Canning tomato sauce is on every homesteader’s to-do list. There is just no comparison between the taste of homemade tomato sauce, made with delicious summer tomatoes, and the one we can get at the store. And… It might be the best way to preserve tomatoes since there are so many ways to use tomato sauce. […]
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Fermenting turnips is easy and quick! The fermenting process turns the turnips into a probiotic food that is both delicious and very healthy. This is a great way to preserve turnips! Confession time… I hate turnips. Ok, I don’t hate, HATE turnips but I just don’t like them much. I never grow them in the
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These lacto-fermented green beans are so easy to put together! It literally only takes minutes and it’s a great way to preserve green beans. Lacto-fermented green beans are a healthy and delicious summer snack! I grow a ton of beans in my summer garden. I grow pole beans, bush beans, and sometimes I also grow
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Fermenting cucumbers is an easy way to preserve the summer harvest. In Israel, lacto-fermented cucumbers are basically Israeli pickles, the ones I grew up consuming by the gallon. let me show you how to make Israeli pickles! There are so many ways to make pickles. Honestly, I didn’t know that there were so many ways
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Fermenting tomatoes is a great way to preserve tomatoes without cooking them and it takes minutes to prepare a huge jar. Learn how to lacto ferment tomatoes and use your fermented tomatoes as a side dish, in salads, or add them to sandwiches. My vegetable garden always consists of tomato plants. The garden just doesn’t
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Pineapple jam is easy to make. This recipe uses fresh pineapples, less sugar, and no store-bought pectin. It’s delicious and a must have summer jam to have in the pantry! Pineapples are juicy and sweet. We love eating them fresh during the summer just as we do watermelon. They are an amazing snack and they
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Low sugar peach jam is very easy to make. This recipe uses half of the amount of sugar than a traditional peach jam as well as no store-bought pectin. It’s also a simple jam to can, so really a must have summer jam to have on the shelf! Peaches, peaches, peaches… Is there a better
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This honey strawberry jam is simple to make! We’ll use just a little bit of honey to sweeten it and chia seeds to help it gel, no store-bought pectin. It’s delicious and a great substitute for traditional jam. If you’ve been hanging around here for a while, you know that I love making jams. It’s
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This is a simple recipe for a low-sugar fig jam. It’s very simple to put it together with just a few ingredients. It’s a great jam to can and it’s a great jam to use in baked goods or simply on toast. I have a serious love affair with fig jam. A seriously serious one,
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You won’t believe how delicious cantaloupe jam is! It’s simple to make and tastes like candy. It’s a great use for summer cantaloupe and it’s definitely the best conversation starter! This is not an old family recipe… It’s not a kind of jam that I remember from my childhood or a special recipe I learned
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I love making jams! I love fruit in general and taking it and turning it into sweet goodness that can stay there on the shelf and I can enjoy whenever I want just takes my fruit love to a whole new level! I’ve tried to make jams the traditional way at the beginning of my
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This grape jam recipe is simple to make. It uses seedless grapes which are easy to find, less sugar, and no store-bought pectin. This simple grape jam without pectin is also very easy to can and is a great way to preserve grapes! Aside from figs (which I make a delicious fig jam with), grapes
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In this post, you’ll learn how to make yogurt from raw milk at home. This method is simple and produces rich, thick yogurt that is both delicious and healthy. A few years ago, I had the pleasure and privilege of visiting an Arab goat herder in a small village in Northern Israel. That man woke
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Kiwi jam is simple to make and delicious! This winter time jam is made with less sugar, no store-bought pectin, and lots of ripe kiwis. It’s also simple to can and it lasts on the shelf for months. In the past few years, I’ve learned to appreciate winter. With a busy growing season that left
Fermented jalapenos are super easy to make. They are a great addition to any sandwich or salad. They are spicy and salty and garlicky. Lacto fermenting jalapenos is also a great way to preserve jalapeno peppers. I started growing jalapenos in my garden a few seasons ago mostly for others (I sell them at the
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In this post, we will go over the simple process of blanching potatoes before freezing. If you have some potatoes to preserve and you would like to freeze them it’s a good idea to blanch them before placing them in the freezer. Blanching potatoes will ensure that they stay firm and keep their taste for
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Candied jalapenos are a delicious way to preserve jalapeno peppers. These spicy peppers are candied in sugar and vinegar and create the perfect hot pepper preserve to add to sandwiches, bread, casseroles, and so on. To be honest, I am not a huge fan of spicy peppers. It’s funny, really, since my roots are Moroccan
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Preserving peppers in vinegar and salt is super easy. It takes minutes to put this dish together and it’s a great way to preserve peppers. It takes a few days to ferment and once it’s ready it’s a healthy and tasty snack or an addition to salads or sandwiches. One of my favorite varieties of
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