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Fermented Tomatoes

October 1, 2022

Fermented Tomatoes

Fermented tomatoes are a real treat. They are sweet and sour and pop in your mouth with a refreshing explosion. Yum! The only problem is to get them to that stage.  I have made fermented tomatoes for years, but to be honest, it was always hit-and-miss. One time they would turn out ...

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A Dozen Ways to Preserve Carrots

September 24, 2022

A Dozen Ways to Preserve Carrots

After sharing our bountiful harvest last week, the question arose about how to preserve carrots. That's a good question. Here are a dozen ways to preserve carrots. Most of them we are using or have used in the past.  Storing carrots in the cellar Carrots are a root crop that stores very well ...

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Sowing Carrots in Cornstarch Experiment

September 17, 2022

Sowing Carrots in Cornstarch

Have you heard of sowing carrots in cornstarch? It is said to be a way of planting lots of carrots quickly and easily for great germination no thinning needed and preventing seed waste. Wow, that's a lot to ask from a planting method, especially if it comes to something as finicky as ...

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Freezing Raw Tomato Sauce

August 14, 2022

Preserving tomatoes for winter has two reasons. For one we want to enjoy the summer bounty year-round, but also there are often way more tomatoes in the middle of summer than we can eat, so preserving is the best way to use up the harvest.  We already covered the easiest way to preserve ...

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Raspberry Chocolate Jam Recipe

July 31, 2022

Raspberry chocolate jam Recipe

Raspberries are hand down my favorite berry, and chocolate is my favorite treat. In this recipe, we combine those two into a raspberry chocolate jam. How delicious is that! For most of the raspberries we harvest, we freeze whole for our breakfast porridge. At the end of the berry season ...

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Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Recipe

July 24, 2022

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Recipe

Strawberries and rhubarb are a great combination. They ripen at the same time, they balance each other out and they make the yummy strawberries go so much farther. The dominant taste of strawberry rhubarb jam is still strawberry, but with a nice twist. In my recipe, I use a half and half ratio, ...

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Fermented Watermelon Recipe

July 16, 2022

Fermented Watermelon Recipe

A yummy watermelon is the best snack on a hot summer day. It's refreshing, contains lots of water, and if you were lucky to catch a good one, delicious. If the watermelon you got isn't as delicious as you like, the fermented watermelon recipe comes to the rescue.ย  Personally, we prefer seeded ...

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Fermented pickles for winter

July 9, 2022

Fermented pickles for winter

Fermented pickles for winter tick all the boxes. They are naturally fermented, crunchy but still not too salty, and keep well for months. If you love fermented pickles, you know the challenge. They are either very salty or just don't stay crunchy. I certainly do. Since we do not like things ...

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Whole bean home made soy milk recipe

July 3, 2022

Whole bean home made soy milk recipe

This whole bean homemade soy milk recipe is the simplest way to make soy milk. The nice thing about it is that the whole bean gets used, there are no leftovers. If you don't know what to make with okara (soy pulp), but hate to throw away perfectly good food, this recipe is for you.ย  Growing up on ...

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Lagman Recipe a Flavourful Veggie Noodle Soup

June 26, 2022

Lagman Recipe a Flavourful Veggie Noodle Soup

So you grew all those beautiful radishes and don't know what to do with them? Here is a flavourful Lagman veggie noodle soup recipe that uses radish and you might actually love it.ย  Lagman is a yummy recipe that is present in many Asian ethnic groups. Apparently, it is a national dish of the ...

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