Many people write in about whether a particular recipe can be frozen. Freezing meals is especially useful if you are a 2 person household and the recipe serves 4 or 6 and it is not easy to halve the recipe. It always leaves you with the question of what to do with that other half a can of something.

Freezing meals can also be a great way to save money by buying meat when it is on special and doubling the recipe and freezing a meal for another night or to give to someone needing a helping hand.
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The end of summer is a busy time in my kitchen as it is harvest time, this wonderful old fashioned term is still relevant for today’s kitchen spilling over with the fruits of the season.
I’ve always had a vegetable garden of some sort even if it only contained some herbs and silver beet and now with so many people rediscovering the joys of growing your own vegetables it always seems there is an excess of vegetables all ready at the same time.
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