Author: Our Little Chateau
-
Onion Pakora Recipe
Onion Pakora with homemade tamarin chutney is a family favorite party/holiday food. We also make it when ever with a extra batter from making different dishes so we don’t waste ingredients and food. They are a wonderful complement to any dish and go with almost any sauce you can think of. At least we haven’t…
-
How To Grow Purple Garlic
Purple garlic is an amazing addition to a garden and a dish. Purple garlic has a milder flavor than white garlic, which means you can use it in dishes that white garlic would over power. If you want to grow purple garlic the following are the care and maintenance instructions for growing purple garlic. Sun…
-
All Natural Mint and Calamondin Jello Recipe
We love making things out of the edible plants we grow in our garden and sometimes that brings about new flavor combinations. Like when our apple mint plant and calamondin tree were ready to harvest at the same time. We had a lot of mint and calamondin oranges in the summer season and one of…
-
How To Grow Meadow Saffron
When we first started growing Meadow Saffron five years ago we actually didn’t know the flower were were growing was saffron. The plant was gifted to us by a neighbour who thought we could save a dying plant. She didn’t know what kind of plant it was only that it was a flower. We did…
-
Extra Creamy Spinach Dip Recipe
Spinach dip is a family favorite on the holidays but the kids always had one concern. They wanted the spinach dip to be easier to actually dip. So I made this recipe a real creamy easily dippable spinach dip. Ingredients1 200g Bag Baby Spinach1 8oz Tub Cream Cheese1 Cup Cooking Cream1 ½ Cups Mozzarella½ Cup…
-
How To Grow Thyme
Thyme is an evergreen bush that grows all year. We love growing thyme in our garden both to use in cooking and as a beautiful landscape plant. We only grow our thyme plants outside because they need a lot of air flow to keep them from molding. If you wanted to grow them inside you…
-
Sparkling Blueberry Lemonade Recipe
When making this recipes please note that you should add sugar to taste some people think it taste better with less sugar about ¾ cups while other people (especially children) think it taste better with 1 cup of sugar. Ingredients1 ½ Cups Blueberry Lemonade1 Cup Fresh Squeeze Lemon Juice4 Cups Sparkling Water Chilled1 Cup Sugar…
-
How To Grow Poinsettias
The Poinsettia is a plant that is deep rooted in Christmas tradition. Every year people go out and buy beautiful red and white poinsettias to decorate their homes for Christmas. You can actually save those plants and keep them growing all year round, or you can even grow your own from seeds. Sun – Poinsettias…
-
Gingerbread House Recipe
We love making our own gingerbread dough for houses. This year we also made a gingerbread boat and it came out really good. This recipe can make about four or five houses depending on the size of houses you are making. We also use the scraps to make tiny houses to hang on cups and…
-
How To Grow Christmas Holly
Christmas Holly also known as English Holly is a wonderful plant to grow in the garden outside. It is an evergreen and has waxy green leaves that looks traffic all year round. Sun – Christmas Holly needs 6 to 8 hour of direct sunlight a day. Soil – These plants can grow in almost any…