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Homemade Herbs de Provence Salt Recipe I am having a seriously HUGE bumper crop of herbs this year. After running out of room to hang-dry herbs in my pantry, and on almost all door knobs, and in my laundry room, and in my closets…I desperately tried to think of some other ways to preserve herbs…
How to Make Beer Cheese Soup I love Beer Cheese Soup. As you probably know by now, I am CRAZY about soup. I’ve got my Tomato Basil Soup, my Minestrone Soup, my Chili Recipe, and a bajillion other soups from other awesome people on my Soup Pinterest Board. So it was about time that I posted…
I’m super proud of my husband for inventing this Citrus Habanero Rabbit recipe. If you’re looking for a way to use up some habaneros, or if you love how citrus, garlic, and spicy tastes together, then you will LOVE this recipe. Feel free to use chicken instead of rabbit meat! Here’s the background for this tasty…
A good Homemade Salsa Recipe…it is easily my FAVORITE way to eat hot peppers from the garden. I warn you now: this is a homemade salsa recipe that focuses on hot peppers over tomatoes! If you’re not into spicy salsas, try making my tasty Mango Salsa Recipe. Or try one of these awesome salsa…
Dutch Babies. Puff Pancakes. German Pancakes. Whatever you call them, they are amazing. I am known in my family as the World’s Fussiest Breakfast Eater. Even as a child, I’ve always hated: cereal, oatmeal, eggs, sausage, french toast, pancakes, waffles, yogurt, bacon…yep, pretty much any breakfast foods. Sorry, readers, please don’t hate me. People usually have a…
How to Preserve Green Beans (4 ways) How does your garden grow? Unlike last year’s fiasco, I have a lovely thriving garden this year. True, my tomatoes and peppers did not grow past seedlings (possibly due to faulty soil mix?), so I have very few tomatoes and peppers this year. However, I DO have loads…
I am THRILLED to introduce the amazing Shaye Elliott from The Elliott Homestead! I love her website and her farm and…her food. This tasty recipe can use up both zucchini and garlic from your garden, as well as any herbs you have available. I get all my seeds to grow heirloom non-GMO zucchini here. You…
This delicious Cardamom Spiced Hot Chocolate recipe combines hot cocoa with chai spices into a super delicious beverage. It’s the perfect cozy treat for snuggling in blankets by the fireplace in the colder months. Cool weather is (finally)here…. Now that the weather has cooled off for the year (and here in the south, “cool” means…
The Culinary Uses of Saffron This is a continuation of my Spice Series. Let’s talk about the culinary uses of saffron: Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice. One pound of dried saffron goes for about $5,000, about 25 percent of the price of a pound of gold. Thankfully, saffron is sold by the gram….
How to Make Water Kefir As I mentioned in my 2015 Homestead Goals (click here for that post), I’m trying to get serious about my Water Kefir. Why water kefir? A few years back, my husband got terribly sick with some serious mystery illness; sick enough that we went to the hospital. The doctors were…