Take your salads up about eight notches with this incredible and easy recipe for French-style croutons. Also: Use up oft-wasted bacon grease Use up day-old bread, if you have it around With a little packaging, turn these leftovers into hostess…
This post is for you experienced mushroom hunters out there.* With the onset of spring rains, up pop our most favorite edible mushrooms! With a little prep ahead of time and some luck during your spring hunting, you can turn…
We’ve gathered up 6 deliciously cozy holiday drinks to sip fireside this winter while you finish addressing and stamping all of your holiday cards. Enjoy! HOT BUTTERED RUM BATTER This creamy and rich rum batter recipe is loaded with freshly…
Etsy | Facebook | Instagram Genesis Van Conant’s Kettle Cookies consists of beautifully packaged cookie mixes. Each cookie mix mason jar is decorated with a colorful label and color-coordinated bakers-twine, making it the perfect gift for any occasion. Genesis is…
Like almost everyone at the beginning of a new year, I am making a promise to myself to live healthier and be kind to myself in mind, body and soul. One easy way we can all improve our health and…
For a quick and cozy holiday gift, assemble these Grown-Up Cocoa Mix Kits in wide-mouth mason jars, and personalize them with your favorite holiday gift tags and labels from Evermine! These simple gifts make a thoughtful treat for your friends,…
After my husband and I had been married for a few years, he stumbled across a jar of apple butter at the grocery store while we were shopping and wanted to buy it. Believe it or not, I had never…
This past winter I discovered the joy of having an instant oatmeal stash at school. Whether for a last minute breakfast or a mid-afternoon snack, instant oatmeal packets offer a filling, warming morsel that keeps me away from the vending…
Homemade candied ginger sure makes a delicious, fun and all-around rocking wedding favor. Not only is it super yummy, as I already mentioned, but ginger has long been used as a remedy for nausea (for guests who have traveled, or…
My neighbor cut down her peach tree this year. I walked outside one day, and boom. It was gone. And the worst part? It was loaded with ripe, gorgeous peaches! Luckily, her peach tree was located next to the line…
I’ve long adored the sweet richness that caramelized onions offer to any dish, but making caramelized onions at home has always been tricky (and usually smoky). Recently, though, I stumbled across a phrase that caught my attention and led to…
Ready for an easy, tasty, unique, beautiful and kitchen-crafty gift idea? Behold: salt-cured kumquats. Kumquats have always been a little exotic and-admittedly-uncomfortable for me, but I fell in love with their hopeful color and intoxicating scent while working with them…
Heartfelt, useful, healthy, easy, fun. Isn’t that what we’re all looking for in a gift idea? Well, these frozen berries in a jar are all that, and they offer bright, bursting tasty nibbles all along the way. Just north of…
I knew about ghee for a few years before my mom gave me my own special little jar of it, which she had procured at the fancy specialty food store around the corner. She thought it would be nice for…
Up until recently, I knew nothing about preserved lemons beyond seeing them listed as an ingredient in recipes and swiftly substituting for fresh lemons instead. But as my culinary adventures continued, I became more and more curious about them. What…
Mother’s Day is just one of those days when moms deserve to be pampered. I personally think breakfast in bed is one of the best ways to pamper mom, and when I say breakfast in bed, I don’t mean a…
I love using flavored sea salt when cooking savory dishes. A little pinch of lemon rosemary salt added just before serving can really add an extra punch. I adore this salt on roasted vegetables and meats, but I have even…
Kimchi fried rice is a weekly staple at my house. It’s quick, easy and delicious (try this recipe). We can’t get enough of the spicy, aromatic fermented cabbage. We love it as a side dish to any Asian-faire food and…
Since the very beginning of my journey in natural medicine, this one bizarre food has been coming up over and over again. Our instructors are well educated in the science of natural medicine, and they also have years of clinical…
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get the munchies a few hours after dinner and I need a snack. I could eat an apple or some carrots with hummus (all things I love), or I could eat some…
