You know how some days you just get nothing done. You start out with such great intentions but everything seems to go to pot and by the end of the day your To Do list is the same length it was in the morning and you have a nasty feeling you’ve been just a wee…
How To Make Hot Salt
You know me, I love my kitchen crafting and creating handy things for the store cupboard. My enjoyment is even better when I am growing one of the ingredients myself. That whole self sufficiency and happy harvester thing comes into play and I just feel good about the whole thing. Back in March when I…
Citrus Sugar
Little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice. I like that. At fifteen my girl is still little to me although she is almost as tall as I am and way more practical. Saffy to my Eddie, she sees clearly, keeps calm and doesn’t go overboard on emotion as I do….
How To Make Lavender Sugar
Lavender – I love it. Old fashioned in look, delightful in scent, and 100% useful is so many ways. I know I’ve done lots of posts using lavender in various ways, one of the simplest and tastiest is to use it to infuse sugar with this delicate floral scent and taste. Lavender is used a…
Pretty useful Flavoured Sugar And Salts
I’ve been clearing the shelves and cleaning things in the kitchen of late. Maybe it was the bright sunlight on the snow the other day, whatever it was the light suddenly showed up all these cobwebs and dust. Eeek time to do something about it. Alas, cleaning is never my strong point and I am…