We’ve been making our own sauerkraut for years, but we haven’t really tried many other veggies. This post is really just a reminder to ourselves to try our hand at fermenting other veggies. Here is a link below to many other fermentation recipes. https://www.attainable-sustainable.net/ferment-vegetables/ Sarah making sauerkraut in 2015.
We just had our first frost. We harvested all of our remaining basil, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers and some herbs in preparation for our first frost. Sarah made our pesto recipe with all of the basil. I have some kind of reaction to pine nuts and they change my tastebuds so that sweet tastes bitter for
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We usually struggle with trying to preserve all of our summer squash. We can’t eat it fast enough as we harvest it from the garden. This is one of our favorite plant based burger recipes, which we’ve modified from The China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook, by Del Sroufe. We usually double this recipe to
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We have been trying different ways to hard boil our fresh eggs so that they peel easily. We’ve tried adding vinegar to the water, dunking them in ice water, using a steamer basket, and just letting the eggs sit in the fridge so they ‘age’ a few weeks before hard boiling them. None of those
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We have been working on a no-knead bread recipe that we can make with minimal effort and few ingredients. This bread is SO much better than any store bought bread we’ve ever tasted, and it costs less than $1.50/loaf to make. We’ve had success baking this in our tiny propane oven in a 12” or
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We enjoy growing our own herbs to use in recipes but also to dry out and use in our own tea. Sarah came up with this tea that uses Holy Basil as a base, as follows: 3 parts dried Holy Basil1 part dried Lemon Balm1 part dried Mint1 part or less of dried Stevia. (add
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I drink this smoothie far more than any others. It is easy to make and doesn’t have too much fruit.Make your own as follows: 2 cups of water2 handfuls of spinach (or other greens)2 average sized tomatoes1 ripe banana1/2 inch of ginger root1/2 avocado (optional) Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend to
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Here is a recipe for homemade mayo that we think tastes better than store bought. Blend well using a hand-held electric whisker/blender in a wide-mouth quart sized mason jar: 2 eggs at room temperature 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 Tbsp white vinegar 1/2 tsp seasoned salt 1/2 tsp dry mustard power 1/4 tsp garlic powder
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