Cooking Fresh Food - breaking the jar/can/bottle habit...

[briggsy's girl]

LMS - they might be a bit on the exxy side, but i seen orange pumpkin seeds in big w yesterday - they were targeted at kids as "fun" food to grow, and had a halloween pumpkin on the packet! Jamie Durie brand (hence the thought they might be exxy!)

we need to get a couple of garden beds built very soon to plant the roses in so that we can reclaim the vegie patches for vegies. our plan this year is to grow spuds and onion as well - and we'll have garlic coming out our ears - we're going to underplant all the roses with garlic as it keeps aphids away! we have seeds from last year that we're going to plant in trays in the next month or so, and get ourselves some healthy seedlings before we plant as the animals around here like to help themselves... we have a mini greenhouse to play with so we can do things like this more easily

i'm keen to be able to make something from cauli and brocolli that isn't in a white sauce! anyone have a recipe using them to make anything inspiring?? i prefer to cook from scratch where i can but i do find i get lazy when i'm home by myself...

[Sair]

Thanks BG, there is no Big W in Horsham but if my MIL heads to Ballarat I might get her to pick some up if I don't find anything at Growmasters.

Now potato I can grow from potato peels that have eyes on them correct? I need to track down garlic as well. I just looked in the fridge for our stash but I couldn't find it. Not sure I want 4 month old garlic anyway

I am doing the bad thing and making spaghetti with a jar tonight I have added all fresh veggies though. I also have the argument that it is in my cupboard and I need to use it up

ETA BG I would make a soup but I don't know how. I had the best baked broccoli soup while in Canada and I could eat it every day.

[Phteven]

LMS, for seeds try the digger's club or eden seeds (use google and they will be at the top). They both sell heirloom varieties which are far more practical in the home garden than the modern varieties.

[TheBear]

I've added an index to the front page

[christy]

Noice Bear! You are doing all our work for us Love it!

LMS.... wanna pumpkin pie recipe :batting eyelids: ? Somewhere else... Its posted in the recipe section somewhere...

Soups are dead easy. I just did a huge soup tonight. Check out the Slow Cooker recipe section.

My rule for soups:

Good quality chicken stock, preferable home made but I know thats not always available. When ever I make a soup with chicken or bacon as the stock or the background flavour, I always ALWAYS chuck a bone in. It gives everything a round flavour. Yum!

Play with flavours, asian soups are fun, mexican soups are yum, chicken noodle/rice is wonderful this time of year