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A small bouquet of rosemary - what you can do with it
May 2024

A small bouquet of rosemary - what you can do with it

Sure, meat, fish and vegetables are seasoned with rosemary. My tip also has to do with seasoning, but I'm not just using the needles of rosemary. You can use a posy as a brush to bring the meat...

Grind fresh ginger in an electric coffee grinder
May 2024

Grind fresh ginger in an electric coffee grinder

If you need a lot of ground ginger for a recipe, such as Indian cuisine, a fruit cake or an exotic jam, then you can save yourself the tedious shelling and rubbing by hand. If you still have an...

Homemade homemade spices
May 2024

Homemade homemade spices

Since fixed products are too expensive for me, most of them are the same and they also give off glutamate, etc., I prefer to keep them in stock myself. e.g. for minced meat or sliced ​​meat 2...

Make cherry vinegar yourself
May 2024

Make cherry vinegar yourself

TimePreparation time: 15 min. Cherry vinegar can easily be made by pounding about 300-500 g of cherries and filling them with a balsamic vinegar. (Enough for 2 bottles of 0.7 liters, depending on...

Nasturtium even in winter / and what to do with it
May 2024

Nasturtium even in winter / and what to do with it

Nasturtium is an important vitamin C supplier especially in winter. I have nasturtium in my garden, they look like in spring and as soon as they get flowers I harvest them, cut them small and then I...

What you can do with mortar and pestle
May 2024

What you can do with mortar and pestle

There are people who collect mortars. There are huge specimens of granite, Japanese porcelain. I love olive wood mortars and pestles. In general, one can say that the bigger the pestle, the better...

Super healthy yeast extract - Vegemite and Marmite
May 2024

Super healthy yeast extract - Vegemite and Marmite

This black syrupy yeast extract is eaten on toast in England. I have to say that you have to grow up with it to like it pure. Another thing is to spice up a vegetable stew in small doses. This tastes...

Delicious spice from organic lemon peel, salt and pepper
May 2024

Delicious spice from organic lemon peel, salt and pepper

Lemon peel of biocitrons, rubbed off, comes in my cake. Baking was currently not on. I had squeezed out 2 biocrites, the shell is too good to throw away. I have ripped it off until just before the...

Make vegetable salt yourself
May 2024

Make vegetable salt yourself

Make vegetable salt yourself for a supply: 1 kg of seasonal mixed vegetables, carrots, leeks, celery, onions, kohlrabi, cauliflower, (wild) herbs, any one he likes, diced or sliced. Mix the sliced...

Pull basil and grow: How it works!
May 2024

Pull basil and grow: How it works!

Growing or raising basil is not that easy. So far, like many others, I have not been able to keep basil for more than two weeks. By accident, I've seen how basil drag works: I leave the plant with...