Mixed Fruit and Yoghurt with Seeds
Mixed Fruit and Yoghurt with Seeds This can be made without the seeds if you don’t have any, but seeds will make it a lot tastier and will set you up for the day. This […]
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Natural remedies for Colds and Flu – Part 1 By Andy Hamilton
As I am writing this on the coldest day this winter I thought it was perhaps time to dedicate a page to natural remedies for coughs and colds. Remember though, that your medical practitioner […]
Making your own herbal remedies infusions, compress, tincture, poultice and decoction
I don’t have many hero’s but I will admit to having more than just a little admiration for a 17th century botanist and herbalist. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) was a great man who believed that everyone […]
How to make vegetable and meat stock
For most of us stock is a thing that comes in cubes or as a powder that is mixed with water. I have been the same for years until recently whereby I discovered that making […]
Using Sour Milk – Pancakes, Soda Bread, Toad in the Hole
A couple of weeks ago I opened up the bag and to my horror found a litre of unopened milk that had been sat in the bag for somewhere between 4 days and a week! I picked up the semi-solid, yoghurty liquid and put it in the fridge cursing myself for being so wasteful. Later that day I returned home with some eggs and clumsily dropped a full box of them on the floor! As I poured the three broken eggs into a jug I thought to myself that making a batter with the eggs and sour milk would be the best course of action rather than waste all of that food. […]
Yarrow Ale – A true Ale – By Andy Hamilton
The dictionary definition of ale is often wrong, confusion arises as most places have differing definitions. However, a true Ale is one that had been brewed using something in place of hops in this case […]
31 Ways to keep your house warm in winter without spending a fortune
Is your house cold in the winter months? The ishers (from our web forum) have got together and helped put together this list of things you can do to keep your house warm this winter, […]
Pumpkin Recipes – Pumpkin and Sultana Cake, Pumpkin and Carrot Soup, Pumpkin Scones
Here in the UK we tend to buy pumpkins once a year at Halloween, make a jack-o-lantern out of them and throw out the insides. Gill Didsbury from Australia noticed this on a visit over […]
Haw Jelly – Andy Hamilton
I was first introduced to the delights of haw jelly when it was given as a present from the secret selfsufficientish santa (a yearly tradition on our web forum) a couple of Christmas’s ago and […]
Simple (and cheap) beer made with real hops
The beauty of this beer is that you can forage or grow one of the key ingredients of it, namely the hops. If you look to your right you will see my hop plants happily […]