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5 Preserves That Don’t Require a Recipe

October 11, 2016 By Olga

Every year, around this time, I am elbow deep in some kind of fruit. Some would come from my garden, and some would come from the forest near to our place, but from the beginning of May till let’s say end of October I am probably preparing some kind of things with some kind of fruit….

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods

Freezer Preserving Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

August 10, 2015 By Food Retro

Freezer preserving oven-roasted cherry tomatoes

It seems weird, I know, but I never got around to canning. I have, however, fallen solidly and madly in love with freezer preservation. In fact, freezer preserving oven-roasted cherry tomatoes is hands-down my favourite perk of gardening, and much of the reason why I continue doing it. Ever since I started up my planter…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: herbs, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, preserving, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian

15 Edible (and Delicious!) Rose Petal Recipes

July 20, 2015 By Olga

It’s July and the smell of roses is still in the air. You probably picture them on your window sill. On the table, in a vase. Given as a gift to someone you love. In fact, the rose is one of the most formidable flower there is, often called the Queen of Flowers.  But have…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead

Strawberry Cocoa Riesling Freezer Jam

July 2, 2014 By Food Retro

Last year I pansied out on canning jam because I was intimidated by the idea of food poisoning. This year, I’m just flipping it off entirely. Canning for shelf-stability is a pretty precise science where well-tested recipes that doesn’t invite a great deal of playing around. It’s limiting, and boring, and many recipes taste pretty…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER Tagged With: jams & jellies, Kitchen Chemistry, preserving

The Science of Whipped Cream and Butter

May 12, 2014 By Food Retro

Have you ever wondered about how cream turns into butter, or why whipped cream and butter are different? I was thinking about post ideas, when someone said “have you done butter yet?” No, I haven’t done butter. Butter is gradeschool Homesteading 101, and everybody’s got a post on how to make butter. “Yes,” says my friend….

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead, Weird Science Tagged With: egg free, gluten free, Health & Home, how-to, kid friendly, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, preserving, soy free, vegetarian

Vegetable stock

January 13, 2014 By Food Retro

Okay, I know it’s not a super exciting post. Whee, vegetable stock! It has to be done though because t’s a building block to great things, and the honest truth is that if you peel your vegetables and throw them in the green bin, or if you tend to discard things like the dinged up…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Meals, Preserved foods Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, peanut free, soup, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Make Your Own Tahini

January 6, 2014 By Food Retro

Tahini, a paste made from roasted sesame seeds, is one of those unusual foods that has gotten slapped with the labels “ethnic” and “vegan.” That’s no reason to give it the cold shoulder. The odds are that you probably have had tahini pass your lips, though, especially if you’ve ever enjoyed a hummus dip. I…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments Tagged With: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, Kitchen Chemistry, Life With Food Allergies, low glycemic, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Apple Molasses

October 30, 2013 By Food Retro

Apple Molasses Boiled Cider Jelly

I love historical minutiae as much as I love science. It could be a related phenomena… there is just so much to KNOW (also, keeps me thinking, helps me try to recover from baby brain…). For instance: carrots giving you better eyesight? TOTAL URBAN LEGEND. That’s right. If you grew up thinking carrots helped you…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments Tagged With: budget, condiment, dairy free, dessert, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Homemade Pectin

September 26, 2013 By Food Retro

My friend Jennifer at Homegrown.org recently asked me to write up a 101 on making homemade pectin instead of using store-bought powdered stuff with dubious GMO ingredients.  I happily complied, since I’ve got the hots for scientific research of the food variety. 🙂 You can find the entire 101 article at http://www.homegrown.org/forum/topics/making-pectin-101

Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments, The Urban Homestead, Tips & Tricks, Weird Science Tagged With: canning, GMOs, Health & Home, preserving

Crock Pot Apple Butter

September 18, 2013 By Food Retro

  Apple butter is big in the south.  It strikes me as strange that it’s not quite so big here in the Great White North, where apples are in rampant supply come fall.  So sad! Great things come from apple butter.  I personally like it more as an ingredient than I do as a condiment–it’s…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, Sauce & Condiments Tagged With: canning, preserving, slow cooker, vegan, vegetarian

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