Pickled Peppers Recipe
Pickled Peppers is a new favourite of mine, so here’s the recipe in case you also have an abundance of them this year… Ingredients 1 kg bell peppers (deseeded and cut into strips) 1L apple cider vinegar (or a vinegar of your choosing) 8 garlic cloves (peeled...
Garlic Abundance
Garlic Abundance I have learnt with garlic that is needs a lot of love to actually produce something worth the effort of planting it! Planting deep Sunny location Good fertilized soil that drains well Cutting back (the green tops) several times if they grow tops too...
The Benefits of Cabbages
Benefits of Cabbages… As cabbage is the bases for many fermented foods I thought I’d share a little bit about this unlikely powerhouse of health. Here’s some of the benefits of each cabbage (even un-fermented), then if you fermented it you are adding in tons of good...
Mushroom Kimchi Recipe
Mushroom Kimchi Recipe - Is really awesome! Ingredients 1 kg of mushrooms 1 bunch green onions or 1 small white or red onion, sliced thinly 150ml of kombucha, kimchi or kraut juice from a previous batch 3 cloves, minced or 1.5 tsp. of ground garlic 3cm of fresh...
The Reality of Living Off-Grid
The Reality of Off-Grid Living... Finding it weird when there are 'normal' toilets to use. Finding yourself more often than you'd think crawling about in animal muck one way or another. Having your day hijacked by some animal disaster/ escapee / random animal turning...
Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid
Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid... I have been living off-grid now for almost 6yrs, but it was a dream for many, many years before that. Even as a teen I loved the idea of it and by the time I was in my 20's I dreamed of some sort of off-grid (as much as you can) in...
Fig & Cinnamon Chutney Recipe
Fig & Cinnamon Chutney Ingredients 1kg fresh figs, with stems cut off and cut into quarters 700g. brown sugar 50ml. balsamic vinegar 50ml, apple cider vinegar Juice of 2 lemons 1 - 1.5 tsp. cinnamon, ground Directions Place everything in a medium sized...
Fermented Piccalilli Upgraded Recipe
Piccalilli Upgrade! Fermented Probiotic Piccalilli has been a favourite of mine for a while, however I always felt like it was actually not very much like traditional Piccalilli, so I decided to give it a go using a paste so it resembled normal Piccalilli. So...
Courgette Crazy
Courgette Crazy... This time of year there is always an insane amount of courgettes appearing in the garden. I have found there are lots of wonderful ways to use them up, rather than just stuffing, baking or frying them. Here are some of my favourite ways to...
Gluten (& dairy) Free Courgette Cake Recipe
Gluten (& dairy) Free Courgette Cake Recipe Ingredients 350g courgette, grated 300g brown rice flour (or all purpose free-from flour) 100g white sugar 125ml olive oil 2 medium eggs 1 lemon, zest and juice 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda...
Pickled Courgette Recipe
Pickled Courgette Recipe There comes a point in every year where there is an insane amount of courgettes ready. Each year I try to find new ways to use courgettes. I have mastered the courgette brownie, cake, fritters and soup but until last year I had not masters a...
Spicy Lemon Chutney Recipe
Spicy Lemon Chutney Recipe Ingredients 12 lemons 6 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 3 lemons, juiced 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 4 tbsp ginger, grated 1 tsp. coriander seeds, crushed 1 tsp. cayenne powder 1/2 tsp. paprika powder 2 tbsp. sea salt...
Slightly Spicy Beetroot & Orange Chutney Recipe
Slightly Spicy Beetroot & Orange Recipe Ingredients 1 kg raw beetroot, top, tailed and peeled 4 oranges, zest and juice 3 onions, chopped 3 apples, peeled and diced 2 tbsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp coriander seed 1 tbsp cinnamon, ground 700ml apple cider vinegar...
Fermented, Probiotic, Vegan ‘Cheese’ Recipe
So, I made a new and rather exciting thing, fermented, probiotic, vegan 'cheese'. When I was vegan I could not find a cheese replacement that tasted anything other than fool. Then I started making my fermented cashew cream 'cheese' and loved it, but was always...