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Food & Drink
Raw Fermentation: How to Make Apple Scraps Vinegar
Apple scrap vinegar is a simple way to turn leftover apple peels and cores into a tangy, flavorful homemade vinegar. With this raw fermentation recipe you’ll have everything you need to make apple vinegar that’s the perfect addition to almost any condiment or dish.
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The Promising Persimmon: How to Make Persimmon Vinegar
This bright, yet delicate flavor profile is both sweet and sour – a unique taste that you’ll keep coming back to. This recipe is intended for long, slow fermentation starting at persimmon harvest time in the autumn and continuing into winter.
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Triple Apple Snack Cake: The Perfect Autumn Treat
This triple apple snack cake uses applesauce, cider, and apples for a one-two-three apple punch. Don’t take our word for it though, give it a go yourself!
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Move Over Squirrels, It’s Acorn Harvesting Time!
These small fruits are a delicious source of nutrients that you can find almost anywhere. Get started on acorn harvesting with help from these simple tips!
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Homemade Applesauce: A Life-Changing Fall Snack
Want an on-the-go snack without having to go to the grocery store? Whip up this homemade applesauce for a fresh fall snack whenever you get the craving!
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A Guide to Making Jams and Syrups With Wild Ingredients
The possibilities are pretty much endless with wild ingredients — use almost any fresh fruit or juice and a sweetener to create your own custom jam or syrup!
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From Foraging to Fermenting: How to Brew Fruit-Based & Flower Mead
Fermenting mead is an ancient practice. With step-by-step instructions, learn how to brew fruit-based and flower meads, from foraging to fermenting.
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The Surprisingly Sweet Secret of Crab Apples
Small But Mighty! Crab Apples are easy to find, simple to store, and incredibly flavorful. Keep reading to learn more about the unsung heroes of the apple family.
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Preserving Veggies: Tips for Freezing Vegetables
Try your hand at preserving veggies by freezing them! Freezing vegetables is a quick, simple way to preserve them for winter meals.
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Red Wine Salt: A Bold and Flavorful Seasoning
Add a rich and robust twist to your meals with help from red wine salt! This seasoning is a perfect addition to dishes like short rib, potatoes, and more.
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The Radiant Raspberry: Foraging For and Cooking With Wild Raspberries
Raspberries: they’re sweet, flavorful, and extremely versatile. Forage for raspberries yourself and use them to create delicious dishes!
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Summer Vegetable Tian: Simple and Elegant
This summer vegetable tian is the perfect easy side dish. Layers of eggplant, zucchini, tomato, & red onion make this dish healthy, colorful, and delicious!
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How to Harvest, Store, and Cure Squash
Squash newbies, this one’s for you! Learn how to harvest, cure, and store squash with these tried-and-true techniques from gardening expert Carol Deppe.
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Forage For Ice Cream
Elevate your dessert experience with two unique ice cream treats. Refreshing signature flavor that captures the essence of nature. These recipes promise to delight your palate and impress your guests!
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Boost Your Gut Health: Follow Your Gut Juice Recipe
The gut plays a significant role in overall health. Here’s a juice recipe to help improve, gut health, digestion and boost immunity. Cheers to a healthier you!
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The Holy Trinity of Sheep’s Milk Cheeses: Pecorino Siciliano, Vastedda & Ricotta
Sheep’s milk cheeses are uniquely delicious. Delve into the fascinating world of Sicilian sheep dairying and the extraordinary cheeses it produces.
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Beat the Heat and Be Good to Your Gut: Dairy-Free Ice Cream Recipes
No summer day is complete without ice cream. Try out these dairy-free ice cream recipes to indulge in this frozen treat while still being kind to your gut.
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The Whole Sunflower: Delicious Down to the Stem
Did you know that more than just the seeds of a sunflower are edible? Almost every part of a sunflower are completely safe and delicious when cooked correctly.
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Summer Rainbow Pickled Vegetable Plate: A Taste of Summer
With this recipe for a rainbow pickled veg plate, you can turn simple vegetables into a delectable dish that your guests will be craving all season long.
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Foraging 101: Are All Grass Seeds Edible?
Dig into the many varieties of grass seeds, learn about toxicity, and review a list of edible grass seeds. Happy foraging!
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Plant Spotlight: The Joyful Juneberry
All hail the joyful juneberry! While these berries taste wonderful when they’re fresh, you can also preserve them and create beverages with them.
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Ginger Carrots for a Healthy Gut
Looking for something to munch on that’s both tasty and good for you? These ginger carrots are a healthy snack that are easy to make at home! The following excerpt is from The Heal Your Gut Cookbook by Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett. It has been adapted for the web. Ginger Carrots Recipe…
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How to Brew Mead at Home: Ginger-Apricot Mead Recipe
Mead is one of the oldest fermented beverages and is made by fermenting honey with water, offering countless flavor possibilities. Let’s dive into the world of mead making!
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Sip Your Way to Better Health: Anti-Inflammatory Cocktail Recipe
Learn how to make the anti-inflammatory cocktail, Gates of Immortality! This is a vibrant, botanical twist on the classic Whiskey Smash.
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8 Steps to Fermented Hot Sauce With Wild Greens
Hot sauce fans, this one’s for you! This easy recipe for fermented hot sauce with wild greens is sure to add an extra punch of flavor to your favorite meal.
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