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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

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

Polish Curd Cheese – Twaróg – Guest Author @TheEuropeanMama

March 17, 2014 By Food Retro

Twaróg - Polish Curd Cheese

As a Polish woman living abroad, I sometimes find myself craving Polish products. One of my very favourite products is Polish curd cheese, or twaróg (pronounced in Polish, “tvaroog”). Obviously, I could buy it in the Polish store near my house, and sometimes I do. But I’ve always wanted to try making it myself, and inspired by Anne,…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER Tagged With: cheese, how-to, Kitchen Chemistry, preserving, vegetarian

How to Blanch Spinach

February 19, 2014 By Food Retro

Spinach can be frozen for storage. Because spinach is an early spring plant, a huge harvest can be laid in early and then pulled before the summer-loving plants like cucumbers are ready to sow. But, maybe you’re not a gardener. Maybe you’re just one of those people who have a hard time using a whole…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: Health & Home, how-to, preserving, The Urban Homestead

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

Pre-Treating and Dehydrating Fruit

July 19, 2013 By Food Retro

If you’re brand spanking new to using a dehydrator, it can be tough to decide what to do experiment with first.  Personally, I suggest fruit.  Dried fruits are the easiest to use and store, great for snacking or for making things like trail mix, granola bars and muesli.  They’re light, travel well, and store well…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: dehydrating, preserving

Dehydrating Basics

July 6, 2013 By Food Retro

Yay summer!  And you know what that means, it’s time to start preserving!  Well, that or just making yummy snacks out of some produce for your summer camping trips. 😉 Dehydrating is the second easiest and handiest method of food preservation, right after your freezer.  It gets this rating because it requires only one piece…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: dehydrating, preserving

Mason Jars

May 15, 2013 By Food Retro

If you’re like me and thinking about giving canning a try, you don’t have to rush out and buy all your own jars.  Maybe you’re also like I was in being completely oblivious to many sauces and canned goods already coming in a glass jar that says “MASON.”  Anything that’s marked with a Mason seal…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: canning, preserving, storage

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