15 Egg Dishes

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Can’t waste good, backyard eggs, and they’re a healthy, not to mention inexpensive, food. When you have lots of eggs, how do you keep from getting bored? Why, eat them lots of different ways. Let me show you how we’ve been getting eggs into everything…

Cultured Butter

Small amount of leftover makes another patty

I love cultured butter! Cultured butter starts with cultured cream. The “culturing” results from leaving cream at left at room temperature to spontaneously sour as its own beneficial bacteria proliferate OR it results from the cream being innoculated with a culture. I’ve done it both ways — and both are delicious!

How To Dehydrate Dairy Kefir Grains

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I have a plethora of grains; I’ve been raising them up to share with eCourse members. I asked Julie at Cultures for Health how to dehydrate dairy kefir grains, because I figured they’d ship much more easily if they weren’t wet. She gave me very simple instructions, and that’s the point of my post today.

7 Tips for Perfect Homemade Ice Cream

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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

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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

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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

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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.