This delicious sour cherry jam recipe without pectin comes from my long-time best friend. We both grew up on the same narrow street in a small town. Even though we have moved to different towns, countries, and continents, our friendship never got lost. Friendship like ours is seldom, and it is ...
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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 ...
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, ...
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. Personally, we prefer seeded ...
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 ...
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. Growing up on ...
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. Lagman is a yummy recipe that is present in many Asian ethnic groups. Apparently, it is a national dish of the ...
Yellow Split Pea Stew Recipe
The yellow split pea stew recipe is a great dish for busy times. Either make ahead for a weekend and have a big pot full of filling goodness ready for mealtimes, or serve in different versions on weekdays. Cooking time The Stew, or Dall, since we are using dried pulses, is very versatile. Make ...
Incorporate Home-Canning in Meals
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 ...
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 ...
