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Chicken Peri Peri Recipe Ingredients 1 kg Chicken 100 ml Extra Virgin olive oil 10 – 13 garlic cloves 5 ripe Serrano chillies 10- 12 African devil red chillies 3 Bay leaves 1 tsp smoked paprika Sea salt as required 1 lemon juice Parsley 3-4 charcoal chunks 1 tbsp oil …

Dollar store Christmas Ornament Wreath Have you been Christmas décor shopping lately and seen the cost of decorations? Are you sick of over-paying for poor quality products that only last one season? Want some holiday décor for your home but can’t spare the extra cash? If you answered yes to …

6 Projects to Keep Your House Warm All Winter Has Jack Frost paid a visit to your neighborhood? Has the outside temperatures turned the inside of your home into a winter wonderland? Has soaring heating bills taken your mood out of the Christmas spirit? For many people, that time of …

50 Slow Cooker Recipes To Try This Winter Did you know you can poach, stew, braise, simmer, water bath, infuse, roast, and bake in a slow cooker? You can also reheat your dinner or keep it warm when running late.  A family needs feeding, and though breakfast and lunch, with …

Flower Pot Heater – Costs Just 4 Cents An Hour To Run You may have seen different model to this one that sit on a bread tin these models can make the bread tin become very hot and cause damage to the surface it is sitting on. With this model …

Keeping “Cooped Up” Chickens Warm in Winter  Funny thing about chickens is that they seem always to be the “butt” of jokes. Everyone is always making “chicken jokes” – poor things. I live smack dab in the middle of the state of Nebraska – the prairie, and chickens are plentiful. …

How To Prepare Your Garden for Winter The term “Fall gardening” doesn’t mean sitting in a lawn chair and watching the stalks of your spent vegetable plants tip over. In fact, as the summer gardening season comes to a close, the work in your garden is far from over. The …

Storing Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs It’s harvest time! For many home gardeners that means a beautiful bounty of home-grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs, while others prefer to take advantage of the work of others by finding the best bargains on fresh items at the local farmer’s market or grocery store. …

How to Re-Make Sweat Pants Sunny days and warmer temperatures are here for a lot of us. While you switch over your clothes from winter sweaters and long-johns to shorts and summer dresses, make sure not to though those old beloved sweat pants away quite yet. Here is a great DIY …

12 Fall Camping Tips You Must Remember The crisp autumn air and changing leaves mean that it’s the perfect time for fall camping. Camping in the fall is beautiful. Sunsets have a beautiful, golden hue, parks are less occupied, and the bugs aren’t out in full force. Whether you are …

20 Pumpkins Carving And Decor Ideas For Halloween Halloween is coming and it is coming fast. Don’t wait until the last minute to start with your preparations. Pumpkins are very important part of Halloween. No pumpkins, no Halloween spirit. Whether you’re carving, decorating, or using this classic fall gourd for Halloween …

6 Ways to Preserve Your Fruit and Vegetable Harvest It’s ok to admit it: canning is not always all it’s cracked up to be. It means a hot kitchen on what will probably be a hot day. It means clamps and jars and tongs and really big pressurizers. It means …