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How to Freeze Rhubarb (do you need to blanch it?)

How to Freeze Rhubarb (do you need to blanch it?)

If you are growing your own rhubarb then chances are you might get a glut.  Luckily rhubarb is easy to freeze.  Discover if you have to blanch rhubarb to freeze...
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks recipes for gardeners easy carrot or courgette cake the best way to use a glut of courgetttes

Courgette or Carrot Cake

Courgette or Carrot Cake This is a vegetable cake, it can be nutty by adding the walnuts, or extra yummy by adding the optional cream cheese icing, which is completely...
Sarah Talbot
How to make your own Maca Root Powder at home

How to make your own Maca Root Powder at home

Maca is a root vegetable that originates in the Andean mountains of Peru. The good news is that it grows in the UK too and is great for container gardening. It has...
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks recipe for gardeners the best ever home grown Chilli jam

How to Preserve Chillies & Make Chilli Jam

This easy to use 6 step chilli recipe is simple to make. Home made chilli jam is a great way to keep eating your home grown food all year.  Use...
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks gardening advice how to grow tomatoes the best way

How to Grow Every type of Tomato - from Cherry Tomatoes to Beef Tomatoes

Growing Tomatoes Tomatoes are an easy and rewarding crop to grow. Quite often they are the first plant a child will toddle home from school with and are therefore a...
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks recipes for gardeners - Mulled Pear on a plate how to preserve pears & use a glut of pears

Garden Recipe: How to make Mulled Pears

How to Store & Cook Pears It is all very well enjoying the fruits of the garden during the summer months, but of course you can enjoy them in the...
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Haxnicks- best beetroot brownies- easy brownies- plant based

Scrumptious Beetroot Brownies The Easy Way

Beetroot Brownie The Easy Way The beetroot is being harvested now and if you have done all the pickling you think you will need for the winter, maybe this Beetroot...
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Amazing easy left over Brussels sprouts recipe with chilli ginger and carrots

Christmas Leftovers Recipe

The quick and easy leftover recipe to make Brussel Sprouts EVERYONE will like. This east supper dish is one you will use year after year.
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks recipes for gardener perfect easy pumpkin soup recipe

Hold onto Autumn & use stored pumpkin for this lovely recipe

 Lashing rain from frequent storms makes it feel like Autumn is over. In Greek mythology, Autumn began when Persephone was abducted by Hades to be the Queen of the Underworld....
Sarah Talbot
Haxnicks gardening tips and tricks recipes for gardeners delicious Spinach quiche

Spinach ready for eating?

If your spinach is ready then here is a lovely recipe for you. With a few tweaks it would also work with swiss chard if you have that ready at...
Sarah Talbot
Halloween pumpkin pie recipe

Halloween special... Pumpkin Pie Recipe anyone?

From the pictures on Social Media it appears that this was a bumper year for pumpkins and squashes. I am sure that this was not without its difficulties, particularly keeping...
Sarah Talbot
Fire in the Kitchen Cookbook for teens by Madeleine Cardozo

Wishing you luck with your Fire in the Kitchen cookery book!

One of our regular bloggers, Madeleine Cardozo has just released a new cookery book. As well as an  authority on growing veg, Madeleine is a trained chef. Our readers have...
Sarah Talbot