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Which Water
Burke's Backyard — Compared to tap water, bottled water is very expensive. The cost of still water bought from a supermarket ranges from 43c to $1.55 a litre. For the same price as one 600ml bottle of water, you could get nine cups of water out of the tap every day ...More…
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Tracy Rutherford's sweet potato and cannellini bean mash
Burke's Backyard — Cut the sweet potato into 2cm chunks, then steam over a pan of boiling water for about 10 minutes, until tender. Add the drained cannellini beans to the sweet potato and mash together until smooth. Add in the milk and a knob of butter, plus a ...More…
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Rhubarb tips and recipes
Burke's Backyard — Autumn is rhubarb-harvesting time, so it's at its best in the shops. In the May issue of Burke's Backyard magazine, on sale Monday, April 27, Tracy Rutherford has a simple recipe for oven-cooked rhubarb that makes a wonderful dessert. Put ...More…
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Harvesting pumpkins
Burke's Backyard — When ripe, pumpkins will have taken on their ripe colour (which varies with the variety you have grown) and the stem which connects the fruit to the plant will have dried and become wrinkly and woody. Use secateurs to cut the ripe pumpkins from ...More…
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Easy lemon-roasted chicken
Burke's Backyard — The idea for this is so simple. Just stuff the bird with a whole lemon, and the lemon flavour will go through the chicken as it roasts. However, if you make some fine cuts through the lemon skin it will release more juices, and if you rub ...More…
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Saltimbocca
Burke's Backyard — In the February 2009 issue of Burke's Backyard magazine, on sale now nationally, our Kitchen Garden section tells you all about 'Hot Herbs' - those classic herbs from Mediterranean cookery which can handle the intense heat of the Aussie summer ...More…
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Chicken with Grapes and Guinness
Burke's Backyard — Grapes are in season now and they're wonderful just as they are, as a healthy, refreshing snack at any time of day. Grapes go really well with chicken, so try this idea which also uses Guinness - just one week too late for St Patrick's Day! Handy ...More…
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Grilled figs
Burke's Backyard — The March 2009 issue of Burke's Backyard magazine - on sale Monday, February 23 - includes an informative plant profile on how to grow edible figs in garden beds, or in pots. Figs are one of the best fruit trees for backyards, easy to grow and a ...More…
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2UE chilli glut tips & recipes
Burke's Backyard — By midsummer, many gardeners will have one major problem with chillies - there are too many of them! Turning chillies into paste is dead easy, so is freezing them. Making chilli oil is good fun, but drying them is sometimes harder than it might ...More…
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Capsicum recipes
Burke's Backyard — Backyard vegie growers who planted capsicums a few months ago should be enjoying a good harvest right now - maybe even a glut - so try these two recipes which use capsicums in new ways that maybe you haven't tried before. Both involve stuffing ...More…
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Tracy Rutherford's creamy broad bean dip
Burke's Backyard — For Don's 2UE listeners, we also have this wonderful broad bean dip for you to try. Right now, broad beans are not in season in the vegie shops (they're a late winter and spring vegie) but frozen broad beans, available at supermarkets year-round, ...More…
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Australia's Best Shed Competition
Burke's Backyard — For the terms and conditions for our competition, click here For the full details of the Trojan Tools to be won in the Best Shed competition, click here For photos of some of the entries so far, click hereMore…