Homegrown & Homemade
Wondering how to freeze onions? There are a couple good ways to do it! If you need a way to turn a lot of onions into something useful that doesn’t take up much freezer space, my favorite method is making French Onion Soup Starter. This is a fantastic way to preserve onions that are starting to sprout, when you need to use them up before …
Want to improve your freezer game? Let me introduce you to Freeze Fresh Meal Prep! I thought I knew a lot about freezing produce when I wrote my first book, Freeze Fresh. And I did: Freezing has always been my preferred way to put up fruits and veggies. It was through developing that guidebook—testing countless freezer recipes and eating a tremendous amount of extraordinary frozen …
Here in the Midwest it’s common for every homestead, farm, or country property to have their own patch of rhubarb. It’s a fast growing spring veggie (or fruit!) and it’s a welcomed first harvest. Rhubarb is tart and sprightly, and can be frozen in many ways– here are 4 of my favorite ways to freeze rhubarb! I’ll link the full video tutorial if you want …
I see you out there… you with your thick walls of ice who haven’t defrosted your freezers in 3 years. This is for you. :) Defrosting your chest freezer regularly will help it have a longer lifespan, and your food will keep better. I’ll show you how to defrost properly, as well as what not to do. You’ll find both written and video instructions here! …
Currently at the top of my “favorite things I’ve ever preserved” list! Freezing Chicken Tortilla Soup Starter is a fantastic way to take what is in abundance during the summer, and tuck it away as something incredibly useful and delicious for the winter months. I love stuffing the freezer full of high value items like this! And if you have tomatoes and peppers to preserve, …
This fruit crisp topping recipe has been a looong time in the making! I’ve been tweaking it for years every time I make it, and it’s finally ready to share. Here’s what I love about it– it’s browned and buttery, wonderfully sweet, and not crumbly like plain granola. I want a fruit crisp topping that holds together and eats more like a cookie than just …
All about how to grow popcorn: one the absolute funnest things I grow in my garden every year! Homegrown popcorn is not only colorful and delicious, but unwrapping each ear feels like opening presents on Christmas morning. I didn’t start out as a great popcorn grower though. My first couple years I only got spotty, ugly ears… now I grow a ton of incredibly beautiful …
These beet crackers are my absolute favorite homemade crackers– made with a hearty helping of beets! Even beet-haters will like these (trust me, I live with one). The beet flavor is very muted and these crackers don’t have a strong beet taste… which I appreciate because I wouldn’t call myself a beet lover either. More like a beet-tolerater. I do like adding beets to my …
I’m not a fan of bland granola… I want it to be chunky and loaded with flavor — and this apple butter granola is perfect! I’m a granola snacker, which means I prefer to eat it as a sweet treat or dessert instead as a breakfast food with milk poured over top. WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE APPLE BUTTER GRANOLA HERE! What …
Wondering how to freeze zucchini, and if its even worth it?! I might be biased (I did write a book on freezing your harvest, after all) but that’s a big ‘ol YES! Come late summer, we joke about leaving bags full of zucchini in unlocked cars at the grocery store… but don’t worry, it doesn’t have to come to that. There are many ways to …
