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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.

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Sourdough Flatbread With Whole Wheat Flour

Sourdough flatbread is easy to make and is a great way to use some sourdough discard. This flatbread recipe uses whole wheat flour for a healthy spin and delicious texture. Homemade flatbread is delicious dipped in hummus, as a side for any meal, or even made into pizzas! A Sourdough Discard Recipe This sourdough flatbread…

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Dried Orange Slices for Food and Decoration

Dried orange slices are easy to make and can be incorporated into various recipes. Dehydrated oranges and other citrus also have decorative uses. They smell amazing, have bright flavor, and look beautiful too! A Citrus Season Treat Dehydrating oranges and other citrus is a super helpful way to brighten your winter day during citrus season….

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Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf with Lemon Glaze

This lemon poppy seed loaf is sweet and tangy, with flavor to brighten your winter day! A citrus season gem, this delicious treat is filled with poppy seeds and topped with lemon glaze. A glazed lemon loaf is perfect for breakfast, tea time, or even a dessert! Lemon and Poppy Seeds: A Perfect Pair There’s…

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12 Fermented Soda Recipes

Fermented soda is a delicious and naturally bubbly way to get some healthy probiotic action. Adding herbal ingredients to naturally fermented soda makes them even more health-beneficial and tasty. These 12 fermented natural sodas have variety and light bubbly flavor you’ll love! Fermented Drinks for Health Fermented sodas are fun to make, and are a…

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30+ Pine Needle Recipes: Drinks, Desserts, Syrups, Balms & More!

Pine trees are amazing in many ways, but did you know that they are edible? Indeed they are, and they make very tasty cookies, drinks, syrups, balms, and more! Read on to learn about all the delicious recipes that you can make with foraged pine needles. These pine needle recipes are all you need! Wildcrafting…

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Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

This cranberry champagne cocktail is a perfect way to celebrate the holiday season. With a festive look and made with spiced cranberry syrup, this is an easy-to-make drink that everyone will love! Spiced Cranberry Cocktail If you’re looking to add some festivity to your holiday drink game, this cranberry champagne cocktail is a great way…

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Pine Needle Tea with Pine, Spruce or Fir

Making pine needle tea is one of the best – and easiest – ways to use foraged pine needles. This is a wonderful and simple way to use pine or other conifer needles like spruce or fir medicinally. Ease your mind and heal your body with this delicious conifer tea! What is Pine Needle Tea?…

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Pine Needle Soda: Foraged & Fermented

This pine needle soda is a delicious and quick naturally fermented drink made with foraged ingredients. Pine needles have a citrusy, pine, and minty flavor. Some people call this pine needle sprite because it’s fizzy and has a similar flavor, but it is made with all-natural ingredients! What Type of Needles to Use For this…

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Pine Needle Cookies

These pine needle cookies are shaped like trees and made with real pine needles for a fresh winter flavor. Perfect for holiday or winter celebrations, these sugar cookies are a wonderful way to use foraged pine needles and share your love of nature! Edible Pine Needles for Winter Pine needles are edible and have medicinal…

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A fruit cake half-wrapped in brown parchment and tied with red and white string, on a cooling rack resting on a cutting board. Surrounded by string and other holiday decorations.

Old Fashioned Fruit Cake Loaf (with Rum Option)

This fruit cake loaf recipe is full of nostalgia, history, a combination of real and candied fruit, and (optional) rum! Rich with flavor and the best cake lore you can find, get in the spirit this holiday season as this aged cake gets you buzzing with cheer! Factual Fruit Cake Lore Fruit cake has a…

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I want to inspire you to live seasonally, become more self sufficient, and protect your health. I share information on foraging and wildcrafting, fermenting and preserving, cooking whole foods from scratch, permaculture gardening, and making herbal products. And that’s just the beginning! Learn more.

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