I’ve been tardy with the follow up to my post about growing painted mountain corn – sorry! First, a few thoughts about growing corn: I planted the rows a bit too close together. This made it hard to weed between the rows, and I think the weeds competed for water and held the corn back … Continue reading "Harvesting and Drying Corn" The post Harvesting and Drying Corn first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
In the mood for an xmas treat, I just invented this cocktail and it is good enough to tell you about. I call it… Santapants. 1 shot brandy 2 shots port 1 heaped teaspoon cream* 1 teaspoon brown sugar generous half teaspoon of mixed spice (cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg type of thing) 1 pinch dried ginger … Continue reading "A Christmas Cocktail: Santapants" The post A Christmas Cocktail: Santapants first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
Here’s some exciting news: I just spent a morning harvesting our first patch of wheat! Sweat, itch, straw and dust aside I am pretty excited to make the first loaf. At a very rough estimate I think we might have a yield around 1kg wheat per square meter so the 40m2 patch might have produced … Continue reading "Harvesting Home Grown Wheat" The post Harvesting Home Grown Wheat first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
After reading about the benefits of getting more calories from good oils and protein and eating less carbs I came up with this recipe for polenta quiche, which has about 300 calories per serve, half from fat, and with 20g of carbs. I’m making up large batches and freezing slices so I have healthy tasty … Continue reading "Polenta Quiche" The post Polenta Quiche first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
The price of Kale in my local shops is surprisingly high given how easy it is to grow – in the garden it doesn’t seem to need as much water as some things once it is established, and produces lots of leaves over a month or more. I find Kale seductively beautiful with its chunky … Continue reading "Homegrown Kale Chips" The post Homegrown Kale Chips first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
I’ve come to realise that I’m in love with polenta (which if you don’t know, is a kind of porridge or paste made from cooked corn meal). It is good for you, delicious, texturally satisfying, and goes in a surprising range of dishes – from appetisers to desserts. So when I coincidentally read mister meatballs … Continue reading "Growing Corn For Polenta" The post Growing Corn For Polenta first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
I’ve been interested in growing wheat for a long time – it just seems to be something you should do if you’re into baking and doing things ‘from scratch’ so with winter rains here and the offer of a spare patch in my mums veggie garden if I helped clear it, I have just sown … Continue reading "Growing your own wheat" The post Growing your own wheat first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
I am writing down this recipe to share the enjoyment of picking fresh garden greens on a sunny spring morning – there is something very satisfying about cooking like this. The only remaining piece of the puzzle is to get our own chickens for really fresh eggs! I vary this recipe depending on what is … Continue reading "Herb Omelette" The post Herb Omelette first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
I love having lots of homemade olives around but I have to confess that sometimes I’m a bit slack with changing pickling liquid every day. Luckily there’s a method that suits my temperament very well – just chuck the olives and dry salt into a bucket and stir once a week. You don’t have to … Continue reading "How To Dry Salt Cure Olives" The post How To Dry Salt Cure Olives first appeared on Live For Pizza.| Live For Pizza
Rye bread is one of my favourite things to eat so recently I have been learning more about making my own. Rye is a bit tricky to handle compared to wheat flour because of its natural stickiness and lack of gluten but once you get the hang of it the reward is a spicy more-ish flavour with a moist dense crumb. Of course I can’t experiment with an ingredient without seeing if it can make a pizza and rye pizza dough seemed like something I had to try. Here it is, ready to eat! This was a good p...| Live For Pizza
