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Coconut Yoghurt, an Easy Money Saver

9 July 2025 2 Comments

You Will Need The Following Items: Ingredients: Instructions Cost At the time of writing this blog post, in July 2025, Kara Coconut Cream was $6.00 “Coconut Yoghurt, an Easy Money Saver”

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Choko Soup, the Perfect Winter Warmer

9 July 2025 No Comments

Choko, also known as chayote or vegetable pear, is a versatile, mild-flavoured vegetable that is native to South America and has been introduced to Australia. “Choko Soup, the Perfect Winter Warmer”

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Apple Pie Filling

25 September 2023 2 Comments

At different times of the year, apples can be a great price or a bit on the expensive side. It all depends on the natural “Apple Pie Filling”

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Plum Curd Tarts

11 May 2023 No Comments

In April, I posted about making plum sauce. It was delicious, but I can only eat so much plum sauce in a year. I had “Plum Curd Tarts”

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Chocolate Chunk Artisan Sourdough Bread

27 February 2023 No Comments

Ingredients: Pre-dough Final dough Instructions: Day One: Pre-dough Day Two: Final dough This bread is amazing. The most difficult part of the whole thing was “Chocolate Chunk Artisan Sourdough Bread”

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Apricot Chutney

21 December 2022 9 Comments

My love affair with apricots continues as I work my way, with pleasure, through the fruit I picked up at Eve’s Fresh Produce. Chutney is “Apricot Chutney”

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Homemade Muesli

10 October 2022 2 Comments

I have been thinking about Christmas lately. Someone I know started a countdown and keeps telling me how many days till Christmas. Annoying friends aside, “Homemade Muesli”

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Halloween Cupcakes

10 October 2022 No Comments

Halloween is a fun time of year for the kids, and for some of us adults as well. I like to decorate for this time “Halloween Cupcakes”

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Avacado and Feta Pasta

10 August 2022 No Comments

I always have homemade feta on hand. I get 750 to 850 grams of Danish-style feta from 4 litres of full-cream milk, so I use “Avacado and Feta Pasta”

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Homemade Pine Syrup

11 July 2022 No Comments

A few weeks ago, there was a big old pine tree that came down on the edge of my property in a storm. While it “Homemade Pine Syrup”

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