When I think of rhubarb, I always think of my grandmother. Like many gardeners of her time, she grew this large, old-fashioned, perennial vegetable in a sunny corner of the garden. The leaves, which are poisonous, were discarded, but she ...
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Teach Your Kids To Make Pasta From Scratch
When I was a kid, my younger sister spent one summer eating nothing but pasta. My parents tried to tempt her with every good food under the sun, but all she wanted was spaghetti. Eventually, we discovered that it was ...
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Asparagus, with its fresh, lemony taste and bright, tightly closed spears, has a reputation as a gourmet vegetable, but in many rural areas, the plant grows as a ditch weed. As a child, I loved hunting for asparagus along the ...
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January 23, 2012 Build a Rocket Stove Step-by-Step. Building a rocket stove is quick and easy. You will need one #10 can and four small cans (soup, corn, beans, etc.). Seeing how to build a rocket stove is much easier ...
Read More »Homemade, Healthful Granola In 7 Easy Steps
Granola has long been a food proclaimed by health nuts to be nutritious, delicious, and beneficial for the body. Some forms of it have been looked at with disapproval, due to the fat and sugar content that purportedly add unwanted ...
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For me, one of the best things about the holidays is all the wonderful leftovers. However, my husband starts to grow weary of ham sandwiches after a day or two, and I start looking for new ways to serve it ...
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Coconut oil has been dubbed the worst choice in oils for the last few decades. This hasn’t been true throughout history, however. Before World War II, it was one of the main oils used in America’s kitchens. After the war, ...
Read More »Bone Broth And How To Make It
We are all familiar with the comforting bowl of homemade chicken soup when we feel under the weather. But do we realize the far-reaching benefits of the broth that is the base of this healing soup that has been around ...
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Stevia – also known as sweet leaf – is the hot all-natural sweetener of the moment. Of course, it’s been used as a natural sweetener for thousands of years in its native Peru, but only recently has it caught on ...
Read More »Got Stale Bread? It Doesn’t Have To Go To Waste
There are few things in life quite as delicious as homemade bread warm and fresh from the oven! Baking your own bread is wonderful because it allows you to get preservative and chemical-free bread, any time that you want ...
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