Boterkoek: very Dutch and totally unhealthy

When I was a child my mother used to make Boterkoek; a Dutch treat that is best compared to shortbread with more butter. A lot more butter. She gave me the recipe when I left the nest and since then I made it hundreds of times.

Yesterday I made one for a potluck. It's an easy one because the ingredients are always at hand and it takes little time to prepare.

Shock and horror: it is full of butter and sugar. And it's very popular :)

250 gr flour
225 gr lightly salted cold butter
150 gr caster sugar
a pinch of salt

Cut the butter in pieces
Mix flour, sugar and salt
Rub the butter in the flour mixture with your fingers. Keep rubbing until it forms a ball.
Press the dough into a round cake tin (diameter 24)and spread evenly
Spread a few drops of milk over the surface (makes a nice crust)
Make a pattern with a fork (optional but very professional)
20 to 30 minutes in the oven at 160 degrees

Cut small pieces and enjoy...

Preparing a lunch and making cough syrups together

Come and connect to the abundance of the Winter season!
Craig Gibsone and Eveline Rodenburg invite you to a hands-on workshop around the theme of Winter that will renew your connection to seasonal preparations, to the land and to traditional herbal practices.

Again we will start by walking around Craig’s permaculture garden, harvesting for the lunch we will prepare and enjoy together. After that we talk about coughing and make different cough syrups. You’ll get the recipes so you can easily prepare them yourself at home!

Craig is an intuitive natural gardener and eco builder applying it in a happy intuitive way while constantly observing the interconnected nature of all things
Eveline is a naturopath and herbalist passionate about keeping the traditional knowledge of herbal medicine alive
Venue: Craig’s inspiring barrelhouse, kitchen and garden
Date and time: January 26th, 11-4pm.
Cost: £ 25 per workshop, but don’t let the money hold you back; just come and attune.
For further information and to book your place: evelinerodenburg@gmail.com, call Eveline on 07553 695 620 or drop a note in the GO. Or simply talk to us!

Treasures of Winter: four workshops at Findhorn

I'm organizing four workshops on the coming four Saturdays. Here's some information about them:

Come and connect to the abundance of the Winter season!

Craig Gibsone and Eveline Rodenburg invite you to four hands-on workshops around the theme of Winter that will renew your connection to seasonal preparations, to the land and to traditional herbal practices. We’ll be harvesting, gardening, preparing and cooking in Craig’s beautiful barrelhouse where the daily practice of permaculture is present all around.

Each workshop starts by walking around the garden looking at what can be harvested and what can be done this time of year. We might do the tiny first sowings under glass and prepare a dish with our harvest. Then - gathering around the warmth of the woodstove - we will make traditional remedies for coughs, colds, dry skin and other winter conditions.

Craig is an intuitive natural gardener and eco builder applying it in a happy chaotic way while constantly observing the interconnected nature of all things
Eveline is a naturopath and herbalist passionate about keeping the traditional knowledge of herbal medicine alive

Venue: Craig’s inspiring barrelhouse, kitchen and garden
Dates and time: January 12th, 19th and 26th, February 2nd from 11-4pm.
Cost: £ 25 per workshop, £ 90 for block of all four. You can book separate workshops.

For further information and to book your place: evelinerodenburg@gmail.com, call Eveline on 07553 695 620 or drop a note in the GO. Or simply talk to us!