Gran Shirley’s quick pickle
An easy-to-prepare vegetable accompaniment for summer meals.
Gran Shirley’s Cauliflower and Pineapple Pickle
It’s taken me years to grow the cauliflower I needed to make this one…
Canning lemonade syrup
The lemon tree is heaving and I need to do something about all these lemons!
Banana loaf
An easy, delicious version of this classic way to use a prodigious banana harvest.
Aglio e olio with green garlic
A quick and simple dish that every garlic grower should know!
Coconut Slice
One of our favourite recipes from my Gran’s cookbook.
How to make your own pruning paste
Pruning paste is helpful for keeping your fruit trees healthy after pruning.
Sponge-top pudding
Use your fruit harvests by making this simple comforting dessert on these dark winter nights.
Apple crumble
My favourite way to use our apple harvest.
Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake
Last Christmas I joined a long line of women in my family who have made my great grandmother’s fruit cake.
Gran Shirley’s Sally Lunn
We’ve got too many potatoes so I’m looking for new ways to use them. Turns out, my Gran had a delicious way around a potato glut.
Citrus meringue pie
A light and deceptively simple dessert that can be made in a range of flavour combinations depending on what’s available and what sounds yum!
Garlic and rosemary salt
I’m always looking for ways to use and store my garlic. Garlic salt is one of my favourites. The addition of rosemary really makes it pop!
Garlic bread
A simple garlic and herb bread recipe.
Marilyn’s Cheesy Leeks
A simple, quick and utterly delicious cheese sauce used by my mother to hide all kinds of vegetables, including my favourite, leeks.
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.
