Canning and preserving, to fill shelves with colorful jars, is great, but what now? How do we incorporate home canning in meals? For me, it was a bit of a learning curve. Recipes usually do not ask for home-canned produce. Some popular brands of condiments or salsa on a grocery store shelf might ...
Recipes
Stewed Cabbage Recipe
The stewed cabbage is another garden-to-table traditional recipe. It tastes great with summer cabbage fresh from the garden, along with other fresh veggies. That's my favorite way to make it. I have yet to have success with growing winter cabbage in our short growing season. If you know of a ...
Pan Fried Potatoes Recipe
Bratkartofeln is a traditional german pan-fried potatoes recipe. Growing up we often had pan-fried potatoes but I never got tired of them. My mom used cooked as well as raw potatoes. Pre-cooked she loved slicing the potatoes very thinly. When using raw, she would cut them like a wedge, so one ...
Steamed Buns in Stew Recipe
Traditional dishes that we grew up with have a special place in our memories. Today I'm sharing with you one of my favorite childhood meals. My mom always called it strudeln, not the same as german apple strudels though. The strudelln I'm talking about are steamed buns, however again not the same as ...
Pickled Beets Recipe
This pickled beets recipe is for canning in a water bath or steam canner. It is a traditional sweet pickle recipe, great for variety. In combination with the vinegar, it makes for a sweet and sour taste. Yum! Having canned food on hand makes for an instant meal. And if it all is homegrown and ...
Making Homemade Fire Cider
We have been making homemade fire cider for many years using basically the same simple recipe. However, I have never shared it on this blog. If you follow us on social media, you probably have seen it many times. Every fall it goes around. It's time to share it here also. What is fire cider If ...
Ranchera Salsa Recipe
If you are looking for a chunky and creamy salsa recipe that is flavorful without added sugar or vinegar, this Ranchera Salsa recipe is for you. The Ranchero salsa is famous as a souce for the huevos rancheros. It also goes well with Mexican-style cooking or to top eggs, avocado or tofu. It's a ...
Canned Cucumber and Tomato Lecho Recipe
Traditionally Lecho is a pepper and tomato stew. We love it and share our favorite recipe here. Then I came across this unusual canned cucumber and tomato lecho recipe. We had to try it, and glad we did. If you like traditional Eastern European recipes, this will be right along with your ...
How To Make Lightly Salted Half-Sour Pickles
This lightly salted half-sour pickle is a traditional recipe that I learned from my mother-in-law. No family gathering was complete without this yummy treat. Crunchy, mildly sour, lightly salty, they complement nicely a festive dinner as well as a snack in between. For these mild half-sour ...
Make ahead, overnight coleslaw recipe
Coleslaw aka coleslaw has become a favorite North American side dish. The name originated from the Dutch settlements. In truth, it's just a cabbage salad that is made and loved around the world. This make-ahead overnight coleslaw recipe comes from Russia. The Russians love cabbage in all forms ...
