I had a lovely day yesterday working away quietly in my home. Hanno was up on the roof cleaning 10 years worth of dirt off with Jens' pr...

Although I was busy on the weekend with this, that and the other, I wanted to make tomato relish to go with the corned beef I'd just co...

It's wonderful having the time to do a bit of preserving when the opportunity arises.  I bought a 10 kg box of tomatoes for $8 on Frida...

Apart from a mortgage, rent, child care or car repayments, food is usually the biggest ongoing expense we all have to contend with. We eat f...

While there are many elements in a simple life, one of the important and helpful parts of ours, is that Hanno and I have both taught ourselv...

Bread and butter cucumbers with red onion and mustard seeds. I have only one jar of peach jam left! It's my favorite. I'm hoping to ...

I noticed in the delicatessen the other day that quark is now selling for $19.50 a kilo. Naturally I didn't buy any as I make my own bu...

Serving good food from your own kitchen isn't just one thing, it's many. And it doesn't happen once, it's part of your ordi...

We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday.  We both d...

I've been battling the bush fires here since Saturday and it's been very stressful. I'm close to the area that was evacuated so ...