In the Media
I’m always more than happy to share my knowledge and passions around food security, saving money, reducing food waste, foraging, fermentation, and food preservation. Contact… Read More »In the Media
scrappy cooking
To Buy or Not to Buy: How to Save on Food by Making it From Scratch
For every step in the production process, every hand involved in making something that you eventually buy from the store, the cost to you goes… Read More »To Buy or Not to Buy: How to Save on Food by Making it From Scratch
Split Pea Soup with Ham
Once you’ve made this soup once you’ll crave it all winter long. Made with a few humble ingredients, it’s budget friendly as well as satisfying.… Read More »Split Pea Soup with Ham
Scrappy Cooking: Tepache
Ok Ok, so technically this isn’t scrappy “cooking”, it’s actually scrappy fermenting, but it’s still firmly in the category of making something delicious from something… Read More »Scrappy Cooking: Tepache
Scrappy Cooking: Stem Pesto
The recipe for this delicious savoury spread made from the scraps of broccoli, kale, cauliflower and other brassicas comes from one of my favourite books about food…
Scrappy Cooking: Bone Broth
There was a time when folks knew how to make something from nothing. How to make use of everything. How to eat well even when… Read More »Scrappy Cooking: Bone Broth