It’s strawberry season and the best time for homemade strawberry jam! This low-sugar or no-sugar strawberry jam with pectin is easy to make and keeps the delicious flavor of summer strawberries in your life all year long. There’s nothing quite like ripe strawberries, their flavor holds distinct lifelong summer memories for me. The best way…
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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.
Skillet Strawberry Cobbler
Skillet strawberry cobbler is the best way to use up this season’s abundance! Sometimes it seems that strawberries ripen all at once, and then have about a 4-hour window in which to eat them all at peak perfect flavor. I exaggerate, of course, but this strawberry cobbler recipe is here to help you use your…
Rhubarb Gin Sour Cocktail
A rhubarb gin cocktail is in order for a summertime happy hour! This pretty pink rhubarb drink combines the tart sweetness of the rhubarb with the citrus sourness of the lemon juice which pairs perfectly with botanical gin. If you love a good gin-sour recipe, this is the perfect rhubarb cocktail for you! It’s rhubarb…
Candied Rhubarb Ribbons: Dessert or Drink Garnish
This candied rhubarb tops the list for my favorite rhubarb dessert, make it and you’ll see why! Sweeten notoriously tart rhubarb in the most beautiful and delicious way to garnish any dessert or drink this season. Rhubarb candy ribbons look like it comes from a fairy tale, and taste just as magical! Rhubarb is a…
Rhubarb Syrup
Rhubarb syrup is a super simple way to use this season’s abundance! With only a few ingredients, this rhubarb recipe is a great method for cooking rhubarb without all of the tartness. Rhubarb simple syrup has the whimsical pink color of fresh rhubarb too! About Rhubarb Rhubarb is one of those vegetables that grow in…
Dandelion Jelly: Low-Sugar or Honey
Dandelion jelly is a spring treat in a jar, filled with sunshine! This dandelion jelly recipe is low-sugar and made with honey. If you’re looking for a dandelion recipe to keep some sunshine in your life year-round, this dandelion jelly is it! This homemade dandelion jelly is a wonderful way to capture the spring sunshine…
How to Make Dandelion Tea
Make dandelion tea for a super simple way to access the power of these humble flowers. With a wide array of health benefits, this dandelion flower tea is the perfect way to enjoy spring to its fullest while also caring for yourself. This is one of the easiest dandelion recipes ever! Wildcrafting Weeds If you…
Wild Violet Syrup: Spring Foraging Recipe
Violet syrup made with wild violets is a delicious and stunningly beautiful spring recipe. Wild violets bring their early spring magic to this simple recipe, and the real magic happens when this violet syrup changes color with lemon juice! About Wild Violets In mythology, violet flowers are known as flowers of change and transition. They…
Chive Blossom Vinegar
Chive blossom vinegar is a perfect way to use chives that are bursting with blossoms this spring. If you are looking for a chive flower recipe, this is a simple and delicious way to preserve chive blossoms. I love a vinegar infusion, and this is one of my favorite recipes! Chives are one of the…
Sourdough Blueberry Pancakes
These sourdough pancakes with blueberries are so good, and about as healthy as a pancake can get without sacrificing flavor. Overnight sourdough pancakes are an easy breakfast, cook them and drop in a few blueberries the next morning, and you’re set! No, I’m not kidding. This is serious, and by serious, I mean seriously delicious!…