Here’s an easy way to cut corn off the cob for freezing, bottling, or dehydrating. Power tools involved! I think you guys will especially enjoy this one. In the past we’ve used a knife to get our blanched corn cut off the cob. It works pretty well although the straight knife cutting on the round […]
Dehydrated Carrots Update
Late last fall (about mid-November) I dehydrated some carrots. My dehydrating book said you could steam blanch them before dehydrating or you could dehydrate them raw. So I did some of each. If you want to read the whole post, go here: Dehydrating carrots. Now it’s been 10 months and the carrots have been stored […]
Herb: Toothache Plant
One of the fun new herbs I put in my herb garden this year is the Toothache Plant. I started the plants from seeds I got from Baker Creek Seeds, then transplanted them into the herb garden after the baby was born. This plant is pretty interesting. It’s a low growing medicinal herb with funky […]
Food Storage Saves Dinner
This is not the first time food storage has saved dinner. Just the most recent time. It was Sunday (you know, when I avoid shopping and all the stores around here are closed anyway). We had been visiting friends and I needed a quick dinner, so I went to the food storage room and pulled […]
Borage
One of the herbs in my new herb garden is Borage. Borage is an annual so if I like it I’ll need to plant it again next year. I planted the seeds right in the ground after the danger of frost had passed (okay, it had long passed–they were planted around the end of May) […]
Shelf Stable Recipe: Bottled Meat Chili
Remember bottled meat? Well, here’s another fantastic way to put it to use in a delicious, filling meal that goes together in minutes and can all be stored on the shelf! Doesn’t get much better than that. One of my favorite bottled meat recipes: Bottled meat chili. Here’s the recipe: 2 cans of beans of […]
Why You Should Know About Quinoa
Guest post by Cooper Elling Dried beans and rice are a staple topic of discussion on this site because we’re all interested in knowing about food that has a long shelf life period and can be stored in bulk. Well I’m here to tell you about a dried food that has a shelf life comparable […]
The New Herb Garden
The new herb garden got planted this last weekend during one of baby brother’s nice long naps. I’m pretty excited about growing some of these herbs. Last year I had sweet husband spray and kill the grass around where my sage, chives, and thyme are planted by the house. Then we didn’t get it tilled […]
Honey–The Sweetener With All the Benefits
Guest post by Eric Samuelson, the author of the food blog, Eat Like No One Else. Eric’s blog is all about teaching people about culinary experiences they may be missing out on. He encourages people to make more food from scratch, learn about different varieties of food, how to grow your own food, and more. Thanks, Eric! […]
Celery–Free Plants to Grow
Guest Post from Linda at Practical Parsimony. Thank you, Linda–I’m going to have to try this! April 8, 2011–celery on day ten at 4 inches No, I do not like to buy celery. It is rather over-priced in my opinion. As long as I can grow even what I have in the last ten days, cheaply, I […]
