Cooking from Scratch – Articles Revisited
Cooking from scratch is a core skill for the self-reliant. It’s a way to prepare meals that cost less, taste the way you want them to, and feature ingredients that you favor. Those who prefer whole foods, organic foods and foods lower in fat will likely have an interest in cooking their own meals, often [...]
How to Make Iced Coffee
How much do you pay for your morning coffee? I could spend between two to five dollars on one cup of iced coffee, depending on which coffee shop I go to. Annually I could also be spending more than 1,000 dollars every year on coffee alone! Lately, I have been making my own iced coffee. [...]
Lamb Recipe: Soup Bones
I recently did up a batch of lamb bones for soup stock, but this could apply to beef, chicken, and just in time for the Thanksgiving season, turkey! It is difficult to find lamb bouillon or stock cubes in the US and forget finding lamb broth in a can. But that’s okay. Making your own [...]
Cooking from Scratch – Hawk Wing Parmigiana
I wasn’t joking when I suggested that after “chicken hawks” we’d try hawk wing Parmigiana. You probably won’t find hawk wings anymore this time of year, but the recipe worked so well, it’s worth mentioning. We love eggplant Parmigiana, but the eggplants we grew in the garden last summer didn’t get big enough for the [...]
Cooking from Scratch – “Chicken Hawks”
We’ve observed over the years that each local variety of mushroom has its “on” and “off” years. Some years a particular variety will seem to be everywhere, others the same mushroom will be quite rare. This autumn we’ve seen fewer of our favorites, except one, which seems to be cropping up in places we’ve never [...]
Pumpkin Recipes – Articles Revisited
Our topic for this Friday’s review is pumpkin recipes. With Halloween sneaking up on us, it’s probably time to take another look at what we can do with a pumpkin besides carve it, let it dry out and collapse, or smash it in the street. Pumpkins are akin to winter squash, and their size alone [...]
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