Three reasons to avoid rice cereal and grains for babies first foods 1.) Rice cereal and all extruded grains are a processed food. Feeding your baby is serious business, do you really want to leave that responsibility to big business and government recommendations?! Rice cereal and all extruded grain “Cereals are mixed or mashed with […]
How to Make Lard & Tallow
January 20, 2013 By 15 Comments
Turning solid animal fat into liquid oil is EASY! Melting animal fat is called rendering. The techniques I’ll show you can be used with pigs (lard), cows (suet/tallow), bear, sheep, goat, goose, chicken, turkey… whatever solid fat floats your boat. You must understand WHY you’re going through an extra step to render instead of buying […]
Featured in New England Cheesemaking Company’s Blog
January 17, 2013 By 7 Comments
Jeri Case with New England Cheesemaking Company just published a full tour of my caves and artisanal farmstead creations! I think you’ll enjoy it, click HERE to read. Rashel and her assistant, Isabella (1 yr. 5 months), in there cheese caves! 🙂
How to Make Yogurt at Home (Cheesemaking Part 6)
January 1, 2013 By 9 Comments
Making yogurt at home is EASY! There are many methods out there. I’ve tried most of them and settled on six steps to fantastic thick creamy yogurt. The Cliff Notes: Heat milk to 180°F. Cool milk down to 110°F. Add culture and wait 2 hours. Jar milk. Incubate milk at 110°F for 6 to 24 […]
Make Fizzy Kombucha at Home (Video)
December 25, 2012 By 40 Comments
The cliff notes, 3 steps to fizzy Kombucha First, make the unflavored kombucha base. Allow the bucha to breathe by using a cloth cover over the container with a rubber band around the top, stop the fermentation when the liquid is still slightly sweet and the new culture has fully formed. This usually takes about 7 […]
Eight Reasons to Drink Kombucha
December 22, 2012 By 24 Comments
Kombucha is a delicious fermented drink that is made from tea, sugar and a culture known as a S.C.O.B.Y. (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) You can make kombucha at home or buy it at your local grocery store in the refrigerator section. Eight reasons to drink and make REAL SCOBY cultured Kombucha 1.) It […]
Easy Ice Cream Recipes
June 21, 2012 By 11 Comments
Can you imagine, guilt-free ice cream that’s actually good for you?! Yup, that’s what we eat around here… all the time! It’s our favorite treat and very easy to make (compared to pies, cakes, cookies etc.). Here’s a video on how to make it… or read below for the details 🙂 My ice cream recipe […]
Featured at CHEESESLAVE: Sneak peak in my kitchen
May 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
Wanna know what’s in my fridge and freezers? I bet your curious 🙂 Ann Marie with Cheeseslave.com featured my kitchen in Real Food. Click here to view her post. SIDE, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Plain whole milk yogurt, crispy pumpkin seeds, fermented garlic heads, bacon drippings, kefir, left over chilli, lemons, baby food in mason jars, raw […]
Tender and Juicy Roast Chicken
January 12, 2011 By 6 Comments
In America we are use to baking chickens that are raised in confinement their whole lives and processed from 6 to 12 weeks old. If they’re labeled “free range” “organic” they probably just have a small door and access to a small run that’s dirt! The confined chickens are fed GMO corn and Soy, if […]
