Originating in the Eastern region of the Mediterranean, kale was cultivated as a food as early as 2000 B.C. Not only was kale cultivated as a food source, it was also considered to be medicinal. It was used for treating bowel conditions. As a vegetable, kale is a member of the cabbage family as well …
When you consider all the ways you can preserve your garden produce, fermenting them is one of the easiest! It requires no heat in your kitchen, and just a few simple tools. Bonus is that the fermenting process adds bacteria to help heal your gut! Win-win! Fermented foods are a traditional way of preserving homestead …
Have a large amount of fresh fruit from the garden or co-op? These no cook fruit leather dehydrator recipes are an easy and healthy snack for your family. Dehydrating is a terrific way to preserve the harvest, especially when you have a significant amount of fresh fruit from the garden or co-op. Try these fruit …
Since apples are abundant in the fall, they are usually a great price. Knowing how to preserve apples for winter use is a great idea to save money and have apples all the time! Fall brings lots of apples in our area. We have an apple festival that lasts an entire weekend, where you go …
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When you need food storage, like when camping for example, there are a lot of options available to you. For camping you might buy a cooler to store your food in. However, you can take cooler upon cooler of fresh food, but if the ice melts your sustenance will be spoiled. It really depends on how …
We planted purple eggplant in our garden this year. It was our first time, as a matter of fact. A friend of mine blessed me with 4 eggplant starts and I figured, “why not?”. The eggplants took over. Seriously. There was no room left to run or hide. I had made all the eggplant recipes …
I love peaches. They are so sweet, juicy, and there’s nothing better on a warm fall day then enjoying biting into one and having peach juice dribble down your chin. Peach pie, peach muffins, peach cobbler are all on the menu when peaches come into season. When peach season comes in, it’s for a short …
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In an effort to clean out our freezers for the upcoming gardening, chicken and turkey “season”, I have been making a lot of jerky lately. My kids love it, my hubby loves it, and the dog loves it as much as she can. Well, when no one is looking anyway. After all the canning of …
Bone broth is so good for you in so many ways. Often referred to “Jewish penicillin”, making broth or stock is a quick and easy way to add healthy benefits to your diet. the health benefits of bone broth include healing to your gut, providing minerals and vitamins cartilage from the bones can help soothe …
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Don’t just freeze your garden cauliflower! Try making your own instant fauxtatoes for pantry storage! Have I got the most awesome idea of all for you! Make your own instant fauxtatoes flakes! These are super duper easy to do, and will store in your pantry indefinitely! Great for a bug out bag as well, since …
