Canning & Kitchen
A List of the Best Meat Preservation Methods
What meat preservation methods can you use to sustain your hunt or protein harvest? There are many options.
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Canning Sugar Snap Peas
Sugar snap peas are a quintessential part of a spring garden. Ideally, this vegetable is enjoyed fresh or slightly sautéed in order to enjoy the flavor.
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How to Tell If You Have a Healthy SCOBY
Of all the things that couples argue about, I’ll bet the last one you’d ever think of is whether or not you have a healthy SCOBY in your kombucha jug. Yet that’s exactly what my husband and I were debating not too long ago after my first attempt at learning how to make kombucha from a healthy SCOBY given to me by a dear friend.
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$50 Worth of Chicken Recipes from a $15 Bird
Think of these simple chicken recipes the next time you enjoy a tasty roasted chicken dinner, and know that you’re only a few meals away from turning that single bird into $50 worth of food.
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5 Best Rural Rice Recipes
Rice is extremely versatile and a rice recipe can go with just about any cuisine. According to Ricepedia, more than half of the world’s population (or 3.5 billion people) derive 20% of their daily calorie intake from rice — and for good reason.
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Grind Your Own Grain For Bread
Grinding your own grains may add more vitamins to your diet, as well as contribute to a better overall healthy lifestyle. Grinding your own grains puts you into a place of really being connected and informed in the area of your food.
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Bread-baking is Becoming a Lost Art
We get so many questions about how to make homemade bread, so I thought I would try to answer just a few of them today. Don’t let all this information make it seem too involved and scare you away from making bread.
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Recipes: Marshmallow World Using Chicken Eggs
Add to Favorites By Janice Cole, Minnesota I love the first snowfall, especially when it falls near the holidays, covering the bare branches and brown grass. My chickens don’t share my enthusiasm …
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Eliminating Weevils in Flour and Rice
Add to Favorites Their little legs wriggled on my spoon. How harmful could they be? Casting my eyes to each side, I watched for approaching family members as I dropped …
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Finding the Best Pumpkins for Pies
Add to Favorites It’s not a pumpkin. Or is it? Three pies sat on my table. A sweetly spiced aroma wafted through the room while condensation glistened atop the baked …
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Using and Seasoning Cast Iron Pans
Add to Favorites By Paul Wheaton & Suzy Bean – Cooking with cast iron has many benefits. There are a few rules to follow however in order for your cookware to last. …
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Cranberry-Apple Chutney Recipe for your holiday table.
Here in Maine, leaves have aged to rich, deep shades of red and orange, the nights are chilly, and the days crisp–though often gloriously sunny at the same time.
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Muffin Mania!
What’s more inviting than a warm muffin with a cup of tea or mug of coffee? Someone to share it with! The muffin recipes I’m sharing our family favorites and easy enough for the little ones to help.
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An Old Fashioned Mustard Pickles Recipe
Add to Favorites What do you do with those renegade cucumbers that hide under the vine until suddenly they appear — huge and yellow? You could, of course, relegate them …
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Roast Chicken with Green Beans, Tomatoes, and Olives
One of my family’s favorite dinners is roast chicken with green beans, tomatoes and a handful of Greek olives tossed in.
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