Is your zucchini overflowing? Make milk! Here is yet another way to use that zucchini that seems to flourish regardless of weather, soil composition, or one’s gardening (in)capability. A friend gave me an article from a 1977 Organic Gardening and Farming magazine written by Mary Marvin with the recipe to make zucchini milk. It’s a… Read More
Planning anything with my friend Linda is like an overload on the idea of having “eyes too big for our stomach”. Only it’s not about eating too much…well, sometimes it is, but I’m not getting into that right now. It’s about thinking we can fit 68 hours of activity into an afternoon–with time to spare!… Read More
There are few things as rewarding as making a salad for dinner directly from your garden! I love to take a walk through the garden before dinner, collecting things for the salad. It’s relaxing as well as productive. In the spring and early summer we are eating our own lettuce and spinach. These days I… Read More
A tincture made of echinacea (commonly known as purple coneflower) is often used in herbal medicines. Echinacea is popularly believed to be an immunostimulator, stimulating the body’s immune system and warding off infections. It’s great to have on hand for cold and flu season. Time to put some up for a rainy (sneezy) day! How… Read More
Say hello to Rachel from Minnesota! Q. What are your favorite things to cook? Typically I like to cook savory recipes over desserts. But I’m pretty eclectic, and like to try new things. Instead of passport stamps, we try recipes from different countries to experience other cultures. Q. How/when did you learn to cook? At… Read More
Sometimes, I like a citrus jelly that isn’t quite as over the top as marmalade. Don’t get me wrong, I love marmalade. I really love marmalade. But marmalade is a bit labor intensive. Plus, it was hot out. Plus, I was busy. Plus, lemonade sounded good. Plus I have that lemon verbena simple syrup that… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More
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