Learn how to oven roast green chile peppers to throw a whole lot of flavor and a little bit of heat into your meals. Hatch green chile peppers have a short season from late summer to early autumn, and are perfect for preserving. Literally get them while they’re hot and enjoy them all year round!…
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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.
Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce: Quick and Easy Recipe for Summer
This roasted cherry tomato sauce is a great way to use up all of those cherry tomatoes in your garden. Simple to make and delicious, this cherry tomato recipe is one to make every summer. Use some now and freeze more for later! How to Use Up Cherry Tomatoes From the Garden If you grow…
Quick Refrigerator Pickled Pepperoncini Peppers
Refrigerator pickles are a quick and delicious way to preserve the summer harvest, but you don’t have to stick to pickled cucumbers – there are many vegetables you can use, like pepperoncini peppers! This recipe for quick refrigerator pickled pepperoncini peppers will become a new favorite! Pepperoncini Peppers for Pickling When our pepperoncini plant…
How to Make Refrigerator Dill Pickles
Refrigerator pickles, sometimes called quick pickles, are a fast and easy way to preserve the summer harvest, especially when you don’t have enough produce to justify canning several batches. Learn how to make refrigerator dill pickles! Cucumber Refrigerator Pickles While fermenting is my usual form of preserving foods, every once in a while I crave…
Homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Butter
This homemade strawberry rhubarb butter is easy to make and a delicious way to use rhubarb. Strawberries and rhubarb are a perfect combination and cook down to a lovely butter that is tart and sweet. I use honey as the sweetener to make this strawberry rhubarb butter even better! Using Rhubarb in Spring We have…
Homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Soda (Naturally Fermented)
Have you ever wanted to make your own fermented soda? It’s easier than you think! This homemade strawberry rhubarb soda is naturally fermented using a ginger bug. It’s a delicious and refreshing springtime beverage! Using a Ginger Bug in Homemade Soda So, you’ve made a ginger bug. Now what the heck do you do with…
Lilac Mead: Floral Honey Wine for Spring
I love the smell of lilacs blooming in the springtime! The beautiful edible blossoms don’t last long, so I like to try to preserve that flavor to enjoy throughout the year. This lilac mead recipe is a delicious way to do that! Simple Mead Making Ebook If you want to learn more about making mead,…
8 Ways to Eat Radishes and Radish Greens
Radishes are a vegetable that are sometimes hard for people to get excited about. The truth is that radishes are amazing! Not only that, but they are a tasty treat straight from the dirt, no processing required. The best part is you get two veggies in one, the root and the greens – yes you…
How to Make Sauerkraut: Traditionally Fermented Cabbage
Traditionally made from cabbage and a saltwater brine, sauerkraut is fermented for several weeks. Homemade sauerkraut is amazing and doesn’t resemble store bought at all, plus it’s easy and cheap to make and filled with probiotics. Let’s make homemade fermented sauerkraut! What is Sauerkraut? I don’t know about you, but I hated sauerkraut when I…
Homemade Elderberry Gummies (made with elderberry syrup)
These homemade elderberry gummies are a delicious way to support your immune system. Elderberry gummies are easy to make, especially if you already have elderberry syrup on hand. Kids and adults both love them! Everything Elderberry Book This recipe for elderberry gummies comes from the book Everything Elderberry by Susannah Shmurak of Healthy Green Saavy….
