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If your garden is overflowing with strawberries, or you bought way to many berries recently, you should give dehydrated strawberries a try. Not only are they great to snack on, but dehydrated strawberries are a nice addition to oatmeal, granola and dried cereal. You can even toss them into a basic scone mix to liven Read More >>
I don’t know what the weather’s like in your neck of the woods, but up here in the Seattle area it’s too hot to cook. So guess what I’m serving for dinner? A. Popcicles B. Cold Cereal C. Strawberry Salsa D. A swift kick in the pants if you ask me to cook something in Read More >>
Is your garden bursting with raspberries yet? A few days ago, I was able to whip up a batch of raspberry sorbet using some raspberries we had frozen from last summers bumper crop. This year our raspberry patch isn’t looking so hot, so luckily, we’ve got back up. I discovered this raspberry sorbet a few Read More >>
I big thank you to everyone who sent in their favorite sauerkraut recipes. I thought the ones with the additional spices sounded really good, but in the end I decided to try Zoe’s recipe so I didn’t have to make a trip to the store to get the spices. I do think I will make Read More >>
Pickled Beets Recipe I don’t know about you, but I love pickled beets, especially in my salads. So the other day when I harvested nearly 12 pounds of beets, the first thing that came to mind was canning them. If you have never gardened or canned anything before in your life, you’re in luck. Not Read More >>
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