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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 7 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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Jams, Jellies, Fruit Butters and Curds; How Do They Differ?

12 May 2020 3 Comments

All of the above can come in many different flavours; strawberry, lemon, cherry or peach, just to name a few. But how do you tell “Jams, Jellies, Fruit Butters and Curds; How Do They Differ?”

Hello! My name is Valerie Pearson and I live in Queensland on the Granite Belt, just outside of Stanthorpe. Welcome to my simple living blog!

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