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Moosey’s Sunny Tommies
Ben’s better half is a gardener and cook in her own right. This is her first post on the blog. Thanks and welcome to Moosey.
She writes:
Ever have the problem of too many tomatoes? Sick of Bruschetta but don’t want to let your hard grown fruit go to waste? “sun drying” tomatoes is a great way of storing excess fruit for a later date.
Steps:
Firstly, collect as many tomatoes as possible. We don’t let any, including fallen ones, go to waste. Of course, any with rot, disease or pest should go into the compost. For this recipe, the riper the tomatoes the better.
Wash tomatoes in a light vinegar solution to get rid of any nasties, and then let them dry. Larger tomatoes are sliced or halved, and smaller and cherry tomatoes just slit to allow the juice to escape. You may also wish to core larger tomatoes.
Gently squeeze the majority of the juice and seeds out. This is to help the drying process, and will speed it up. Once done, lay your tomatoes out in your dehydrator, sprinkle with salt and turn leave until they are nice and dry. Ours took ~36 hours because there was quite a few (and we forgot about them). Dried tomatoes will be reduced in size, shrivelled and leathery, but not tacky
Sterilise a jar (or jars) by boiling in water, and once dry fill tightly with your tomatoes. Now, add some flavour. I suggest garlic, thyme, oregano (all home grown of course) but really it’s up to you. Cover with a good olive oil, and pop into the fridge. Leave for a while, and enjoy on your next home made pizza, or as a snack during the day.
Kate Moosey
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Selby’s Easy Camping Chilli
Hey PK, I saw you were asking about ‘no recipe’ recipes and it made me think that mine would definitely be chilli … there are a few reasons for this, it is great sharing food, it’s pretty easy to adapt for vegetarian, vegan and gluten free friends and it can also be eaten with rice, in tacos or nachos … here’s my camping kitchen soft taco version tonight from Emu Park in Queensland, Australia.
I don’t want to make out this is anything like authentic Mexican chilli but my versions always have at least kidney beans, tomatoes, capsicum, onion and are seasoned with paprika, cumin and garlic.
Tonight I added beef mince and corn to the chilli and we had fresh mashed avocado, sour cream, cheese, lettuce and tomato to add to our soft tacos.
Selby
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Selby’s NoRecipe Chilli
Hey PK, I saw you were asking about ‘no recipe’ recipes and it made me think that mine would definitely be chilli … there are a few reasons for this, it is great sharing food, it’s pretty easy to adapt for vegetarian, vegan and gluten free friends and it can also be eaten with rice, in tacos or nachos … here’s my camping kitchen soft taco version tonight from Emu Park in Queensland, Australia.
I don’t want to make out this is anything like authentic Mexican chilli but my versions always have at least kidney beans, tomatoes, capsicum, onion and are seasoned with paprika, cumin and garlic.
Tonight I added beef mince and corn to the chilli and we had fresh mashed avocado, sour cream, cheese, lettuce and tomato to add to our soft tacos.
Selby
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PK Reviews: Mr Fothergill’s Windowsill Greenhouse Kits
The lovely people at Mr Fothergill’s (Australia) have sent me out four of their Windowsill greenhouse kits to review. I am reviewing the Lebanese Cucumber kit here and I have asked three of my friends to trial the others.
I simply love this company’s ethos and focus on consistently delivering a good product. Although not a small business I feel like they are eager to carry on the support and engagement even after you purchase their products. Anything that gets people interested in growing their own vegetables gets my respect.
You have to have a number of strategies to do this, not everyone has a large garden (or a garden at all) and Mr Fothergill’s ‘all in one propagation’ line might be the key to unlocking their passion.
Two other big things to note. Firstly, and this might be very important to you, none of the seeds in any range sold by Mr Fothergill’s are Genetically Modified. Secondly, although a large amount of this product is plastic, they are fully reusable. You just replace the peat pellets, buy some more seeds and you are good to go.
Ok, unboxing time 🙂
The kits retail for about $9 AUD and you can order them here online or at your local Bunnings.
This is what you get:
- A reusable Windowsill Greenhouse
- 12x Jiffy peat pellets
- A packet of Cucumber Lebanese seeds
I chose a spot in the kitchen close to the window that gets the morning sun but not any direct sunlight.
Next I added warm water and the result made my toddler’s eyes go wide as we watched together as the peat pellets expanded over about 5 minutes.
Then I worked the little hole on top of each pellet open a bit, added a seed to each one and gently pressed the lid on. You get a few extra seeds in the pack so some of the pellets got two.
When I start to see germination I will crack the lid a bit and when the seedlings are all underway I will remove the lid.
I can’t wait to transfer them to my garden as I have never grown cucumbers before. I had better look into what sort of trellis they need.
I will let you know how I get on :).
Thanks again to Mr Fothergill’s Seeds and Bulbs,
PK
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