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Homemade potato dumplings flavored with wild mushrooms and served with a creamy mushroom and garlic sauce. A hearty dish with deep flavored wild mushrooms As summer fades into autumn, meal ideas begin turning to classic dishes that fill the belly and warm the soul. It’s also the time to forage for wild mushrooms and combining…
How to make fruit, flower, and vegetable wines using this A-Z list of delicious ingredients. Includes wine recipes, winemaking instructions, and a beginner’s equipment list Last year, Tanya asked me to write a guest piece on how to make country wines. I was honored to do so and received positive feedback from her readers. Much…
A South African koeksisters recipe that shows you how to make traditional braided doughnuts that are sweet and literally oozing in sweet spiced syrup. A favorite sweet treat that you can commonly buy in South Africa, and a special taste of home for ex-pats around the world. Last week a South African friend shared the…
Serve up a spring feast with wild garlic pizza with fresh mushrooms, purple sprouting broccoli, and calendula flower petals I’m really making the most of Wild Garlic this year. This delicious wild herb grows just down the lane from me and is a fantastic flavoring for all sorts of savory dishes. Known also by the…
A Simple Recipe using only Mandarins & Vodka Vodka can be infused with all manner of delicious herbs, spices, and fruits. One of the best infusions is with citrus peel though — it’s easy to do and is a delicious treat for yourself or to give as gifts. The hardest part of this recipe is allowing…
How to make traditional rum shrub using citrus fruits, ginger, and dark rum. Shrub is a victorian rum liqueur that is delicious sipped neat or used to make sweet cocktails. A few weeks ago a friend gave me a small jar of an amber coloured liquid she called ‘Shrub’. To me it looked a bit…
How to make elderberry syrup using foraged elderberries and sugar. Keeps for up to a year and is a delicious and healthy way to boost immunity and beat colds and flu. If you walk along hedgerows and the borders of fields this time of year you’re bound to come across Elderberries. These juicy berries grow…
The first step to making sourdough bread is making a sourdough starter. It’s easy though and takes only two ingredients — water and flour I made my first sourdough starter two years ago and since then I’ve made it twice more. It’s incredibly easy and the resulting ‘batter’ can be used to make not only…
Make homemade country wine with berries, flowers, and fruit. An introduction to winemaking including recipes for strawberry wine & rose petal wine I feel fraudulent contributing to a series on DIY Homesteading. This phrase suggests rural living, aching muscles, and earth-covered hands. I live in a semi-detached house in suburban Leeds, and my wife is…