Our garden is shifting from summer to fall. We’re harvesting lots of jalapeño peppers and our greens are coming in. Below you’ll find my simple yet delicious stuffed jalapeno recipe with a Greek yogurt dip and a fresh garden salad that is out of this world! Garden Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing We’ve been using […]
Wondering what to do with your overgrown zucchini? Here’s a simple and delicious use. You can also use cushaw squash in place of the zucchini. 1 really big overgrown zucchini (remove seeds from middle), grated finely. Or substitute 2-3 cups of cushaw squash grated finely. 4 small red potatoes grated finely Grating Tip: Use a […]
We have wild blackberries on our property. They have been quite prolific this year. We ended up with 4-5 gallons of blackberries this year and I made several cobblers. Here’s my recipe for wild blackberry cobbler. Filling In a large pot, I combine about 6 cups of rinsed blackberries with enough water to cover them. […]
Elderberry Syrup / Juice is a Great Source of Quercetin Quercetin in combination with zinc and Vitamin C makes a fantastic immune system booster / anti-viral home remedy. Elderberry juice concentrate has 108.16 Mg of Quercetin / 100 grams. Here’s How Quercetin and Zinc Work Together to Build Your Immune System Zinc is one of […]
A friend is staying with us who is gluten intolerant. I’m also trying to get back to using only unprocessed sugars and unprocessed grains. So I made up this recipe using freshly ground groats. I love these gluten free blueberry pancakes. They are delicious. Ingredients 2 cups freshly ground and sifted groat flour (I buy […]
This is my all-natural recipe for chigger bites. It soothes and eliminate itching and pain from chigger bites and mosquito bites. If you’ve ever been bit by chiggers, you know what torment feels like. Even though my husband and I wear long socks and long pants, every summer we still end up with literally dozens […]
I have been cataloging the edible and medicinal plants, trees and foliage on our property and using them more. Today, I made a yummy spinach salad using lemon balm, “Creeping Charlie,” white evening primrose, cilantro and oregano from our yard and garden. Topped with a homemade rosemary-olive oil / honey, garlic and herb dressing. Dressing: […]
Blueberry / Strawberry Dream – No Bake Cheesecake – Sugarless Dessert For my health, I’ve been trying to cut down on processed sugars. While studying KETO to accommodate one of our guests at our June creative retreat, I discovered a wonderful natural sugar substitute that contains no carbs or calories. It’s called Granular Monk Fruit […]
In my world, wasting fruit seems to be a travesty of the highest order. I can’t seem to throw anything out. Even if it’s molding or rotting, I’ll yank it from the fridge, scrape the mold or rot off, throw it in the blender, and make a smoothie out of it. I might cut it […]
Why peel peaches? If you’re making a smoothy or blending peaches for fruit leather, I don’t recommend it. But if you’re making a peach cobbler, peach crisp or peach ice cream, maybe you don’t want that skin floating around! You need to peel peaches. But wait! PUT DOWN THAT KNIFE! There’s an easier way. In […]