Green banana flour
An experiment to see if one of our runaway-successes can help plug a gap in our home-grown supply chain.
Smoking paprika
My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!
Coconut lemon slice (new and improved)
One of my most popular recipes is now even better!
Home-grown peanut butter
After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.
Boiled peanuts
Our third peanut harvest is our biggest so far; so I had the chance to try boiled peanuts for the first time. I am a fan.
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!
Gran Shirley’s 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.
Eating water-glassed eggs
An attempt to avoid buying eggs as our chicken’s production drops off.
Apple crumble
My favourite way to use our apple harvest.
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.
