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 preserves call for so much sugar, which isn’t…
Sauces & Condiments
Search through to find the tastiest sauces and condiments recipes made with real ingredients. Many recipes get a probiotic health boost for your gut by going through the process of fermentation.
Here you'll find unique Pesto recipes like Dandelion Pesto, Herbal Infused Honey or Vinegar such as Wild Violet Infused Vinegar, Fermented Vegetables, sauces like Fermented Hot Sauce and Fermented Ketchup, Curd or Fruit Butters, and Honey Ferments like Honey Garlic and Honey Cranberries.
Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Fermenting is one of the best ways to naturally preserve foods, and is a great way to use up a bumper crop of veggies from your garden. If you’ve never had fermented jalapeño hot sauce before, you’re in for a treat! It is a little spicy without…
How to Make Kimchi: Simple Fermented Recipe
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Kimchi is a spicy Korean side dish that is traditionally fermented, similar to sauerkraut. It is usually made with napa cabbage along with other vegetables like carrots, onions, ginger, and garlic. Korean chili flakes give it a spicy kick! Kimchi is surprisingly easy to make and so…
Nasturtium Flower Infused Vinegar
Nasturtiums are an easy-to-grow edible flower with an old fashioned feel to them. They have been growing in and around gardens for centuries! If you look in the original Peter Rabbit book by Beatrix Potter (originally written in 1893 and published in 1902) you will see nasturtiums in the beautiful illustrations. Since the nasturtiums I…
Green Tomato Salsa Verde: Canning Recipe
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} If you have a lot of green tomatoes in your garden, this green tomato salsa verde recipe is for you! It has the subtle tang of green tomatoes with a hint of lime. This green salsa is perfect paired with chips, as a taco topper, or on…
Infused Dandelion Vinegar
When dandelions are abundant in springtime make this infused dandelion vinegar! It has a subtle combined sweetness and bitterness and can be used to make a wonderful salad dressing. Dandelion is beneficial for digestion and for the liver. It is also a highly nutritive tonic and I love coming up with new recipes for how…
Forsythia Flower Honey Syrup
The blooming bright yellow flowers of the forsythia shrub is one of the first signs of spring, but not everyone knows that the blossoms are edible! Make this forsythia syrup with honey for a delicious spring treat. Gather & Root Online Foraging Course My online foraging course is a great way to learn about wild…
Chickweed Pesto: Wild Greens Superfood Recipe
Foraging is one of the most rewarding things that you can do, especially when you find a huge patch of a highly nutritious plant such as chickweed. While it’s always fun to find and identify a wild edible plant here and there, it can be a rare occasion to be able to harvest enough to…
Wild Violet Flower Infused Vinegar
When your yard is full of wild violet flowers in the spring, pick a handful and make this wild violet infused vinegar! This gorgeous purple wild violet flower infused vinegar is perfect to use in salad dressings, drinks, and medicinally as well. Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal…
Dandelion Pesto
I have an exciting foraged food recipe to share with you today! I’ve wanted to make dandelion pesto for a long time, but have recently been inspired by a brand new book by Rosalee de la Forêt, Alchemy of Herbs. This book is full of amazing herbal recipes, I really want to try them all!…