Why your ferments keep going bad….
Why Your Ferments Go Bad... You don't sterlise your jars. You don't make sure everything is blow the level of your liquid/brine (including your cabbage leave or stalk if you use these to weigh things down). I always aim for 2cm of brine above the level...
Quince Syrup Recipe
Quince Syrup Recipe Syrups could not really be any easier to make. And although there is a lot of sugar in this recipe, what you finally do with it doesn't have to contain the same amount of sugar. I like to make syrups from things when I don't have time to process...
Crazy Wild Gratitude
Crazy Wild Gratitude Why is the practice of gratitude so beneficial for us? Firstly, it helps us focus on what is good in our life/the World instead of what we perceive as bad/wrong. But mainly, it helps our nervous system to regulate itself. When we start to notice...
Random things you may not think are bad for your health…
Random things you may not think are bad for your health... Tattoos – They are FULL of heavy metals. Plus, if you are an overthinker/stressed/depressed/anxious they will also upset your nervous system whilst having them too. PS: Wish I'd known this one sooner as I...
Why Kombucha Gets a Bad Reputation
Why Kombucha Gets a Bad Reputation... I often see people on here making comments about Kombucha being bad for you and I see where they are coming from! Shop bought (especially from supermarkets) Kombucha is pretty terrible. Often, it’s been pasteurised (cooked) so...
Water Bath Canning Learnings
Water Bath Canning Learnings… Canning does not mean, preserving produce in tin cans, it’s actually referring to glass jars instead. There are two main ways to can produce, water bath and pressure can. Water bath canning is for acidic produce only, like tomatoes, jams,...
Pikliz Sauerkraut Recipe
Pikliz Haitian Sauerkraut Ingredients 1 medium white cabbage, finely sliced 2 medium carrots, grated ½ onion (any colour), diced 1 green pepper, finely sliced 1 chilli pepper (or choosing and depending on heat), finely diced Juice & zest of 1 lime or lemon...
Fermented Fruit Chilli Sauce
Probiotic, Fermented Fruit Chilli Sauce This recipe started as a way to us up oranges, as an orange chilli sauce and then as orange season finished i realised it worked just as well with grapefruits, lemons or limes too. Then more recently i tried it with plums...
Beetroot & Caramelised Onion Chutney Recipe
Beetroot & Caramelised Onion Chutney Recipe Ingredients 800g of red or white onions, peeled and sliced 600g beetroot, top and tailed and grated 300g brown sugar 200ml cider vinegar 100ml of balsamic vinegar ½ tsp. ground garlic powder 2 tbsp. olive oil 1...
Onion Learnings
Onion Learnings... It's taken years to be able to grow consistently large and abundant onions, from plugs (seedlings) or direct from seed, but I got there! I try to pick veg a season that I really, really research, experiment with and master and this seems to work,...
Sweet Red Pepper Jelly Recipe
Sweet Red Pepper Jelly Recipe Ingredients 3 red, orange, or yellow sweet peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks 1 large green apple or two small, cored and cut into chunks 400g white sugar 250ml apple cider vinegar (or vinegar of your choosing) 1 small red...
Elderberry (Medicinal) Chutney Recipe
Elderberry Chutney Recipe I've made tinctures, honeys and all sorts of other things in to preserve and use elderberries as a medicine, but I prefer my medicine in food form if I can. And here it is... Ingredients 500g elderberries 2 apples, diced 1 onion, diced 50g...
Dehydrated Fermented Foods
Dehydrated Fermented Foods... Did you know you can dehydrate fermented foods? If your sauerkraut, kimchi or fermented carrots have fermented past your liking (ie: gone too sour, soggy or strong). Then you can spread your fermented vegetables on to dehydrating sheets...
Baked Courgette Recipe
Baked Courgette Recipe Every year I like finding new and yummy ways to use up the abundance of courgettes there always is. I have made most cakes and soups you could think of, but for some reason I have never baked them (apart from a stuff marrow kind of thing). ...