I’m in London right now hanging out with my two eldest children. They’ve made their home here and it means though I don’t get to see them on demand in Aotearoa I do get to spend some pretty awesome quality time with them when I visit. I’m plonked bang smack into their homes and lives […]
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Home-made extracts; Vanilla, Almond and Orange.
Last December I made a few bottles of vanilla extract. One for my own use and the other as a gift. Today I’ve made more vanilla extract as well as a few bottles of almond extract and orange extract. I go through a fair bit of these three previously store bought essences. Good/natural essences aren’t […]
Luscious Lemon Curd
The lemon trees are loaded and the chooks are laying fit to bust. It never rains but it pours around here. (literally as well at metaphorically) So what to do with the abundance? It is tricky when you live on your own and far from your kids, to know what to do with all the […]