Autumn is in the air and its almost time for hearty soups. I found this recipe in Mum’s newer cookbook (i.e. the 1983 one) and thought I would spice it up a little with some Basil Essential Oil and chilli! You will need: 2 cups of mixed dried beans 2 x 8 cups of hot Continue Reading
I have to thank my son for this recipe. We went to visit him at the end of 2018 and we cooked pizzas on his BBQ for dinner on Saturday night. Sitting outside around the BBQ, eating freshly cooked pizza and drinking South Australian wine – it doesn’t get much better than that! What you Continue Reading
I was just writing a recipe for soup and remembered that Mum used to make Cheese Sauce Scones to go with soup. I’ll call this a recipe from her old book but in actual fact it is one of those recipes that was kept in her head. I managed to write it down in my Continue Reading
As a food microbiologist I am acutely conscious of the way various foods should be handled and stored to avoid spoilage and food poisoning. Now that I am making DIY household cleaning and personal care or health and beauty products I am aware of how easily these products could spoil and potentially cause us harm. Continue Reading
One of the most important ways we keep our household safe is by making our own simple cleaning products. Making your own dishwasher tablets from simple ingredients is a great place to start! Here is a simple recipe followed by a few tips for use of the DIY tablets. We have been using these home made Continue Reading
This page contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. In an earlier post I wrote about using a strategy to help you gather the ingredients you need to make DIY Low tox Household products. I have now written a few posts that mention ingredients so I Continue Reading
We have see many changes in household technology over the years. I remember the days when my mother made mince meat using a manual mincer and washed clothes with an old wringer washing machine. Until about 10 years ago I had a fridge that needed to be manually defrosted every few weeks. If you left Continue Reading
Just looking for something to cook for dinner in Mum’s old Recipe Book and found a recipe that brings back bitter sweet memories. It’s a tasty veal recipe that Mum started to cook when I was in my late teens. But the reason why she started cooking this recipe was that my dad became very Continue Reading
In an earlier post I wrote about my love for cooking and how my Mum had influenced this passion. I also shared that I would be posting recipes from her very old cookbook. I will continue to do this but today I started looking through some of her newer books. This recipe is from my Continue Reading
As I was searching in Mum’s Recipe Book for something for dinner tonight I stumbled across a recipe for ‘Mezzetti’. What is Mezzetti I hear you ask? Well I think it might actually be ‘Marzetti’ or ‘Johnny Marzetti’ which is a Midwestern Italian American pasta (I found this out through a Google search!). This makes Continue Reading
