Wholemeal pastry. Linear pasties and blackberry pie with wholemeal floaters.

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This pastry recipe is healthy, simple and tasty and is suitable for pasties, savoury pies and sweet dessert pies. It is made entirely in a food processor with minimal requirements for measurements.     Introduction Making abundant wholemeal flour with my under over flour mill started my interest in makingRead More →

Banana ice cream. A good use for surplus ripe bananas that make a healthy and convenient dessert that brings back memories of Barney Bananas. The packet on the right has discoloured as it does not have lemon juice added.

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This post is about making homemade banana ice cream from those excess ripe bananas that are left unwanted in some households. Introduction I like ripe bananas as they have a very full flavour, and I am often confronted with surplus bananas that are rejected by those that insist on themRead More →

Mustard seed pickle. Moist plump seeds preserved in vinegar.

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This post is about a simple way of making your own pickled mustard seeds and experimental exploration of the lack of hotness. Introduction Ground mustard seed to me is an essential ‘hot’ ingredient of mayonnaise. I was quite surprised by the mellow and tasty flavour when seeds are pickled inRead More →

Pantyhose filter canister. Part of a pantyhose leg is knotted and cut off to form a filter. The open end is stretched over the cereal storage canister and held in place by the lid. The large opening can be used to easily load in the mush or pulp to be strained. It can be sealed if a long drainage period is required and the blob of pulp can be lifted up above the filtered liquid as its size reduces.

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Citrus juice filter This is a DIY juice filter for large capacity filtration. It is used for making whole citrus drinks and can be used as an infuser and for other culinary uses such as fruit jellies. The juice filter and infuser The juice filter and infuser is made fromRead More →

Replacing spatula handles. My first home made silicon rubber spatula with a home made black-wood handle (top). Premium spatula with a replaced wooden handle from a cheap spatula (middle). A very cheap spatula that could become a handle donor for a premium spatula.

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A good silicon rubber spatula is a valuable tool in any kitchen and replacing a broken handle makes a lot of sense if it is a particularly good spatula. My love affair with silicone rubber spatula started many years ago when they first became available as expensive tools at ~$30+.Read More →

Home made spatula. Made from 2 L sauce bottle. These simple wide large spatulas can be left with the equipment that they are used with.

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DIY spatula This homemade DIY spatula can be cut from plastic containers such as 2 L sauce bottles. The size and shape can be customised to the particular use. Both the DIY spatula in the photo below were made to ‘sweep’ flour within a large collection bowl that I placeRead More →

Pantyhose filter canister. Part of a pantyhose leg is knotted and cut off to form a filter. The open end is stretched over the cereal storage canister and held in place by the lid. The large opening can be used to easily load in the mush or pulp to be strained. It can be sealed if a long drainage period is required and the blob of pulp can be lifted up above the filtered liquid as its size reduces.

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his post is about making a whole citrus drink in a pantyhose filter canister. Introduction If you read my other post you will discover that I grow quite a lot of fruit. Citrus can be added to the list. Despite low expectations, they grow quite well in Gippsland and soRead More →

Wholemeal pikelets with Feijoa syrup.

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Wholemeal pikelets These wholemeal pikelet are simple to make and taste so good that the eater will not realize that they are eating wholemeal food that is so good for them. Recipe 2/3 cup of wholemeal flour, 1/3 cup of self-raising flour, 1/4 cup of vanilla custard powder, 1 eggRead More →