Bake it cheaper!

I love baking and in an ideal world I would make all my own cakes and biscuits, rather than buy plastic wrapped shop bought versions which often contain ingredients I’m not so…

An underused overgrown curry plant!

  My curry plant seems to be getting bigger and bigger and I just don’t use it as I’m not sure what to do with it.  A quick google tells…

Would you eat slugs?

If you eat slugs, I can’t be friends with you any more one of my friends said to me the other day.  I would like to point out that as…

The berries are back!

Last year I wrote an article about  growing your own berries .  We grow raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries in our garden and we had a plentiful supply for a good…

Do egg shells keep slugs at bay?

We buy a lot of eggs in my household  and they have to be at least free range if not organic.  They can be quite pricey though and it seems…

Pizza for Passover and other meals!

Easter and Passover closely coincided this year and after stuffing ourselves with Easter eggs while we could, we spent the next eight days living off potatoes and matzo.  Pesach provides me with…

Homemade Dolly Mixture Recipe

Ever wondered how to make your own dolly mixture? I had never thought about it before yesterday. On my lunch break I went for a nice healthy walk and ended up…

Delicious Banana Bread Recipe

Banana bread recipe to use up overripe bananas and save them from the compost or worse, the bin! Prep time was around 15 mins and 45 mins to bake.