“I don’t usually do dehydrating tutorials, though, because it’s so very simple. Usually you just slice the food thin and pop it in the dehydrator. Hardly tutorial-worthy, eh?

“About six months ago we began storing food. Buckets and buckets of organic beans, rice, quinoa, millet, oatmeal, popcorn, etc. now fill the once empty spaces of our

“Are you sitting down? Ok, good. Because what I’m about to tell you might just blow your mind: you can make a loaf of fresh, warm, homemade bread

“In the amount of time it took me to make a cup of coffee he’d set himself up to preserve a batch of fresh berries he’d bought at

“I am making Elderberry Wine! I would say “I made elderberry wine,” but since it’s not in bottles yet, I consider the thing still in process. But I

“We first we collected the leftover peels and cores and put them in shallow pie dishes, then added enough water to cover the scraps by about an inch

“As the summer begins to draw to a close, I still have a lot of beautiful herbs in my garden. I can’t possibly use them all in recipes

Mozzarella is one of the easiest cheeses to make, it only takes 30 minutes and the taste can’t be beat! The ingredients are simple although a couple of

“Allegedly, once you pop you can’t stop. Since it’s usually game over once that bag opens, we’ve rounded up a list of crunchy, customizable chip-like substitutes. They’re healthier,

“This year after strawberry picking I made two varieties of Strawberry Jam. The first variety is my All american basic jam, the stuff I ate as a kid.

“Jalapenos are abundant right now, but that’ll change very soon, when fall starts to chill the fields. I love the brightness of fresh jalapenos, but pickled jalapenos are

“A year ago, my husband and I purchased half of a cow to feed our growing family. I was able to speak with the butcher and customize all

“One of the biggest arguments dairy-free milk drinkers make for purchasing store-bought milks instead of making it at home is the added vitamins. They see it as a

“Every time I mention honey wine, someone thoughtfully corrects me. “Isn’t it called mead?” Apparently, wines come from grapes, mead comes from honey, and beer comes from grains.

“Tea is a wonderful thing. Steeping and drinking a cup can usher in feelings of calm, stimulation, centeredness, and more. Maybe you have a few different types of

“Get ready for a SERIOUSLY old-school skill. When you make jam or jelly, you need something to make it jell. Most folks use commercial pectin–a product extracted from

“There’s an old-fashioned charm to homemade root beer with its odd array of roots and bark, flowers, leaves and berries. It, like many other fermented beverages, once enjoyed

“I recently remarked to a sympathetic friend how difficult it is to buy fresh sage around here. Sage isn’t used intensively in French cuisine, so it’s not part