Thursday Tip: Free Herbs
Did you know that you can propagate herbs from cuttings? It’s true! Have a friend with a yard full of lavender? Buy a too-big package of fresh basil at the grocery store? Here’s how to grow those herbs on your windowsill, so you can save money buying the little over-priced plastic packages in the future. … Read more
Sneak Peek + Garlic
I realize I haven’t ever gotten back to you with a remodeled kitchen reveal, but I have good reasons, I swear! We STILL have not gotten the wood-stove connected, and it’s been over a year now since the whole project began. We’re still working out the fine details, but the good news is that everything … Read more
Best Bean Soup (and garden update)
Twig is a soup snob. He rarely thinks homemade soup is as good as restaurant soup, so I’m always trying for his approval when we make soup from scratch. This one made the cut, and he asked me to blog the recipe. I love that it was easy to make, used mostly local ingredients, and … Read more
Appealing Apple Peels (and Cores)
I really despise throwing out food scraps before they’ve served more than one purpose. It saves money, trips to the grocery store, and makes me feel like I’m doing something really good for the earth, by using things up before I just toss them away (even if we’re tossing them into the compost… which is … Read more
Spring Green Potatoes
Spring is in the air! At least, it was for the past two days. And it felt more like summer than spring, actually. But since snow is in the forecast for next weekend, I guess it somehow evens out… We enjoyed the sunshine while it was here though (rainy today) and I had a couple … Read more
He Said/She Said:One Year Anniversary: Eating Real Food
He said/She said! She said: It’s been a year now, and a few days, since the last time we intentionally consumed any preservatives, dyes, petrochemicals, additives, MSG… etc. It’s also been a year since we intentionally consumed gluten. And here we are. Are we any better for it? I have no idea. I think it … Read more
Protein-packed PANCAKES
These are a combination of a lot of gluten-free and grain-free recipes I have seen for pancakes all over the internet. We have tried almost all of them and been disappointed. I decided to combine several recipes, tinker with it myself, and see what happened, and we hit on perfection! Now that I am trying … Read more
Out with the old, In with the new
I’ve spent the past two weeks evaluating the garden and ripping things out that didn’t have time to produce food. It’s a hard thing to do, but rewarding too. We finally fertilized the poor things and the tomatoes did start to ripen after all. We got quite a few beauties that turned red just a … Read more
Make Your Own: Flavor Extracts
If you’re like me, you’re already planning and salivating over what baked goods you can transform into gluten-free confections for the winter holidays. Too soon? Nahhhh. I love vanilla extract. The real stuff. I add it to everything sweet; it just makes for a fuller flavor in my opinion. But buying tiny organic bottles of … Read more
Special Edition Saturday: One Tomato, Two Tomato….
Twig said to me yesterday (after I mentioned another scheme of mine) that I may have too many irons in the fire. Hmmm… ya think? Just cooking puts me in the kitchen probably eight hours a day, not to mention the time I spend doing meal prep and dishes. Then there is the additional time … Read more
