Boiled peanuts
Hands-down the tastiest and easiest way to eat your home-grown peanut crop.
Gran Shirley’s quick pickle
An easy-to-prepare vegetable accompaniment for summer meals from the summer garden.
Aglio e olio with green garlic
The simplest and most satisfying thing to do with fresh green garlic. Every garlic grower should know this one.
Garlic and rosemary salt
Home-grown garlic salt with rosemary. One of the best ways to store and use a garlic harvest.
Cooking in compost
A big compost pile generates serious heat. Enough to cook a steak. Yes, really.
Garlic bread
A simple garlic and herb bread recipe that can be frozen to save future-you some time.
Marilyn’s Cheesy Leeks
Mum’s cheese sauce recipe, designed to make leeks irresistible. Works on most vegetables, if I’m honest.
Glazed Thyme Carrots
Carrots and thyme are found in many gardens. This simple glaze makes them shine.
About Kat
Kat is a gardener and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Most Sundays she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.
