Jul 4th
While many people consider a barbecue to be primarily a good way to cook meat outdoors, there are many delicious ways of char-roasting veggies on the barbie.
The Best Veg for a Barbecue
Any vegetable that can be successfully oven roasted is good for a barbecue. They include some of the favourites that are commonly found in ...
Tags: aubergines, Barbecued Veggies, char-roasting veggies, Corn on the Cob, courgettes, onions, peppers, sweetcorn
Feb 19th
Common spinach, or more correctly Swiss chard, is one of the most rewarding home grown vegetables in terms of yield. But to make it a worthwhile crop, you need to find delicious ways to serve it at the table.
While you can certainly use very young spinach and/or Swiss chard in salads, when the plants get ...
Tags: creamed spinach, spinach quiche, spinach quiche recipe, Swiss chard
Jan 12th
Spinach is an incredibly easy vegetable to grow, particularly Swiss chard or silver beet. But what do you do when you are faced with kilo after kilo of fresh spinach?
Different types of Spinach
True spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is not grown as widely as high yielding Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris) which is, to many non-horticultural people all ...
Tags: baby spinach, Feta cheese, New Zealand spinach, preparing Swiss chard, recipes for spinach, silver beet, spinach, Swiss chard, ways to eat spinach
Oct 3rd
Fennel is a much maligned vegetable that grows wild in some parts of the world. It is an outcast in the average vegetable garden because it is not a good companion for any other vegetables. Furthermore, many people find its distinct aniseed flavour abhorrent.
However fennel does have its uses, both medicinal and culinary, and it ...
Tags: bulb fennel, fennel, finocchio, FLorence fennel
Jul 13th
This lovely tomato pickle recipe was sent to us from Julie Gawryliuk, Saskatchewan, Canada .
“Hope you like this, it’s one of my favorites. An excellent condiment for pork, beef, chicken or hotdogs.”
7kg (2 gallons or 16 lb) chopped green tomatoes
3.5kg (1 gallon or 8 lb) onions
½ cup salt
4 cups white vinegar
4 cups brown sugar
½ cup ...
Tags: green tomato pickle, tomato pickle, tomato recipes