Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Try this recipe this holiday: Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce. With the addition of ginger and orange the cranberries really sing. So much so that my husband and I polished off a jar with a roast chicken!
The summer sun warming fields of berries makes for only a few weeks a year where the strawberries are at the peak of sweetness. The richness of flavor may be fleeting in the fresh berries, but if you snap up a bunch you can capture it....
A creative, inexpensive gift to give to the foodie in your life! Decorate a can of sweetened condensed milk with label instructions on how to make delicious, gooey caramel in a can.
Recipe for a delicious sugar-free sweet and tart sauce. Amazing on pancakes, ice-cream, rice-pudding, and more.
Carrots, cranberries, limes and stevia. That's it!
Canning instructions included
Herb infused vinegars are easy to make but they pack a big punch in the kitchen. Make them by simply pouring vinegar over a big handful of fresh herbs and letting it steep....
Tomatoes can be so frustrating on the West Coast. Even when you nurture them all summer long, in the end you might not get that many red ones. This little recipe goes a long way towards making up for that. A delicious treat for cold winter nights.
Around this time of year frozen cranberries are easy to come by and generally pretty inexpensive. Plus cooking with bourbon can be a whole lot of fun if you have a taster on the side...
End of season Apricots combined with local honey and ginger make for a beautiful jam - golden and spicy.This recipe is my own, using no-sugar needed pectin to turn down the sweetness and up the ginger and apricot flavours.