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How Your Kombucha SCOBY Works (It’s Like Magic!)

Have you ever wondered how your kombucha SCOBY works? This rubbery little biochemical factory seems almost magic in the way it can transform sugary tea into a tart, effervescent, nutrient rich beverage. If you are curious about how it weaves its magic, read on!

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Sticky Turmeric Chai Tea: a Spicy Hug in a Mug

It can get chilly down here at the end of the world. Vibrant sticky turmeric chai comes to the rescue. An aromatic, spicy cup of sunshine. Like a hug-in-a-mug on a cold day.

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Ginger bug, fermented drink, fermentation from ginger root

Ginger Bug: Ferment Your Own Feisty Fizz

Making your own fermented ginger bug is so easy. Let me show you how!

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Wild Green Spring Pesto Ingredients - wild fennel, watercress, almonds, garlic, salt and extra virgin olive oil. The Kitchen Apothecary.

Foraged Wild Greens Spring Pesto Recipe

Wild and free! Beneath your feet – in gardens, reserves, along waterways and roads, you will find an entire world of wild edible leafy greens. What better way to celebrate all this spring goodness than with fresh pesto?

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Kimchi, fermented and ready to eat.

Make Your Own Funky Kimchi

If you are like me and love a deep umami punch to the palate, then kimchi is the ferment for you. It showcases the spicy slow burn of Korean chilli and the fermented funkiness of fish sauce.

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How to Make Jun – The “Champagne of Fermented Drinks”

Have you tried jun? It is sometimes referred to as the “champagne of fermented drinks”. I remember the first time I tried it. A friend of mine has huge ceramic crocks on the go, full of jun. She prepared a tall glass for me with ice and freshly crushed verbena leaves … that was it,…

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Dried calendula petals, easy to store and ready for use.

All About Calendula (and a Healing Balm Recipe)

A stash of calendula is an essential herbal medicine to have on hand for making remedies to treat minor wounds, burns and infections. This hardy plant is easy to grow, preserve and use, let’s find out how! When winter descends, the veggie garden takes on tones of dark greens and purple. Calendula punctuates the garden…

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Flavour Bomb Dressings for Everyday Meals

  Take your next meal to a whole new level with these healthy flavour bomb dressings. Bursting with flavour and dense in nutrients they are the antidote to bland.    I use Sunday afternoon to ease my way into the busy week ahead. An hour or two of batch cooking is well worth the effort,…

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Elderberry Syrup From Dried Elderberries

Try to always have a stash of elderberry syrup on hand during winter. It is definitely one of the better tasting herbal remedies. One the whole family won’t turn their nose up to.  In the UK and Europe, elderberry is a much loved traditional remedy. A valuable hedgerow medicine, used since ancient times for all…

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Beetroot, Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake

You know that beautiful earthy smell after rain? The sweet, musky scent of a damp forest floor? There is an aromatic molecule responsible for this rich, deep aroma – it is called ‘geosmin’ and it is also present in beetroot. What better way to celebrate this deep earthiness than in a chocolate cake to bring decadence…

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Sarah Coleman, naturopath and freelance health writer

Naturopath, writer, grower, maker. Umami huntress. Helping you to create your kitchen apothecary. More …

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The chooks have been super productive over the last few months. There is a steady flow of eggs into the kitchen. Baked frittatas are one of our favourite ways to use them up. ⁣
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  • Sticky Turmeric Chai Tea: a Spicy Hug in a Mug
  • Ginger Bug: Ferment Your Own Feisty Fizz
  • Foraged Wild Greens Spring Pesto Recipe
  • Make Your Own Funky Kimchi

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