A culinary match made in heaven - butternut and feta and sage. Add in the nutty taste of burnt butter,…
Includes recipes and ideas on how to use your herbs for food
Edible Flower Cookies
No secret I love edible flowers. No secret I love baking. And in our unschool-homeschool, Friday is baking and gardening…
How To – Roast Garlic
Garlic everywhere and garlic in everything! We’re a household that loves to cook with garlic, and naturally, I also have…
Crystallized flowers
Crystallized flowers! These candied flowers are a favourite of my little girls to make. Here’s how you can also make…
Chimichurri – Argentinian Green Sauce for Grilled Meat
The first time I made chimichurri was out of necessity – I had harvested handfuls of gorgeous Italian parsley, and…
Rose Panna cotta with rose jelly and a cardomom-pistachio biscuit
I love combining rose with cardamom – it is a lovely Middle Eastern combination and puts me in mind of…
Recipe: Baked Earl Grey Cheesecake with Lavender
Ingredients Base: 1 packet biscuits (I used Tennis Biscuits from South Africa, Coconut Based) 115g butter, melted Filling: 500g cream…
Pickled Cherry Tomatoes – How To
The cherry tomatoes are dripping fruit… and it’s a race to get to them before the birds do! But what…
Rose Petal Jam – How To
When life gives you rose petals… make rose petal jam (or jelly)! Every day that my Westerland climbing rose is…
Chamomile Tea – How To
Their white and yellow daisy heads nod on their stems above the fresh apple-scented ferny leaves as bumblebees and bees…