It’s been six weeks since my greenhouse was installed and it gives me great joy every day. I’m not saying I was waiting in excitement for some pests to show their ugly head, but I knew it was bound to happen. One morning I noticed something looking like a white dust on the leaves of […]
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A cake with walnuts, tamari almonds and chocolate Ingredients 2 chia eggs (2 tbsp chia seeds and 4 and 1/2 tbsp water) 1/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened) 2 tbsp applecider vinegar or white vine vinegar 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp stevia powder 5 monk fruit drops 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla 2 tsp […]
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Ingredients 125 g mixed, green salad 10 cherry tomatoes 200 g cauliflower 200 g broccoli 1/2 red chilli 20-30 sugar snaps salt and black pepper oil for frying Method Wash the salad and put in a big bowl. Break the cauliflower and broccoli into florets, deseed the chilli and slice thinly. Put the cauliflower in […]
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I’ve come to realise how much I enjoy watching growth and development, whether it’s plants, children or talent. Now I’ve had the greenhouse for a month and am already getting some crop. The first plant I was able to pick from was sugar snaps. That made me proud as I grew them from seed. […]
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During my college years I lived with my aunt Svana in a town called Akureyri. She owned the first greenhouse I entered, filled with roses in beautiful colours. We used to sit there with a cup of coffee and chat in the lovely company of fragrant roses. She’d sometimes do some coffee cup reading as […]
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There was no way of resisting the temptation of buying a small greenhouse since the experiment of growing herbs and veggies last summer went so well. I joined groups on Facebook where people talked about growing their own food as I had tons of questions. Which vegetables could I grow in a cold greenhouse in […]
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Ingredients 1 big aubergine 3 potatoes, medium size 1 onion 2-3 tomatoes (or 8-12 cherry tomatoes) 1 big green chilli 1/2 tbsp finely grated garlic 1/2 tbsp finely grated ginger 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp chilli powder 2 tbsp coriander powder 5 curry leaves, preferably fresh, but dried will work too […]
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Ingredients 2 chia eggs (2 tbsp chia seeds and 4 and 1/2 tbsp water) 1/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened) 2 tbsp applecider vinegar 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp stevia powder 10 monk fruit drops 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tartar 1 cup gram flour […]
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‘I’d never have the motivation or energy to do this. It must take all day!’ People say something like that all the time. It’s true that it can take quite a while to cook dishes from scratch and I do understand that those who don’t like cooking want to spend their time doing something else. […]
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Ingredients 400 g soya mince 1 onion 4 garlic cloves 1 red chilli 2 cans chopped tomatoes, organic 1 can mixed organic beans; white, red, kidney beans and butter beans 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp coriander powder salt and black pepper 200 ml water olive oil for frying Method Peel and […]
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