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Gran Shirley’s quick pickle

Gran Shirley’s quick pickle

by Kat | Feb 23, 2025 | Blog, Recipes

An easy-to-prepare vegetable accompaniment for summer meals.

Gran Shirley’s Cauliflower and Pineapple Pickle

Gran Shirley’s Cauliflower and Pineapple Pickle

by Kat | Jul 14, 2024 | Blog, Recipes

It’s taken me years to grow the cauliflower I needed to make this one…

A week away

A week away

by Kat | Oct 29, 2023 | Blog, Family History

I left the farm for a whole 8 days! I had so much fun! Here are some highlights.

Coconut Slice

Coconut Slice

by Kat | Aug 20, 2023 | Blog, Recipes

One of our favourite recipes from my Gran’s cookbook.

Sponge-top pudding

Sponge-top pudding

by Kat | Jun 18, 2023 | Blog, Recipes

Use your fruit harvests by making this simple comforting dessert on these dark winter nights.

Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake

Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake

by Kat | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, Family History, Recipes

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

Gran Shirley’s Sally Lunn

by Kat | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog, Recipes

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.

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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.

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