Here is one for the team. Thank you Kobi Shetty for recognising the work of our members. [more ..read more

Traditionally straw mushrooms are used, shimeji, small king oyster, button or oyster mushrooms work fine. The galangal, lemon grass and kaffir lime are usually left in the soup when served. They are too tough to be eaten though, so advise your guests or fish them out before serving. serves 4 600 ml vegetable stock400 ml [more ..read more

from Susan (Stephanie Alexander’s recipe from The Cook’s Companion) Jerusalem Artichoke Soup 60 gm butter 500 gm Jerusalem artichokes, scrubbed and cut into even chunks  1 onion, sliced 1 clove garlic, lightly crushed 1 stick celery, finely sliced 1 potato or sweet potato, diced 1 litre chicken stock salt and pepper freshly snipped chives freshly grated nutmeg thick cream (optional) Melt butter in a heavy based saucepan and sweat vegetables for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice.  Add liquid and simmer until the artichokes are tender.  Puree then pass through a straine ..read more

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recipe: cookieandkate.com This homemade green goddess dressing recipe is so easy to make! It’s creamy, fresh, completely delicious—and a great way to use up your leafy herbs. Recipe yields about 1 ¼ cups dressing; multiply if desired. ingredients 1 cup plain Greek yogurt, preferably full-fat (made with whole milk) 1 cup lightly packed fresh herbs (tender stems are fine): use coriander, parsley, dill, basil and/or mint, with up to ¼ cup chives or green onion (sliced into ½″ segments) Optional: Up to 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves 1 medium clove garlic, roughly cho ..read more

Happy 11th Birthday to us! In 2011 an enthusiastic group of locals started campaigning for a community garden, which was approved by Leichhardt Municipal Council, and the Mort Bay Community Garden Association was born. Council awarded the association a license to use the land in 2012. Finally, after COVID disrupted our plans to celebrate our first decade, we’re throwing an 11th Birthday party instead! Saturday 21st October 9-2pm Join us in the garden to help celebrate with special guests. Share a piece of carrot cake and raise a glass (non alc) to toast our success! We’ll have a sausage sizzle ..read more

2 servings 1 puff pastry 300 g Tuscan kale 2 onion 2 garlic 150 g bulghur 200 ml chicken stock 2 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 tsp nigella seeds Pepper Salt Dried chili Remove hard stalks from Tuscan kale and roughly chop. Dice onion and garlic. Cook bulghur in chicken stock, drain and let cool. Fry onions in olive oil until translucent, add garlic and fry for 1 more minute. Add Tuscan kale and let wilt. Season with salt, pepper and chili. Mix with the bulghur. Preheat oven to 220 C. Roll out the pastry 40 cm wide and 3 mm thick. Place filling on one long side of the pastry. Roll into a strudel, tu ..read more

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Citrus australasica, (the Australian finger lime), is believed to be up to 18 million years old. It’s a thorny under storey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensland and New South Wales. Read more from the Wikipedia article or from Sustainable Gardening Australia Growing finger limes Finger limes grow well in either the ground or a large container and can be treated in much the same manner that you would treat traditional lemons, limes and other citrus. This means positioning them in a sun ..read more

Come along to our annual stall outside the ANZ bank, corner Darling & Mort St Balmain on Saturday 3 December, 9 – 1pm. We have stalls selling PLANTS, our bespoke BEESWAX WRAPS and COTTON POT COVERS. Buy tickets in our annual XMAS RAFFLE with fabulous prizes! A HAMPER bursting with goodies, gifts and vouchers from our wonderful local businesses. Prizes winners will be announced Tuesday 6 December. Full list of prizes here: Raffle prizes web 2022Download ..read more