http://www.garden-cooking.com Utilising your Garden Produce to suit your Lifestyle Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:45:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey everyone, my apologies for having committed the internet's most terrible sin of not posting any information for quite a few months now.  But my only excuse is that I have been unusually busy with other things that come into your life at different times and you get taken on ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-equipment/garden-cooking-chopping-boards Last year when I started my vegetable garden journey, I realized very quickly the amount of water you need to make the whole garden cooking project work.   Quite simply; vegetable gardens wont grow without an abundance of water.   After a few very hot days in late December, it dawned on ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/waste-reduction-in-your-kitchen/saving-water-while-still-garden-cooking At our house we have a song, its called "my dad is eating all the mushrooms"  and although I can't really tell you the melody of the song as I may have to record it and upload it at some other time,  I can tell you that the words describe ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/why-garden-fresh/snacking-on-the-humble-mushroom Garden Cooking Ingredients: 250gms-300gms of precooked marinated mushrooms(G) 110gms of cream cheese 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt 1/4 cup of toasted pine nuts Pepper & salt to taste 100gms of creamy feta cheese (the better quality, the better the dip will be.  I prefer goats milk feta myself for ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-moreish-mushroom-dip-even-your-kids-will-love-it Garden Cooking: Ingredients 400gms of fresh RicottaHandful of freshly picked Lemon Thyme, roughly torn; (G)Handful of freshly picked Parsley (G)Salt & Pepper to season;100gms of Danish (creamy) Feta Cheese1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese2 eggs1 serve of Marinated Mushrooms (garlic juices & all, make sure you remember to remove the ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-marinated-mushroom-lemon-thyme-rolls Garden Cooking Ingredients: 400gms of fresh Ricotta Handful of freshly picked Sage, roughly torn; (G) Handful of freshly picked Parsley (G) Salt & Pepper to season; 100gms of danish (creamy) feta cheese 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 eggs 1 serve of Roast Pumpkin (juices & all) ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/roast-pumpkin-sage-ricotta-rolls Garden Cooking Ingredients:400gms of fresh RicottaHandful of freshly picked Parsley (G)Salt & Pepper to season;100gms of Danish (creamy) feta cheese1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese2 eggs 100gms of Pine Nuts, lightly toasted.  NB  These will toast VERY quickly so keep an eye on them if toasting in the oven.2 ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-spinach-pinenut-feta-rolls Garden Cooking Ingredients: 500grams of Pork Mince 1/2 brown onion roughly chopped (G) Handful of freshly picked Parsley (G) Salt & Pepper to season; Zest of 1 orange 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 eggs 2 tablespoons of Honey 1 tablespoons of Chinese BBQ sauce1 teaspoon of ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-pork-honey-chinese-5-spice-rolls Ingredients: 500gms of chicken breast or chicken thigh fillets, roughly chopped1/2 brown onion roughly chopped (G)Handful of freshly picked Parsley (G) Salt & Pepper to season; 100gms of Danish (creamy) feta cheese 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 eggs 2 handfuls of fresh spinach or silver beet ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-chicky-rolls Garden Cooking Ingredients: 1/4 - 1/2 of a large Jap pumpkin.  Peeled and cut into 3cm chunks (G) 1 -2 whole brown onions keep unpeeled; (G)2-3 Cloves of fresh garlic,  crush under a knife, but keep whole in the husk; (G)Good lug of good quality olive oil;Salt & Pepper to ... http://www.garden-cooking.com/garden-cooking-methods/garden-cooking-roast-pumpkin