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The front cover of the August 2010 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on sale nationally from Monday July 26, features colourful silverbeet, the ultimate ‘glamorous green’ for the garden. Inside the August issue you’ll find a great story on all the glamorous greens,...
If you are sick of being served bruschetta which is overloaded with toppings and spills messily off the toast as you eat it, try this tasty low-rise bruschetta, which is easy to eat and rich with home-grown tomato flavour. crusty bread, sliced thickly (sourdough is...
2UE listeners’ bonus recipe And for Don Burke’s 2UE listeners, we have a bonus salad recipe for you to try: Tracy Rutherford’s Duck Salad. You can substitute cooked barbecued chicken for the duck if you prefer, but whichever meat you choose this is a wonderful Asian...
Bonus recipe: as a special bonus for Don’s 2UE listeners, we have an easy lemon-herb sauce recipe that goes well with pasta and also with vegetable spaghetti. Lemon & herb pasta 1 lemon, rind grated and juiced 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup...
The fact is that some vegies and herbs in particular actually grow better and more happily from seed, compared with seedlings. Good examples of plants which grow better from seed include parsley, parsnips, carrots, beetroot and beans. As a bonus for Don Burke’s...
And as a bonus for Don Burke’s 2UE listeners, we have a simple recipe where a pinch of nutmeg at the end makes all the difference. Stir-fried silverbeet with nutmeg Heat some light olive oil in a frypan and stir-fry a bunch of washed and chopped silverbeet...
Groundcover herbs In the February 2010 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on sale now, don’t miss our special Kitchen Garden story on ‘Groundcover Herbs’. These are the flavour-filled herbs such as oregano, marjoram, thyme and mint which grow...
2kg quinces 2 tablespoons lemon juice caster sugar (about 1kg) 1. Line a 20 x 30cm tin with non-stick baking paper. Peel, quarter and core the quinces. Keep half the cores (and any seeds) and wrap all these in a square of muslin. Tie with kitchen string to secure. 2....
In the November 2009 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on sale from Monday, October 26, you’ll find a terrific article on how to grow beans of all shapes and sizes: climbing beans, runner beans and dwarf bush beans. Now’s the time to get your bean...
Lemongrass adds a lemony flavour to all sorts of Asian dishes, from soups to stir-fries, curries and marinades. This tropical grass thrives in the heat of summer and is also very well suited to being grown in a pot. In the December 09 issue of Burke’s Backyard...