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How to Make Sweet Pickled Cucumber, No Cooking Required
14 September 2024

How to Make Sweet Pickled Cucumber, No Cooking Required

Making Sweet Pickled Cucumber is a great way of using up excess cucumber and giving a rather bland food an enticing lift.

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How to make your own Tomato and Chilli Jam.
17 October 2022

How to make your own Tomato and Chilli Jam.

Easy to make Tomato and Chilli Jam. One taste and your hooked! Great with meats and shellfish. The possibilities are endless

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How to Make Blackberry Jelly, and why fruit jellies work.
8 October 2022

How to Make Blackberry Jelly, and why fruit jellies work.

Want to know how to make Blackberry Jelly? It’s not that difficult, and so satisfying to make the best of the (free) autumn harvest.

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Recipe Index
20 February 2022

Recipe Index

The recipe index of The Westcoaster, food and lifestyle blog.

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It’s that Courgette and Tomato Chutney, time of year!
1 October 2021

It’s that Courgette and Tomato Chutney, time of year!

Autumn is chutney time, from the garden into the kitchen for fabulous flavours. Our Courgette and Tomato Chutney Preserves the flavours of the summer through the cold winter months

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