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This category is a wide range of tutorials on preserving food, whether it comes from your garden, the farmers’ market or the grocery store.
It covers freezing, dehydrating, pickling, and making herbal compound butters or herbal salts
It also includes methods of preserving fruit to use as shrub syrups (aka drinking vinegars) for craft cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks.
Videos are included with some of the tutorials.
Mexican cuisine is quite diverse, with many different regional variations of traditional or authentic recipes. However, during the Winter holidays there are a few key staples that can be found in nearly every Mexican household. Below are the essential pantry ingredients that will help you be prepared to take on making most Mexican celebration meals. …
Freezing tomatoes is a great way to preserve both the nutrition and the flavor of fresh heirloom tomatoes to use in Winter dishes
Living in rural Minnesota has given me access to a wide range of spruce trees. In early Spring the tender tips can be harvested and made into teas, infused sugars, syrups and even baked goods! Check out this guide to harvesting and using spruce tips in delicious, creative ways. Jump to: RECIPE: Spruce Tip Tea …
If you got a great harvest this year and want to know how to preserve blueberries before they go bad, worry not. There are so many ways to preserve these summer delicacies! Let’s have a look at 10 of the tried and true recipes we have tested on our farm. Jump to: RECIPE for Blueberry …
Move over, expensive store-bought herbal teas! Today, let’s have a look at how to dry herbs for tea yourself at home: a cheaper option, and a great way to make good use of garden herb clippings or fresh herbs bought in bulk. Jump to: Iced Chamomile Tea Recipe | What Is a Tisane? | Gathering …
Rumtopf (rum pot) is a German fruit preserve which is essentially a combination of various fruits soaked in rum and sugar for months at a time and then used in the Winter as a delicious, boozy fruit compote or fruit syrup. This recipe uses rumtopf fruit as a delightful topping for high protein waffles, saving …
There is no better Fall breakfast (in my humble opinion!) than rich, velvety pumpkin butter slathered on toast with a cup of coffee. This homemade pumpkin butter is made with apple cider, aromatic spices, sliced ginger and a bit of orange liqueur. A video of how to can it for holiday gift giving is included. …
When tomato season starts to wane, gardeners find themselves with the desire to salvage the green tomatoes. This recipe for a Korean-style green kimchi is the perfect way to preserve green tomatoes, resulting in a tangy, delicious condiment to get you through the Winter doldrums. Let me show you how easy! Jump to: RECIPE | …
There are so many great ways to preserve fresh seasonal produce from your garden or the farmers’ markets (or your community grocer). Let’s have a look at 10 popular methods to preserve fresh seasonal produce for the Winter pantry, for using in cold-weather cooking. Jump to: Freezing | Dehydrating | Pickling | Canning | Salting …
Left with a bunch of green tomatoes as the tomato season died down? Pickling green tomatoes is a delicious way to use them and you don’t need to fuss with canning equipment in this quick pickle recipe. Jump to: RECIPE | Are they safe? | Heirloom Green Tomatoes vs Unripe Tomatoes | Ideas for Using …
There is no comparison between the sad tasteless grocery store tomatoes of winter and the fresh summer tomatoes which are packed with umami, a bit of sweetness and a touch of acid. There is an option however for that fresh tomato taste in winter. Dehydrating mid-summer tomatoes in their peak and then grinding them to …
Summer offers an abundance and variety of fresh herbs that are so much better to cook with than the dried herbs of Winter. There are many ways to preserve fresh herbs for year-round cooking, and making herbal salts is one of the easiest preservation methods. Keep these salts by your stove for a burst of …
Dried herbs can’t compete with fresh herbs when it comes to cooking with flavor. If you have a garden, a nearby farmers market, or a good grocery store, preserving fresh herbs as herbal compound butters is my favorite way to ensure fresh flavor year-round. It’s very easy, you can create wonderful blends, and herb butters …
Ajvar is a red pepper eggplant spread popular in the Balkan region. This recipe is a particularly robust version enhanced with a Peruvian hot spice. The video that accompanies the recipe also demonstrates a quick and easy way to roast and peel peppers. This is a perfect low carb spread and is fantastic with salmon …
Even though they are considered weeds, dandelions are a quintessential sign of summer. Once popular as a food (or wine) item, dandelions have seen a surge in popularity as an edible treat for salads, wine or jellies. This recipe for dandelion jelly (infused with elderflower liqueur) is the perfect combination of floral, sweet and slightly …