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If there’s one food to epitomize my childhood, its Basil Pesto. My Nana used to make it and we looked forward to her visits where she’d always bring us a little jar. The recipe was then passed onto my mum and then onto me. We eat pesto with pasta, slather it onto fresh white bread and …
I’m unable to compost due to the fact that I live on the 9th floor of an apartment building. This means we throw a lot of our vegetable scraps out. In an attempt to limit our wastage, my housemates and I have begun making large batches of vegetable sauce. This stuff is so versatile! We’ve eaten …
To say that my family enjoys food is the understatement of the century. Yes, we enjoy eating it, but we enjoy the labour of love that goes into producing hearty meals and food that is good for the soul. We love sitting around the table together and sharing meals. We love squeezing in as many …
A nuance to my childhood was political bumper stickers. The back of my grandfather’s vehicles adorned bumper stickers that targeted social issues in the most subtle of ways. These bumper stickers were also, always, advocating for farmers. From the spray truck that never left the property, to the ‘town’ car my grandparents drove around the …
I’d gone through a phase recently where I wasn’t much a fan of breakfast. I couldn’t find anything I liked and didn’t really enjoy eating the standard, plain and boring cereal or vegemite on toast. I’ve infrequently made granola over the last few years and always loved the flexibility of it. The key ingredients are …
Hi, I’m Hannah! I’m a city kid by geographic location but a country kid at heart. I grew up holidaying in western Queensland (Australia) and gallivanting around my family’s dairy turned cattle farm in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Red dust runs deep in my veins and despite growing up in suburbia, it’s at my maternal …
The Urban Farmhouse 