Can I use tap water for making kombucha? It’s a common question. When you look up any recipe or kombucha tips, everyone agrees… use filtered water if you’re making your own kombucha. But why? And if you stumbled upon this article but don’t know how to make your own kombucha yet, check out Simple DIY Kombucha. […]
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Why Dehydrate Tomatoes? My dehydrator is my best friend these days. The garden surplus is overwhelming and I hate heating up the kitchen all day long to can tomato sauce. In fact, I have never been a fan of canning tomatoes. I felt like I boiled them down all day long and my final product
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I was sharing on instagram stories yesterday how much I love dehydrating tomatoes, and that led to lots of folks sending me lots of questions… so I guess it’s time I start writing some about what food I dehydrate, why, and how I use all this deliciousness. To start, today I’m sharing how I use
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Yes, I’m over here fermenting blueberries tonight and super happy about it. If salty, sour blueberries don’t sound like your “jam,” let me assure you, you need to keep reading… Fermenting Blueberries Fermenting blueberries is a simple process that produces truly delicious results. It is done in a sugary brine and both the berries and
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How do you cook a pork steak? What does it taste like? Is it similar to a ham steak? These were all my questions the first year we raised our own pasture-raised pigs. I assumed every cut of meat would taste like ham, which I wasn’t a huge fan of, so honestly I was just
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If you know me, you know I love good syrup. I kinda wrote the book on it, actually. (See inside Sweet Maple here. Or grab an autographed copy here.) But I started wondering last week… can you make simple syrup from rhubarb? Rhubarb is an amazing plant. The ruby red and green stems are loaded
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Could elderberry syrup help fight a virus? I didn’t even think about this. I didn’t know about any of the scientific studies that have shown all the wonderful reasons to enjoy elderberry syrup when I was scaling a concrete wall and inching down a steep incline to reach the river bed where a neighbor had
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This is the first of many pastured pork recipes I share to help you cook your way through the pig. Raising pigs has been one of the biggest highlights for our family of this new, homestead way of life. Knowing they had a great life, knowing exactly what they ate and where they lived, and
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I’ve been loving homegrown sprouts for years and decided it’s about time I fill y’all in on how amazing (and easy!) they are.
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Bill and I pictured ourselves milling our own flour when we were newlyweds. Then we priced the grains and researched the giant, awkward mill options and realized it was too costly and cumbersome for our small kitchen and smaller budget.
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