Food & Veg
Food, recipes, veggies, fruit and stories surrounding them
Storing Water – Try to Use Good Water Containers
Many people in KwaZulu-Natal have huge challenges with water. Some haven’t had a consistent water supply since the Floods in 2022 – others have intermittent issues, as infrastructure collapses due to lack of maintenance. This means that storing water has become and issue. People either have to buy water from the shops or from a […]
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Grow Herbs for the Kitchen
You don’t need much space to grow herbs for your kitchen. All you need is a small sunny area and a couple of pots or planters. And if you want to plant herbs in the ground, the area should as far as possible be free from weeds and overhanging trees and have good access to […]
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Extend the Life of your Fresh Food
This time of the year, most fruit and veg are already a bit wilted by the time you get them home, so in order to save a few bucks you need to understand how to make fresh food last longer. Vegetables Don’t Last Long Vegetables, even the ones from Woolies, don’t last that long. Carrots, […]
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So Many Quick Ways to Soften Butter
Recipes often call for softened or creamed butter. There are many ways to soften butter easily without any fuss. You can always soften butter the old school way – by letting it stand at room temperature until it has softened, but what usually happens is when you need softened butter, your butter is all in […]
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Easy Ways to Add More Vegetarian Protein to Your Diet
Where do vegetarians get their protein from? And how hard is it for a vegan/vegetarian diet to meet the recommendations for this essential building block? The question of protein or lack of it was never one of my concerns when I became a vegetarian over 25 years ago. I just knew that I didn’t want […]
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