Grow & Cook with Flavor!

Grow & Cook with Flavor!

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Wellness Through Cooking, Gardening & Tea

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What should we do today?

Cinderella Pumpkin on bed of leaves.

Dorothy drinking tea in the rooster garden.

Our Herbal Tea Shop

Bowl of tomato powder and 3 heirloom tomatoes

Preserving Food

Mexican Day of the Dead girl holding a skull. — Día De Los Muertos Recipes

Fall is Here!

Bowl of pumpkin sausage pasta.

Creamy Pumpkin, Sausage, Sage Pasta

Pumpkin spice latte powdered dry mix in a jar with pumpkins behind it.

Instant Pumpkin Spice Latte Dry Mix

Pumpkin bars with cheesecake frosting.

Easy Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin bread with bowl of butter in background.

Pumpkin Amaretto Quick Bread

Peach buckle in a glass pie plate with gold spoon.

Old Fashioned Peach Buckle the Easy Way

Peach blueberry cobbler with bowl of blueberries on the side.

Old Fashioned Peach Blueberry Biscuit Cobbler Recipe

Roasted beets and carrots on spiced yogurt with mint garnish.

Roasted Beets and Carrots on Harissa Spiced Yogurt

Blue Hubbard Heirloom Winter Squash.

Winter Squash Varieties For the Italian Kitchen Garden

Apple cheddar cheese galette on parchment paper

New England Apple Cheddar Cheese Rustic Tart (Galette)

Espresso martini with pumpkin spice flavor and cinnamon stick garnish.

Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini

Raspberry scones with lemon vanilla icing on a baking rack

Raspberry Black Tea Scones with Vanilla Icing Recipe

Bowl of Italian white bean, sausage and kale stew.

Italian White Bean, Kale & Sausage Stew: Slow Carb

Preserving the Harvest

Heirloom tomato relish for brats, chops and steaks

Tomato Bruschetta Relish: Fresh or Canned

Tomato butter on rustic thick bread with scallions as garnish on top.

Homemade Tomato Butter and Tomato Spreads

Variety of chile peppers that would work for a salsa garden

Essential Mexican Pantry Ingredients for Celebrations & Fiestas

Jar of classic pesto made with fresh basil.

Easy Freezer Basil Pesto: Tips for Fresh Taste

Basket of freshly harvested spruce tips.

Ultimate Guide to Using Foraged Spruce Tips: Teas, Syrups & Preserves

Blueberry mojito drink in a glass garnished with blueberries and mint leaves with blue dotted background.

10 Ways to Preserve Fresh Blueberries: + Blueberry Mojito Recipe)

Equipment needs for making herbal tea

Drying Herbs For Tea: + Iced Chamomile Tea Recipe

Waffles with rumtopf berry topping and whipped cream garnish

How to Make Waffles with Rumtopf

Jar of pumpkin butter with cinnamon sticks on the side.

Homemade Pumpkin Butter Recipe: Big Batch in an Oven Roaster

2 jars of kimchi and the fermenting tools needed to make it.

Homemade Kimchi Recipe Adding Green Tomatoes

Summer produce in jars and bowls waiting to be preserved for the Winter pantry.

10 Ways to Preserve Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: (Winter Pantry)

Sliced green tomatoes with pickling spices in a glass jar.

Quick Pickled Green Tomatoes: Without Canning

Recent Recipes

Mexican chicken chili surrounded by 4 garnishes: limes, avocados, cheese, sour cream.

Slow-Carb Mexican Chicken Chili

Cup of champurrado with cinnamon stick.

Champurrado (Chocolate Atole): Healthy Mexican Hot Chocolate

Bizcochito cookies: Mexican shortbread in star shapes.

Mexican Holiday Shortbread Cookies: Biscochitos

Heirloom tomato relish for brats, chops and steaks

Tomato Bruschetta Relish: Fresh or Canned

Tomato butter on rustic thick bread with scallions as garnish on top.

Homemade Tomato Butter and Tomato Spreads

Pure Zen tea infuser portable thermos

Top 5 gifts for Loose Leaf Tea Lovers (+ Hibiscus Tea Recipe)

A flight of various beers with a bowl of pretzels in the background.

How to Use a Steam Juicer: + Apple Beer Recipe

Bowl of pumpkin sausage pasta.

Creamy Pumpkin, Sausage, Sage Pasta

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