This lemon poppy seed loaf is sweet and tangy, with flavor to brighten your winter day! A citrus season gem, this delicious treat is filled with poppy seeds and topped with lemon glaze. A glazed lemon loaf is perfect for breakfast, tea time, or even a dessert! Lemon and Poppy Seeds: A Perfect Pair There’s…
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Cooking and preserving traditional food from scratch is one of my passions, and it’s even better if it includes homegrown, foraged, or fermented ingredients. I prefer to use whole foods and many of my recipes use herbs, flowers, and other fresh from the garden ingredients. Sourdough is another passion, and I also have a thing for cooking in cast iron pans!
Learn how to make sourdough tortillas, roasted beets and their greens, and traditional nitrate free corned beef.
12 Fermented Soda Recipes
Fermented soda is a delicious and naturally bubbly way to get some healthy probiotic action. Adding herbal ingredients to naturally fermented soda makes them even more health-beneficial and tasty. These 12 fermented natural sodas have variety and light bubbly flavor you’ll love! Fermented Drinks for Health Fermented sodas are fun to make, and are a…
30+ Pine Needle Recipes: Drinks, Desserts, Syrups, Balms & More!
Pine trees are amazing in many ways, but did you know that they are edible? Indeed they are, and they make very tasty cookies, drinks, syrups, balms, and more! Read on to learn about all the delicious recipes that you can make with foraged pine needles. These pine needle recipes are all you need! Wildcrafting…
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
This cranberry champagne cocktail is a perfect way to celebrate the holiday season. With a festive look and made with spiced cranberry syrup, this is an easy-to-make drink that everyone will love! Spiced Cranberry Cocktail If you’re looking to add some festivity to your holiday drink game, this cranberry champagne cocktail is a great way…
Pine Needle Tea with Pine, Spruce or Fir
Making pine needle tea is one of the best – and easiest – ways to use foraged pine needles. This is a wonderful and simple way to use pine or other conifer needles like spruce or fir medicinally. Ease your mind and heal your body with this delicious conifer tea! What is Pine Needle Tea?…
Pine Needle Soda: Foraged & Fermented
This pine needle soda is a delicious and quick naturally fermented drink made with foraged ingredients. Pine needles have a citrusy, pine, and minty flavor. Some people call this pine needle sprite because it’s fizzy and has a similar flavor, but it is made with all-natural ingredients! What Type of Needles to Use For this…
Pine Needle Cookies
These pine needle cookies are shaped like trees and made with real pine needles for a fresh winter flavor. Perfect for holiday or winter celebrations, these sugar cookies are a wonderful way to use foraged pine needles and share your love of nature! Edible Pine Needles for Winter Pine needles are edible and have medicinal…
Old Fashioned Fruit Cake Loaf (with Rum Option)
This fruit cake loaf recipe is full of nostalgia, history, a combination of real and candied fruit, and (optional) rum! Rich with flavor and the best cake lore you can find, get in the spirit this holiday season as this aged cake gets you buzzing with cheer! Factual Fruit Cake Lore Fruit cake has a…
Acorn Pancakes With Cornmeal
Acorn pancakes have a delicious nutty flavor that makes a perfect comfort food for the season. Made with flour from acorns, cornmeal, and maple sugar, these pancakes have a really nice texture and a natural taste that is perfect for a cozy morning at home. Cozy Acorn Pancakes These pancakes have the most delicious natural…
12 Cranberry Recipes: Sauce, Relish, Fermented, and Preserved
These cranberry recipes are a great way to jazz up your holiday season. From traditional with a healthy spin to new and different, this list of recipes has cranberry goodness to last the season through. Fresh Cranberry Recipes It’s a great time to hit the refresh button on your cranberry recipes. With holiday get togethers…