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July book club: The giving garden
Nothing beats growing your own, whether that’s on a patio., in a window box or even just a pot, this month inside The Simple Things we give you some tips on how to turn the tiniest of spaces into big...
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Create your own indoor herb garden
Create your own indoor herb garden this weekend and you could be picking homegrown rosemary to flavour your Sunday roast! WHAT TO GROW There’s nothing more rewarding than enhancing your cooking using...
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Grow indoor herbs PLUS a competition
Add colour to your kitchen and flavour to your food…and win some brilliant freebies along the way! Choose a few herbs to grow indoors and you’ll be killing two birds with one stone. You’ll instantly be...
View ArticleFive ways with mint: recipes
The only herb that’s also an adjective, mint deserves more than a cursory dip in your Pimm’s. So don’t leave it to run rampage in the garden, or wilt in a glass on the kitchen worktop – show it a good...
View ArticleRecipe: Lemon verbena sherbet
In June’s The Simple Things, Lia Leendertz picks early-season crops and herbs for that first taste of summer. Turn to page 44 for fresh and tasty home-grown recipes, including this one for lemon...
View ArticleHow to be a mindful eater PLUS three simple tea infusion recipes
Yes, we love food, but it doesn’t always get our full attention. Time to reconnect your mind with your mouth and become a mindful eater. Many of us fall easily into patterns of mindless eating. We pick...
View ArticleJekka McVicar’s useful but less obvious herbs
Read our feature on Jekka McVicar (page 90 of August’s The Simple Things)? Add her suggestions for useful but less obvious herbs to your shopping list. 1. Borage (Borago officinalis) This frost-hardy...
View ArticleGet creative with herbs
Copious crops? These culinary ideas will help you cope with a herb glut Get creative with herbs Make a vinegar Take a clean jar, fill loosely with your herb, add vinegar to the top, close tightly and...
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