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Moroccan mint tea This tea can be made in a pot, but my mate Antonio makes his in a coffee plunger, and it looks good. The trick is to use green tea as well as mint. This gives the tea real ‘body’. For each person, allow 1 green tea bag plus two mint leaves,...
Cumquat Recipes below – best recipe is for dark chocolate cake with cumquats and it’s in the August 2009 issue of the Burke’s Backyard magazine Tracy Rutherford’s Spiced Cumquats 1kg cumquats 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar 1/2 cup (125mL) water 1 cinnamon...
Preparation time: 20 minutes + 1 hour refrigeration Cooking time: about 10 minutes Serves 4 • 500g lamb mince • 1/2 red onion, very finely chopped • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 2 tablespoons rosemary, finely chopped • 1 loaf Turkish bread • 150g feta cheese, sliced •...
Wombok is versatile. It can be cooked the following ways: Stir-fry Braise Salads – it makes great coleslaw In sandwiches (shredded) In soups (shredded) Benefits • You can substitute wombok for cabbage in most dishes, but not the other way round. Wombok has a milder...
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Pineapple Layer: 1 x 450g can crushed pineapple 1/4 cup cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup water 2 eggs (separated) Coconut Cream Layer: 1-1/2 cups milk 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup water 1 cup coconut 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1...
Geoff Jansz has prepared 262 recipes on Burke’s Backyard, but he has saved his best until last. Ingredients: 1/2 loaf day old white bread, crusts removed 4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 1 tsp black pepper 2 eggs, beaten with fork 1/2 cup plain flour garlic...
Spinach and Feta Quiche Geoff Jansz made a quick and easy quiche using a few ingredients from the garden and a pastry case from the supermarket. Ingredients 1/2 large bunch silver beet, washed and chopped 1 1/2 cups silver beet white stalks, finely chopped 1 medium...
According to nutrition scientist, Joanna McMillan-Price, what you eat has a direct impact on how you look. By eating well you are feeding your skin, your hair and your nails, and you’ll look fantastic. Vitamins If you suffer from a skin condition such as psoriasis,...
As part of BBY magazine’s June issue story on growing nuts at home, you can download our two bonus fact sheets on growing hazelnuts and peanuts as two separate pdf files ( click here for hazelnuts, and here for peanuts). Hazelnuts (by Peter Valder) is...