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In-Season Recipe Connection: Katie’s Canned Salsa

September 9th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

Is it conceited if I say we’re kind of salsa connoisseurs around here? I suppose it’s not even that we have particularly trained palates, but more because of a deep love of spicy, Mexican foods that makes us qualified. That and the massive quantity of salsa we consume. On taco night, my husband polishes off [...]

POP! The Best Sound Ever Heard in a Kitchen

September 8th, 2010 · 29 Comments · Do It Yourself, Organic Gardening, Recipes

If you’ve ever canned anything, you know exactly what I’m talking about. After all the prepping food, filling jars, carefully lowering into the water and trying not to get burned getting the jars out, while they’re sitting on the counter, you start to hear: “Pop!” “Pop!” “POP!” It’s the sound of something done right, of [...]

In-Season Recipe Connection: Grilled Pizza (Sourdough Option)

September 7th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Recipes

A confession: Although “Fire!” was my first thought, “I should take a picture,” was a close second, just slightly preceding, “Put it out!” But don’t let that scare you. There are still a few weeks left of grilling season, in my opinion, and if you’ve never grilled a pizza – let me tell you – [...]

How to Make Healthy Ketchup (Guest Post)

August 2nd, 2010 · 21 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

The king of condiments in the Western world is undoubtedly ketchup. In America alone, over a half billion bottles of ketchup are sold every year. Unfortunately, this ketchup is usually full of high fructose corn syrup – definitely not part of a healthy diet! Ketchup comes to us from China and was originally a fermented [...]

Organic Gardening Series: Preserving Produce by Freezing

July 15th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Organic Gardening

What can I freeze? It’s a common question as gardens begin to be ready for harvest and Farmer’s Markets tempt people with bushel baskets full of gorgeous fruits and vegetables. One of my early posts here at KS was when I granted myself the title of “freezer queen”: 10 Easy Prep Foods I Always Have [...]

Organic Gardening Series: How to Get Rid of Tomato Blight

July 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Organic Gardening

It’s a nasty disease that got all the organic tomato grower in our area last summer. It gets every last plant. A few readers were worried about blight on their tomato plants when Rene discussed natural garden pest control. Since we haven’t discussed diseases in the garden yet, I’m interrupting Rene’s schedule and putting off [...]

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How to Dehydrate Vegetables – Excalibur Week!

June 24th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Do It Yourself

This is hardly even worth a blog post. Dehydrating veggies, at least the few I’ve attempted, is so simple: Wash Cut in even pieces Dehydrate Store The hardest part about dehydrating veggies, for me, is figuring out how to use them and then remembering to do it. I’ve only done peppers, zucchini, and tomatoes, because [...]