What do you do with a pack of rhubarb? Make my Rhubarb & Ginger Jam (no pectin recipe) that’s what! I love rhubarb and when it’s in season at a reasonable price or reduced (you know me, love a bargain) then I just have to buy it. So having had a pack of rhubarb in…
Preserves
Granny’s Quick Blood Orange Curd with Power Blender option
Granny’s Quick Blood Orange Curd I love Blood Oranges so when I came across a bag of them in the supermarket the other day I pounced on them as I rarely see them compared to years ago! I knew I had to make them into Granny’s Quick Blood Orange Curd, a variation of my Granny’s…
Easy Cranberry Curd including Power Blender Option
Easy Cranberry Curd It’s cranberry season so when I came across a punnet of these red jewels for 50 pence last week my mind went from thoughts of cranberry sauce to Easy Cranberry Curd in a nanosecond. The former seemed a bit conservative and as I’d never had Cranberry Curd before the prospect of it…
5 Minute Lime Curd – easy power blender recipe!
Sponsored by Harts of Stur 5 Minute Lime Curd I was recently asked by Harts of Stur if I’d like to road test one of their products, the KitchenAid Artisan Power Plus Blender, so after biting their hand off, I decided to make 5 Minute Lime Curd in it! My Granny’s Quick Lemon Curd is…
Pumpkin & Ginger Jam + video tutorial!
Pumpkin & Ginger Jam Pumpkin & Ginger Jam has been a labour of love (if you follow me on Facebook and Instagram you’ll already know this)! I have never made jam out of a vegetable before but with Halloween just around the corner I felt I had to devise a recipe to use up leftover…
Easy Spicy Mango Chutney + video tutorial
Easy Spicy Mango Chutney I am so excited to share my recipe for Easy Spicy Mango Chutney with you! I haven’t made chutney in too long but when I came across a glut of mangoes reduced to 17 pence in the supermarket last week I knew I had to preserve them. I was torn between…
Tutti Frutti Jam (Strawberry, Blackberry, Blueberry & Raspberry Jam)
Tutti Frutti Jam Last week I was lucky enough to stumble across punnets of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries for 50 pence each so I decided to make Tutti Frutti Jam. Well Strawberry, Blackberry, Blueberry & Raspberry Jam was just a bit of a mouthful really and too much to write on a label! Update,…
Gooseberry, Apple & Mint Jelly + Video
Gooseberry, Apple & Mint Jelly I’m thrilled to be sharing this absolutely awesome Gooseberry, Apple & Mint Jelly with you! After discovering that jelly making is pretty easy and doesn’t require a special jelly bag or an upturned stool when I made my Blackberry & Apple Jelly I decided to make another jelly. On finding…
Easy Blackberry & Apple Jelly with step-by-step video tutorial!
Easy Blackberry & Apple Jelly Today I’m sharing with you my Easy Blackberry & Apple Jelly with step-by-step video tutorial but perhaps I should have called it Bramble Jelly? I have to admit to having had a mental block where jelly was concerned. It just conjured up images of upturned stools, muslin or jelly bags and as…
Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam (1st Prize Winning)
Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam Back in July 2014 my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam won 1st Prize in the Byfleet Parish Day Show! It was to be my 2nd year running winning 1st prize as the previous year my Peach & Apricot Jam had won! So as the photography was so bad and this…
