Techniques and Tutorials
7 Tips for Perfect Homemade Ice Cream
Our ice cream is finally perfect – a soft serve, yet firm and scoopable ice cream without iciness or soupiness. I’ll give 7 tips for perfect homemade ice cream, and also show that high-quality homemade ice cream is frugal.
How and Why to Soak and Dehydrate Nuts and Seeds
Do you feel like you could never possibly soak and dehydrate your own nuts and seeds? Do you wonder why it is even important? I want to tell you two things: 1) You can do it! and 2) It is important!
Seven (7) Yummy Ways to Eat Kefir
Don’t like plain kefir, even though you know it’s good for you? Well, I have some people like you in my family. 
So I’ve been on a mission, since we begun making it, to come up with fun and yummy ways to eat it. I hope that you will help me build up this list.
Homemade Coconut Milk Yogurt
Today’s Weekly Kitchen Tip comes to us from Sonya, who shares how she makes coconut milk yogurt. Thanks, Sonya!
Lacto-Fermented (Naturally Pickled) Turnips and Beets
I’d like to share how simple and fun lacto-fermentation of vegetables can be. I’ve only done a bit of it, but enough to see that lacto-fermented vegetables taste fabulous and are very easy to make. What I love the most about it is that I don’t have to heat anything (though some recipes call for a bit of cooking) and that measuring is not that precise. This is the kind of anti-cooking I like!
A Weekend Full of Simple, Nourishing Meals: Baked Burritos, Rice Bowls, and Egg Burritos
When I think of simple and nourishing, I have in mind foods that I can whip together quickly for my hard-working family. During the warmer months of the year, we devote our weekends to property work. Everyone is outside the whole weekend, clearing brush, picking up sticks, and trying to get our property ready to produce food. They’re all tired, hungry and eager for something simple and satisfying. In this post, I share how we enjoy simple and nourishing meals all weekend from one day of cooking.
Video: Dough Consistency (Sprouted Grain Artisan Bread)
Here’s a video clip showing the consistency of dough in my Easy Artisan Bread with Sprouted Grains. I know it will be super exciting for you to watch more than a minute of me stirring. But I think it will be helpful for you to see the consistency.
Moist Roast Beef In The Crockpot
The crockpot is not only conveniently hands-off, but it yields the most moist roast beef (not just chicken). It works every time. Crockpot-roasting is especially good for grass-fed beef and yields very tender, moist meat.
Powdering Rapadura Methods Compared
Since I had an issue with Rapadura not dissolving in my first attempt to make homemade chocolate chips, I took the advice of my friend Jami. She advised powdering the Rapadura (evaporated cane juice) in a countertop appliance. The Vita-Mix far and away produced the best powdered Rapadura.
Sprouting Beans: Lentils, Mung Beans, and Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)
Beans are among the easiest of foods to sprout. Actually, sprouting is very easy in general, but here I will discuss beans. Soak 1-1/3 cups of beans overnight in pure water. Use a 1/2 gallon mason jar or other similarly-sized container. I like using 1/2 gallon mason jars with sprout screens best. But for the garbanzo beans, I’ve been using a stainless steel pot. I don’t know why. Well, yes I do. I’ve run out of jars. So a pot works. [...]
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