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Seasonal Sentations with ABC

10 June 2025

Catch me on ABC Radio Queensland and Brisbane on the first Monday of every month at 8:10 pm with Kelly Higgins-Devine, as we discuss in-season “Seasonal Sentations with ABC”

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Fermented Oranges

10 June 2025 No Comments

Citrus is in season right now, and you can get loads of sensational fruit at its best quality and at the lowest prices. Think oranges, “Fermented Oranges”

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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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Sweet Plum Sauce

5 April 2023 2 Comments

I had an excellent plum harvest from my little tree this year. I had so many plums that I could make plum jam and two “Sweet Plum Sauce”

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Spicy Cucumber Pickles

19 January 2023 10 Comments

January is a beautiful time of year here on the Granite Belt in Queensland, and I spend as much time as I can out in “Spicy Cucumber Pickles”

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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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It’s Apricot Season

20 December 2022 2 Comments

Eat them fresh, then make some jam I am so lucky to live on The Granite Belt, a place with an amazing food and wine “It’s Apricot Season”

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Rhubard Chutney

31 October 2022 1 Comment

My garden is producing loads of rhubarb right now, and I am out harvesting every week. Rhubarb, while not a fruit, makes wonderful jams, chutneys, “Rhubard Chutney”

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Low Sugar Raspberry Jam

25 July 2022 No Comments

I know I have blogged about making raspberry jam before, and you can still see the Sugar-Free Raspberry jam recipe. Sugar-free jams use a sugar “Low Sugar Raspberry Jam”

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