Aronia berry oxymel is an easy-to-make herbal recipe with tons of benefits. Mellowing out aronia’s tart taste, this oxymel recipe is a perfect blend of raw honey and vinegar, making it a healthful remedy! All About Aronia Berries Also called chokeberries, aronia berries are a superfood with high antioxidant and antiviral properties. Aronia berries are…
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Cooking and preserving traditional food from scratch is one of my passions, and it’s even better if it includes homegrown, foraged, or fermented ingredients. I prefer to use whole foods and many of my recipes use herbs, flowers, and other fresh from the garden ingredients. Sourdough is another passion, and I also have a thing for cooking in cast iron pans!
Learn how to make sourdough tortillas, roasted beets and their greens, and traditional nitrate free corned beef.
How to Freeze Zucchini: Three Ways
It’s the season of zucchini over-abundance! Freezing zucchini is a great way to store it long-term, and these are three great ways to do it so you can preserve and enjoy zucchini at its best all year. A Zucchini Summer If you’ve ever experienced a “zucchini summer” in your garden, you understand the wild abandon…
Fermented Dilly Beans
Dilly beans are a new treat to me, and they’re so delicious. The sourness, the dill and garlic flavor, and the beans’ crunch are awesome! So, of course, I had to make fermented dilly beans! Fermenting Green Beans I love all kinds of pickles and always have, and was one of those kids who would…
Fermented Honey Blueberries
A great way to preserve and use your abundance of blueberries is to make fermented honey blueberries. This super simple recipe has tons of health benefits and the sweet taste of summer. It only takes two ingredients and a little time. Raw Honey Benefits Raw honey is thick and sweet and has many health benefits….
Elderberry Kombucha: Second Ferment
Elderberry kombucha is a super delicious, fizzy second ferment with health-beneficial properties. Made with elderberry syrup and added to basic kombucha, this drink is probiotic-rich and has immune-boosting elements, too! Homemade Kombucha I love kombucha and all of the probiotic benefits it provides. It’s good for gut health, and any herbs, berries, or fruits added…
Homemade Blackberry Jam: Low-Sugar or No Sugar
Make low-sugar blackberry jam to preserve the goodness of summer all year round! Sometimes, you need a good old-fashioned blackberry jam to make the summer feel complete, and this low-or-no-sugar recipe is a great way to make it healthy! A Blackberry Summer We’ve all had “zucchini summers” or the like in our gardens when the…
How to Freeze Berries: Two Ways
Freeze berries this summer to keep them fresh and usable long past their short ripeness window. Each berry has a freezing method that works best, it’s not one-size-fits-all. When done correctly, freezing is a great way to store fresh summer berries! Summer Berries At Their Best I basically live for summer berries. Their ripe sweet…
Fermented Garlic
Making fermented garlic is a super easy way to preserve and prolong the life of garlic cloves. This simple lacto fermentation recipe creates a uniquely delicious garlic flavor and adds probiotics to your diet too. For the Love of Garlic I don’t know about you, but I just don’t feel like the world would turn…
Homemade Raspberry Jam: Low Sugar or No Sugar
Summer is abundant with berries, and homemade raspberry jam is a must! This low sugar raspberry jam recipe is a breeze to make, and keeps the deliciousness of raspberries on your table long after summer’s peak. Easy Raspberry Jam I love summer berries and am always looking for the best way to use and preserve…
Homemade Blackberry Kombucha
Blackberry kombucha is an earthy, tart and sweet bubbly treat. With the flavor of summer sun and ripe fermented deliciousness, this is a probiotic-rich drink perfect for a warm and slow summer day. Slow Summer Blackberries Blackberries have always been my favorite berry, since I was a kid. They were my very first forage, really!…
