Category: recipes

Homemade sauerkraut is one of the simplest ways to start fermenting at home. It’s really just cabbage, salt, and time… no special ingredients and no complicated process. Once…

Quick pickled red onions are one of those things I almost always want a jar of in the fridge. They take just a few minutes to put together…

Homemade chicken broth is one of the easiest ways to get a little more out of what you already have in the kitchen. I save chicken bones and…

Homemade vanilla extract is one of those things that sounds much more complicated than it actually is. You need two ingredients, a jar, and some patience — that’s…

This easy freezer apple pie filling is one of my favorite ways to put up extra apples without having to can another thing. Everything gets mixed together, portioned…

Want the whole story? This recipe came from the 75 pounds of orchard “duds” I brought home and turned into 50 pints of applesauce (plus a few bags…