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As you can probably guess, in this category you’ll find every single post from The Nourishing Hearthfire, from the very latest recipes and reflections, to my earliest blog posts, all in one simple category, sorted by date.
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On work
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“I once knew an old lady who lived by herself in the Golfen valley of Herefordshire. She was one of the happiest old women I have met. She described to me all the work she and her mother used to do when she was a child: washing on Monday, butter-making on Tuesday, market on Wednesday, and so on. “It all sounds like a lot of hard work,” I said to her. “Yes, but nobody ever told us then,” she said…
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Indian Lamb Stew from Leftover Roast Lamb
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A hearty and nourishing stew, perfect for making use of leftover roast lamb, or any time that you want a simple lamb curry. Indian Lamb Stew Makes 4 to 8 serves. Leftovers reheat well. Ingredients 2-3 tablespoons ghee or tallow1 onion, roughly diced1-2 cloves garlic, finely chopped1-2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh turmeric (or 1/2 teaspoon powdered)2 teaspoons cumin, ground2 teaspoons coriander, ground1/2 teaspoon garam masalaoptional pinch of asafoetida4 to 6 cups (800g to 1200g) roughly…
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How to Make Mayonnaise by Hand
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Mayonnaise is one of those homemade staples that most people end up buying at the shop, but it’s actually really simple to make it at home. Animal fats can be used in mayonnaise, but when it’s refrigerated the consistency will be too solid, so you may need to bring it to room temperature before using. Melted bacon fat is wonderful in mayonnaise, especially for potato salad, but for the best consistency I like to use macadamia oil or sunflower oil.…
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How to Make the Best Bone Broth
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Here are my tips for making the most nutritious and tasty bone broth, plus some thoughts on whether to add salt or vinegar to your broth. How to make bone broth For the best bone broth, you need bones from healthy animals. 1. First roast the bones (if they were not roasted already) Roasting helps to bring out the best flavours in the bones. When I am starting with raw bones, I always roast them in the oven for around…
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Homemade Cherry Ripe Bars (grain-free)
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These gluten-free cherry ripe bars are absolutely delicious, and healthy too… Homemade dark chocolate combines with a cherry coconut filling to make a delicious treat that can easily replace store-bought chocolate bars. Homemade cherry ripe bars Ingredients For the chocolate1/2 cup cacao butter, coconut oil, or butter, melted1/4 cup raw honey, plus more to taste, if you wanta pinch of salta pinch of vanilla bean powder, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 cup cacao powder For the cherry filling1 1/2 cups…
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How to Make Jam Without White Sugar or Pectin
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How to make jam the old fashioned way, without sugar or pectin Jam made with honey brings out the flavour of the fruit, and tastes better than jam made with refined sugar. It keeps well too. Making jam with honey isn’t a very well known skill. There are some recipes around showing how to make jam without sugar, but they’re often designed to be a small batch that’s kept in the fridge and used up quickly, not for serious fruit…
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Mulberry Crumble
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I’ve memorised this recipe from making it so many times, because it’s an easy and wonderfully tasty way to serve all kinds of seasonal fruit.
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Mulberries on the homestead and in the kitchen
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I don’t think there’s anything that gives a feeling of abundance more than fruit trees. To watch the tree first awaken in early spring, the incomparable colour of soft green buds, and then the fragile pastel flowers bursting into life, covering the tree in the archetypal colours of springtime. We moved onto this rental property in winter, when the trees stood bare and skeleton-like in the frosted landscape. We had no idea of what would happen to these trees in…
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How to sterilise jars and milk buckets without chemicals
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Raw milk is an important food to my family, so much so that we didn’t mind buying all of our goats’ feed in while living in suburban sized blocks with no grazing land. To make the most of this precious milk, and to make sure that there’s no chance of us getting sick, I am careful about having a milking routine that minimises the chances of the milk getting contaminated. How to sterilise jars and milk buckets without chemicals: oven…
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A Beginning
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I find my enthusiasm for nourishing, tasty and sustainable food hard to contain sometimes, so this is where I’ll write about it.
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