Look familiar? Per request, this is an easy to read version of a previous post. Add 1 Tablespoon of sprout mix to the Fresh Sprouting Jar (a large mason jar with a screen lid). Cover seeds with water and allow to soak for at least four hours or overnight. Drain water from the jar and set …
Crock-Pot Tomato Sauce
Things have been super busy in the kitchen and outside in the garden! The season is changing and I just pulled up my dying tomatoes, bolting cilantro and a few other things. Somedays the garden is so plentiful that I have to hustle in order to make use of the crop before it spoils. I …
Using the Harvest: Dill Vinegar
I have been admiring my dill plants for quite some time and today I was determined to make use of such a beautiful herb. Looking around while I snipped, I regretted that I had not planted more. Dill is a fantastic companion plant. It pairs well with cucumbers, beans, lettuce and carrots, among others. The leaves add a feathery texture and …
Kitchen Tip: Cookie Dough Logs
Store extra cookie dough in log form for easy slicing and saving. I like to make a batch of cookie dough and bake it over the course of a week (or more). Sometimes I just want two cookies, sometimes I want two types of cookies. Cookie dough logs allow me easy clean up, space saving storage and are …
What to Cook When You Have No Stove
My range is broken. It has been a shocking three weeks since the stove caught fire. It sounds all dramatic when you say it like that, but really it was little flames, insulation and wiring. The first time I used the broil function in the stove that came with my home, we found that we …
Kitchen Tip: Homegrown Sprouts
Grow Your Own Sprouts Sprouting is easy to do and produces tasty, nutritious, and cheap results using very little space. Most beans and seeds can be sprouted in a simple sprouting jar. Example: A large jar with a wide mouth covered with screen or fabric. The sprouting jar seems to be the easiest to …
Food Frenzy!
We are in the middle of a wonderful food overload in my house. I have lucked into things like a halved pig head, soft shell crab, and lobster! I have been so busy playing with my food that I have not gotten to share everything! Just to keep you up to date (sorta): The Potlicker has …
Kitchen Tip: Pickle Juice
More Pickles Please! Sad you have just finished that jar of pickles? Well don’t be! Now you have a very valuable jar of pickle juice. You have many options here, if you are like me the first thought might be to drink the pickle juice. That is a good option. Not into drinking it? …
Kitchen Tip: Natural Face Scrub
Kitchen tip: face scrub Did you ever think about the number of things in your kitchen that can be used for your beauty routine? Think of all the types of skin scrubs that you can make! Salt, sugar, oatmeal, corn meal…. My easy peasy exfoliating scrub for today uses brown sugar and olive oil. Add just …
Kitchen Tip: Perfect Eggs for Muffins
Ok, so eggs on an english muffin might not be a novel idea, but how do you get the egg to fit the round muffins? How about using a biscuit cutter? Grease the edge of a large round biscuit cutter and place in greased pan or on griddle. Crack 1 egg into the ring mold, salt, …
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