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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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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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Local Raw Honey and Garlic Cloves Fermented

Honey Fermented Garlic and Fresh Honey Garlic Mash

My two pantry apothecary essentials for winter are honey fermented garlic and elderberry syrup. Garlic gets to work on microbial (including bacterial) infections while elderberry works against the cold and flu virus.

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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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Hawthorn and Apple Fruit Leathers

I have left a fair amount of rubber on the road in my time because of a true foragers eye. I drive my family insane by screeching to a halt next to a fertile roadside crop of something wonderful like elder, rosehips and most recently hawthorn. This find was the perfect opportunity to make a stash…

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Sauerkraut “Any Which Way” – Jar or Crock

Most people start their fermentation journey with sauerkraut. It is such a simple and tasty ferment with a long history and the flavour combinations are seemingly endless.

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Sarah Coleman, naturopath and freelance health writer

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A couple of weeks ago we headed out to explore four mountain gardens, part of the Home Harvest tour curated by Hannah @goodlifepermaculture. What a treasure trove of inspiration! I have just popped 👉 “Four Inspiring Mountain-Hugging Veggie Gardens in Hobart” up on the blog (link in bio). Here is a taste:⁣
Do you want to know why I am so in love with my spice grinder? ⁣
Don't you love this time of year? Berries are big and bright, and you know the season of all things funghi is just around the corner. ⁣
Hey, have you ever wondered why the fermented foods you make at home or buy from small-batch producers taste so different from the same food you can buy from the supermarket?⁣⁣ 🤔
Nature’s architecture 🐦. My son found this most beautiful nest on his travels today. Very little plant matter - mostly border collie fur and sheep's wool! ⁣We can just imagine how toasty all those little chicks were 🧡. A perfect nest for a Tassie spring.
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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  • Ginger Bug: Ferment Your Own Feisty Fizz
  • Foraged Wild Greens Spring Pesto Recipe

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