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Chocolate Chunk Artisan Sourdough Bread

27 February 2023 No Comments

Ingredients: Pre-dough 200 grams of all-purpose flour 150 grams of water 250 grams of your mother(If you do not have a mother see my blog “Chocolate Chunk Artisan Sourdough Bread”

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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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Skin Hydrating Lotion Bars

13 December 2022 No Comments

Summer is here, and so is the risk of dry, damaged skin from long days spent in the garden, at the beach, or out on “Skin Hydrating Lotion Bars”

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DIY Shaving Soap

6 December 2022 No Comments

There are a lot of shaving creams and soaps out there, all coming in various types of containers and all different price ranges. Everything from “DIY Shaving Soap”

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DIY Shampoo

30 November 2022 No Comments

Have you ever considered making your own shampoo? There are so many things that we just go out a buy, costing us more and more “DIY Shampoo”

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Rhubard Chutney

31 October 2022 1 Comment

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

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Waxing Cheese

18 October 2022 5 Comments

Covering cheese with cheese wax during the time it takes to mature is an old and still popular method of preventing your cheese from drying “Waxing Cheese”

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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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Another great soap class at Grounded Village on Sa Another great soap class at Grounded Village on Saturday. Contact me if you're interested in learning how to make soap.
Quark with chive oil. Chives straight out of the g Quark with chive oil. Chives straight out of the garden, whipped up with olive oil using a stick blender, then drizzled over homemade quark. The most delicious food is often the simplest.  Quark recipe on my blog, Living Simply with Valerie
All set up for a cheesemaking class. A wonderful b All set up for a cheesemaking class. A wonderful blend of learning, food and fun.
Creams and body butters are oil-based solutions th Creams and body butters are oil-based solutions that work great in some places and at certain times of the year. However, you need a lotion, not a cream, at other times and places. The difference is the added water. Aqueous or water-based lotions are light on the skin and fare much better in Queensland’s hot, humid conditions and other similar climates. They are also easy to make.

Recipe on teh blog, Living Simply with Valerie
More amazing soaps and soap makers from the soap c More amazing soaps and soap makers from the soap class at Grounded Village Studio in Jumboomba. Next class is scheduled for 5 July 2025
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