We waited 5 years patiently to reap the benefits of our Pawpaw Tree. Finally, this year we had an abundance of this tasty tropical tasting fruit. The taste and flavor is a delicious combination of banana, mango and custard apple. Our Pawpaw fruits look a little like mangoes. But anyway who cares how it looks, as long as its tasty and we are able to harvest our own fruits. With so much of abundance, I wanted to preserve this harvest, so I made this easy and delicious Pawpaw jam recipe.
Every Summer, we plant a lot of tomatoes and when they are ripe, they ripen at the same time. That is when I make a lot of sauces. Pizzas are a hot favorite over the weekends at our home. I seldom buy any ready sauces. Preparing from scratch using sun ripened tomatoes is going to be one of the best homemade pizza sauce recipes.
Its Elderberry season in our country garden. We have a few bushes and I have to come up with many ways to use up the harvest. This is probably one of the best elderberry compote recipes, I have come across. I substituted cinnamon with vanilla bean. Elderberry compote recipe is easy to make and isn’t as tricky as Elderberry jam, since the compote doesn’t need to set.
It is that time of the year, when we gardeners are busy preserving our harvest. One of the abundance we have is Elderberry. If you have access to fresh elderberries, then add this easy 3 ingredient Homemade Elderberry Jam Recipe to your list. This recipe is the perfect way to preserve the luscious taste and health benefits of elderberry for the coming winter months.
Do you want to enjoy your summer roses in a bottle ? Then the secret is to make this fresh rose petals cordial or also known as rose syrup. This cordial like any other is great for making refreshing non-alcoholic summer drinks. Moreover, you can top this on your homemade ice-creams and desserts too.
Are you looking for ways to reduce toxic cleaning products in your home, so why not make your own cleaning stuff. You can’t get more natural than with this easy all purpose cleaner. All the ingredients are natural and what more 3 of them are from your kitchen pantry. I have been wanting to post this homemade all purpose citrus cleaner recipe since more than a year. Finally, got the time to write the post.
Its that time of the year, when nature comes alive after a long winter. And with spring is also a lot of wild edibles around us which we can forage to add some greens to our diet. Hence, to get some precious greens as early as April, would be to forage and its all free. You can easily forage a few wild edibles and wild garlic is one of them. My favorite way of using this wild edible is with a Wild Garlic Pesto Recipe. Its so easy to make and tastes great.
With the arrival of spring, my garden comes alive with a lot of blooms. One of them is Elderflower. To preserve this heavily scented flower, I make this easy Elderflower cordial recipe, which makes refreshing drinks during summer. Because of its strong smell, elderflower cordial can be used also in ice creams, vinegar and cocktails for extra flavor.
Tea tree oil has countless benefits for skin and is often used in natural skin care products. Because of all that I had to try out making my own non greasy tea tree face cream for my own use. This tea tree oil face cream is water based which is easy for your skin to absorb without making your skin greasy. Perfect for the coming spring and summer months.
Sea Buckthorn berries are a power house of antioxidants and vitamins especially Vit C and Vit A ? Sea Buckthorn is a miracle plant that gives us one of the best types of berries in the world. I have shared recipes using Sea Buckthorn berries in an earlier post. But, this year, I decided to give Sea Buckthorn infused in honey a go from this year’s harvest.
