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Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur Recipe
I've been making my own Irish Cream for at least 10 years. I sometimes fiddle with the recipe but always return to this Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur Recipe in the end because it's a winner. I shared the recipe with some of my neighbours a few years ago and they declared it to be better than shop-bought. I suggest you make it and decide for yourself!
Sep 304 min read


Mad Millie Yogurt Culture Instructions
Looking for instructions on how to make Mad Millie Freeze Dried Yogurt Culture? This is a great way to make non-dairy yogurt as the culture is dairy-free, so suitable for vegans.
Jul 23 min read


Mad Millie Ginger Beer Instructions
Looking for instructions on how to make Traditional Homemade Ginger Beer using the Mad Millie Kit? This blend is the perfect starter for non-alcoholic and alcoholic ginger beer, and will make up to 13.5 litres (3.5 US gallons) in total.
Jun 112 min read


No Knead Oat and Seed Bread with Cardamom
This fabulous no knead Oat and Seed Bread is not technically 'bread', since it contains no flour or yeast. It is quick to mix, takes about an hour to bake and is a quick fix when you fancy something healthy. It's ideal if you are intolerant to gluten. If you like a dense bread that feels like it's doing you good as you eat it and sits like a brick in your stomach keeping you full for hours on end, this is the bread for you.
May 264 min read


Apricot Vodka Liqueur Recipe
In the colder, darker months of the year when there are few/no fresh fruit or flowers around in the garden or the hedgerow, you can still make some wonderful homemade drinks from fruit. The fruit just needs to be dried or frozen. Apricot Vodka Liqueur is a great recipe you can make whenever you feel the urge.
Apr 94 min read


Making Wine from Grapes in your garden - a Guide
In this guide I will outline what you need to know as well as the ingredients you ideally include and the equipment you need for Making Wine from Grapes.
Mar 247 min read


Quick Pickled Red Onions
I enjoy making pickles and chutneys. But sometimes I just like a quick pickle to add zing to a dish. These quick pickled red onions are great with just about everything. They are ready to eat almost immediately though benefit from being left to meld in the fridge overnight, both taste-wise and for colour as the vinegar has time to turn pink. This is a reader-supported site and I am an Amazon affiliate. That means that if you purchase a product or service using my one of my li
Mar 235 min read


Sloe Gin Recipe
If you have made only one liqueur in your life before, the chances are it will have been Sloe Gin. It tends to be the first introduction to (or only experience of) liqueur making that most people have. And it was mine. This is my Sloe Gin Recipe which I've been using for years. It's simple, straightforward and produces wonderful results year after year.
Mar 53 min read


Slider - Cider liqueur with Gin-soaked Sloes
You may have heard of Sloe Port, a drink made by infusing gin-soaked sloes from Sloe Gin in red wine with brandy. But have you heard of Slider, also known as Sloe Cider?
Mar 33 min read


How to make Honey Blaand or Fermented Milk Mead
Blaand can best be described as a kind of Milk Mead made with whey and honey, which has usually come from cheese made with milk. This is how you make Honey Blaand and, if you don't have any whey, I also cover how to make your own whey before making your Blaand.
Feb 277 min read


Sloe Port Using Leftover Sloes
So you've made your Sloe Gin and strained it, and are left with beautiful sloes drenched in Gin. You've heard there are things you can do to avoid all that ginny sloeeey (word?) goodness going to waste. Yes there are, and Sloe Port is one of them. Slider is another - when you steep the sloes in cider, yum - but here we are concerned with making Sloe Port using leftover sloes. This is a reader-supported site and I am an Amazon affiliate. That means that if you purchase a produ
Feb 104 min read


How to make Halloumi Cheese
Halloumi is one of the simplest cheeses to make at home. You will be heating milk, adding rennet to curdle it, cutting and pressing the curds and then poaching them in the whey. If you like you can then add herbs or spices to your homemade Halloumi cheese before adding it to your favourite dishes.
Feb 25 min read


Traditional Lambswool with Brandy
Traditional Lambswool is a drink traditionally served for 12th night (January 5th) or Epiphany (January 6th). Similar to mulled ale or cider, the Lambswool name comes from the look of the fluffy cooked Bramley apples which rise to the top of the drink.
Jan 32 min read


How to Make Elderflower Champagne
The first homemade wine of the year for many homebrewers, here is a tried and tested method and recipe for Elderflower Champagne. Ideal for everyone, even if you have never made it before.
Jun 2, 20258 min read


Make your own Fat Balls for Birds
How to make your own Fat Balls, which can be a wonderful food supplement for your garden birds in the winter months.
Jan 3, 20254 min read
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