{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} When fall comes, it’s a good idea to start thinking about herbal remedies that will keep you healthy through winter. This herbal oxymel recipe with sage and ginger is easy to make and has many benefits for the immune system. It also happens to be deliciously sweet…
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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.
Fermented Honey Garlic
This fermented honey garlic is the perfect thing to make to boost your immune system! Both honey and garlic have strong medicinal benefits, so you’ll want to have this delicious home remedy on hand for cold and flu season. Fermenting Garlic in Honey I’m really excited to share this post with you! Fermented honey garlic…
No Sugar Apple Jelly: Canning Recipe (Low Sugar or Honey Option)
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Fall is the time for apples, and if you have an apple tree then that means a lot of apples! Even with just one tree in our backyard, we have so many apples that I have to preserve them in one way or another. This no sugar…
12 Ways to Preserve Apples: Canning, Freezing, Drying + More!
When it’s fall and you have an apple tree, you may be wondering how to preserve apples for the rest of the year. Here are 12 methods for preserving apples! 12 Ways to Preserve Apples If you have an apple tree in your yard, then you probably have a whole lot of apples that you…
How to Make Hard Cider: Homebrew it!
Learn how to brew your own easy and delicious hard cider with this simple recipe! Brewing your own hard cider is easy, affordable, and it tastes amazing. Homemade Hard Cider This, right here, will change your world. No, not in the “this is the best hard cider I’ve ever had, I should sell this stuff…
Mini Sourdough Appetizer Pizzas with Goat Cheese
{This post is sponsored by Mezzetta} If you are entertaining, or just want a fun recipe to try, these mini sourdough pizzas are perfect! Kids love them just as much as adults. Made with goat cheese and delicious Mezzetta ingredients, they are a great way to celebrate! Mezzetta Makes it Betta! These mini sourdough pizzas…
How to Make Elderberry Syrup: Simple Recipe with Fresh or Dried Berries
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} In the late summer and early fall when elderberries are in season, it’s the perfect time to make some homemade elderberry syrup! This syrup is not only delicious, but has powerful medicinal benefits as well. Ball® Sharing Jars and Freezer Jars I’m so excited to tell you…
Fig Honey Butter: Homemade Preserves
If you have a fig tree in your backyard, then you know how prolific they can be! This is not a bad thing, as figs are delicious, but they don’t last long once they are ripe. They also tend to all be ripe at once! It’s inevitable that they will need to be preserved somehow,…
15+ Ways to Preserve Zucchini: Freeze, Can, Ferment, and Dehydrate
Some summers are zucchini summers, and we are in the midst of one right now! Preserving zucchini to last through the winter is actually easy to do. There are four main methods for how to preserve zucchini: freezing, canning, fermenting, and dehydrating or drying. How to Preserve Zucchini Zucchini can sometimes grow a little bit…
No Sugar Peach Jam: Canning Recipe (Low Sugar or Honey Option)
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Peaches are the epitome of summer fruit! At the peak of summer peaches are so sweet and delicious, but they don’t last long. Preserving peaches into a jam is the perfect way to experience that flavor through the fall and winter! Many recipes for jam and other…
