If you have looked through your family's recipe books, you may have noticed that some recipes call for vanilla sugar, or lavender sugar. Go shopping for them and they're impossible to find. But herb sugars can not only be used to resurrect your family favourite dishes, but also to give as lovely, inexpensive and thoughtful homemade gifts that will be appreciated by almost everyone!
When it comes to accompaniments to make bangers and mash (that's sausage and mashed potatoes to the uninitiated) just that touch better, you can't go wrong with a slow cooked caramelised onion gravy. The slow cooking gives the gravy a savoury richness of flavour and colour that just cannot be matched by any short cuts.
Make these delicious pickles a quart at a time; no water bath or pressure cooking canning required. You load up the jars and refrigerate for crispy...crunchy dill pickles well after the growing season is over.
Making your own condiments assures freshness, as well as the fact that you know the ingredients going into your food. Several recipes and videos are showcased on this cooking page all about condiments. Enjoy making your own side dish condiments.