Category Archives: Cooking

Homegrown

It’s a blessing to be able to eat from your own vegetable garden and this year it certainly is working well! We’ve had tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and cucumbers galore from the tunnel house as well as a collection of outdoor veggies like lettuce, silver beet, spring onions etc. Thyme Out is busy with guests this […]

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Mushroom Mania

I received a lovely phone call from my neighbour the other day inviting us to come over and collect some field mushrooms from her paddock next door. What a real treat! Some of them looked like the big portobello mushrooms you can buy at the grocery store. I’ve never had so many mushrooms to cook […]

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Pickling Made Easy

It’s been a breezy summer day and I can’t help but get transported back to when I used to set up the little paddling pool in the backyard for the children when they were young. Initially it was just for the five little ones to cool down, but I always joined in because I couldn’t […]

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