Our CSA share has been plentiful with green beans. We’ve been enjoying them a variety of ways; sautéed with coconut oil; in one of our favorite chicken casseroles; and even crunching on them raw. However, on the eve of a weekend away I realized there was a lonely bag of green beans and a...
Read More > This week’s CSA share included some new plant foods for our family. I’m drawn to the heirloom botanicals and intrigued by the sometimes odd looking “fruits”. My friend Melissa (who runs the True Vine CSA) was amused by my excitement over the interesting items – lemon cucumbers and some very large, long white radishes. ...
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We first paired up with Phickle, our fermenting friend, when she shared an amazing Asparagus Pickle recipe on our blog. Today, she is making Sunchoke Pickles and telling us how handy ReCAPs are for fermenting. ReCAPs and fermenting, you ask? Well, ReCAPs have a hole intended for a bung and airlock and help cut...
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The growing season is upon us and that means it’s time to sign up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Becoming a member of a CSA is a great way to get access to local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here’s how it works: A farmer (or group of farmers) offers a certain...
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Whether you’re a canner, a freezer, a fermenter, a dehydrator or all of the above; we’ve compiled a few tips to help you gear up for canning season, so you can get the most taste and quality out of your preserved goodness. 1. Start a Preserving Journal We started one so that we could...
Read More > Our friend, Marisa McClellan’s new canning cookbook Preserving by the Pint is now available! We are so proud to stock our shelves with her latest work! We spent some time this weekend reading through the cookbook. Her dedication and tribute to her other half had us tearing up. Then, page-by-page, we began adding more items...
Read More > Our warehouse is a sea of green, filled with Ball’s newest Heritage Collection Green Jars. These new regular mouth pint jars and wide mouth quart jars are packaged as a set of 6, with bands and lids, and are available for purchase here. With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, we feel like...
Read More > The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking has a great recipe for White Wine Pickled Brussels Sprouts. These are a great addition to spring snack plates and are always a hit at food swaps and potluck gatherings. 1. Bring 4 pint jars to a boil for 10 minutes in your canner pot (or tall stockpot...
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