Hi Everyone,
I am reading people eat the hollyhock seed bulb they call it hollyhock cheese. Does any one have any recipes for hollyhock seeds? What do the seeds taste like?
Thanks, Grace
Read more…Hi everyone! Last year I went on strike against HighFructose Corn Syrup in general and especially with Jam...so I made my own apricot, peach, and blackberry. I use my apricot and peach jams for cooking (glazes for salmon, chicken, pork, etc) and bl
Read more…Call for Coops and an invitation for Growing Gourmet Group to have a presence at one of the coops! The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group to a large audience. If you have an interesting coop, and have a great example
Read more…Hi Folks,
Got apples on your trees? You might be as interested as I am in this recipe idea for making starer from apple peels.
My Golden Dorset apples are coming along fine and I intend to use some of them.
Here is the history. I caught a cooking show
Read more…I was in a thread where we started to talk about collecting recipes from and for all the Permies and the topic of pickles came up. So I said I would post a couple of recipes.
The first one is an old favorite of mine from the long gone "Arizona Herb &
Read more…Hi Folks,
I just made the last of my pie kits for dessert yesterday, and thought I would share my blog (external) post on what I did to preserve fruit bounty from last summer. I hope this gives you all ideas :-)
http://edibleherbsandflowers.blogspot.c
Read more…I have just finished a marathon 3-week session of preserving citrus from my trees--and lemons from a neighbor. Because this is the first year of having enough citrus to eat, preserve, give away, and donate to the food bank, I was experimenting with
Read more…The recent post on preserving citrus got me thinking about sharing this recipe. I made salt preserved lemons over the weekend, and of course creating the necessary lemon juice for filling the jar leaves a lot of empty rinds behind. This recipe only
Read more…Hi Folks,
I just posted a recipe for my pasta sauce on my external blog. Everyone has their favorite sauce recipes. Because recipes like this are so personal and simple, I thought it might be fun for everyone to add their preferences. I am not of I
Read more…I've been doing water kefir for several months and love it, as does my family. The last few weeks by grains seem to be smaller. They are still re-producing and the kefir is fermenting in good time, but the grains look more mushy in the bottom of the
Read more…Many sustainability movements tend to marginalize efforts by the global community and try to get people to focus on local growing action. We believe you can do and support both. Tea and other things we cannot grow in the USA becomes an exception to m
Read more…So I planted a bunch of kale with the express purpose of using half of it to make the "kale chips" you see for sale at markets etc.
Just tried a first go round. Taste is great but I used a bit too much oil.
Basics:
Rinse, dry and cut into pieces about
Read more…Hi Folks,
A radish sandwich? Specifically using radishes instead of or in addition to lettuce on sandwiches. Why? They are easy and fast to grow, they are rich in nutrients including potassium and B6, low in calories and like other members of the br
Read more…It's that time of the year where I am picking the last of the crop. I would like to know some of your favorite eggplant recipes. Generally, I don't eat tomato-based foods in the evening and would be delighted in knowing some of the recipes I could
Read more…does any one know if the flavinoids are destroyed in citrus peal by candying it?
Read more…Hi all,
I was thinking about some of the things I like to do, in small ways that add a special something to my cooking. I was wondering if you all would want to share your favorite tips and short cuts.
Here are a couple of mine:
I use olives (green or
Read more…I would like to make my own Kombucha Tea. Does anyone near Mesa have a baby or two I could have to get started?
Read more…Hi Folks,
I just did a blog post of the recipe I put together to make use of some of my huge nasturtium leaves. They were so good I can't wait to try another version soon. When you read the blog, make sure you read the health restrictions on nasturt
Read more…I have/had some nice healthy brocolli plants, but in the past two days the once healthy leaves are now drooping and have small holes throughout them. I have sprinkled diatamaceous earth around the plants and I don't see any bug life going on. What
Read more…does anyone have a banana tree? we have had ours for about a year, never produced any bananas, it did get hit with a little frost this spring, but we have been getting new leaves. The trunks look a little yellow, maybe it's just the heat? do you fer
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