So simple – do it yourself smoked trout.
Delicious home-smoked trout. Easy and quick. All you need is a wok and a barbecue.
Ricotta: How to make from fresh milk
Learn how to make your own ricotta with this easy to follow recipe.
Spicy Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
How to grow your own pumpkins with this delicious winter warming soup recipe with pumpkin, spices and coconut milk.
So simple – ricotta cake with lemon and almond meal
Delicious, quick and easy lemon and ricotta cake with almond meal – in the Italian tradition.
My best ever recipe for minestrone soup
Minestrone soup, a healthy vegetable rich soup for those cold, winter days.
Wild Foods: Purslane – the weed that is good for you.
Explore the wild foods growing all around you. Purslane a traditional, and very healthy, food from the Mediterranean
Breakfast special – berry and ricotta hotcakes
simple and scrummy hotcake recipe with ricotta and blueberries.
Lemon Grass – a valuable plant in the organic kitchen garden.
Lemon grass. One of the most useful plants in the sub-tropical garden for use in Asian cooking, herbal tea, erosion control and an abundant mulch plant.
Balinese chicken satay – how to make it like a local.
Garden Consulting
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A one hour onsite consultation will often answer all your questions and help you on your way to the joy of year-round healthy food from your own garden.
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