Recipe

Knaekbroed – Danish Crispbread Crackers

Knaekbroed with duck pate

This recipe came from Mai, a Danish friend, who gave me this recipe after I had been making rugbrød. These are very ‘more-ish’ and are great with cheese, pate, dips or anything else. You can substitute the plain flour for rye or wholemeal flour or any of the seeds for any others you may have …

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Baking bread the easy way

Yoghurt and Bran Bread

‘Bread is the staff of life’. Most of us take bread so much for granted that we wouldn’t know what to do if it no longer available. This is pretty much what happened to me, when I came to America. Sure, there is plenty of bread available in the shops, but it wasn’t what I …

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Italian Sausage Hoagie

Italian Sausage, Marinara Sauce and Sliced Provolone Sandwich

Four ingredients, that is all there is in this tasty, filling, and sometimes messy creation of a meal. Whether it is called a sub, hoagie or sandwich is a point of regional preference, but the ingredients remain the same. Italian Sausage (Sweet, Hot or both) cooked in a Marinara Sauce, Sliced Provolone Cheese and a …

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Rhubarb Rhubarb – Homemade Rhubarb Liqueur

Rhubarb steeping in vodka

As anyone will know who has rhubarb in their garden, you can’t get rid of the stuff. No matter how hard you try to dig up the roots and either throw it away or give it to a friends, it keeps on coming back. Once it has a foothold in your garden then it can …

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Iced Green-Ginger Tea

Homemade Iced Ginger Green Tea

When I need a seriously quenching,  non-alcoholic, summer drink, I drink iced teas.  There are dozens of possibilities when making iced teas from scratch.  If I can infuse a health benefit as well – I get happy!  My go-to fave is Iced Green-Ginger Tea. Green tea is known to have benefits against: impaired immune functions, …

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