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Homemade Marmalade Recipe
This Homemade Marmalade Recipe is traditionally made with Seville oranges. So why do you need Seville oranges to make marmalade? Seville...
Sue
Jan 30, 2025


Plot to Plate No 3: Confit Tomatoes Recipe
Confit tomatoes are just an amazing dish and one I like to make when the tomato’s start ripening rapidly. It can be made with cherry...
Sue
Aug 29, 2024


Plot to Plate No .2: Homemade Pesto Recipe
There’s something truly special about walking out to your own vegetable plot, selecting fresh produce straight from the earth, and...
Sue
Aug 20, 2024


How to Make Easy Kimchi
Kimchi is a Korean fermented vegetable dish that is now made and eaten all over the world. You will find many “original “ and “...
Sue
Mar 10, 2023


How to make Homemade Sauerkraut
I decided Sauerkraut was a good starting point on my fermentation journey. It’s a very easy thing to make and I had grown some red...
Sue
Feb 17, 2023


Slow Cooker Beetroot Chutney Recipe
This recipe could not be simpler and the bonus is you can make it in the slow cooker! It makes a fabulous accompaniment to cold meats and...
Sue
Dec 5, 2022


Christmas Spiced Orange Rings Recipe
I was recently gifted a jar of spiced orange rings. Never having heard of these or tried them, as a Christmas foody I was naturally...
Sue
Oct 19, 2022


How to Make Horseradish Sauce
As summer turns to autumn my gathering and preserving instincts kick in. My family love horseradish sauce, whether it’s with smoked...
Sue
Oct 14, 2022


Caramelised Onion Jam with Balsamic Vinegar Recipe
Boxing Day dinner is possibly my favourite meal of the festive season and I adore cold meats and pickles and a good cheese board. And...
Sue
Sep 16, 2022


Dorset Raspberry Jam Recipe
Raspberry Jam is my absolute favourite and I don’t just love eating it, I love to make it, eat and gift it! This year I have decided to...
Sue
Oct 23, 2021


Poor Man's Capers Recipe
One of the things I love the most about the allotment is that I learn something new everyday there. Not just by my own trial and error,...
Sue
Sep 23, 2021


Homemade Piccalilli Recipe
I really like to pickle and preserve and I will gradually do this over the months
Sue
Oct 6, 2020


There's Something in the Autumn Breeze
As soon as I smell the autumn air that switch flicks and I get a desire, almost a need to start gathering and storing food.
Sue
Oct 3, 2020


Homemade Apple and Mint Jelly Recipe
I love apple mint jelly and although there are many recipes out and I have tried a few, this is the one I use year in and year out.
Sue
Sep 30, 2020

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Mother, grandmother and lover of the county where I live. Blogging about Dorset here at Dorset Country Life. Find out more...






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