wild foraged plants and berries, and other delightful natural ingredients With warmer days here, picnics, bbqs, and other social gatherings are on the agenda. Aka cocktails galore. Don’t get me wrong, I like a margarita just as much as the next person but sometimes…
A light and fluffy lemon drizzle cake infused with fresh rosemary. An unusual and delicious flavor combination perfect for summery cakes and cupcakes. On a recent trip to Dublin, my friend and I visited a lovely little eatery on the River Liffey. After an afternoon exploring the city, we were reeled in by their display…