This morning Rebecca and I made a batch of vanilla ice cream. It is the Nourishing Traditions recipe. I never knew making good ice cream could be this easy. I mixed all the ingredients by hand in a large measuring cup and poured it into my ice cream maker. It took about 20 min. from start …
Fermented Berry Syrup
We are getting quite a few black raspberries from our garden this year. We enjoy them fresh, but we don’t eat them fast enough. I decided to try another Nourishing Traditions recipe for berry syrup to use some. It’s so simple to make. And one more way to get fermented food into our diet. I made …
Kishk
Nourishing Traditions uses kishk in multiple recipes. And it is the only cold cereal it recommends. Plus it’s an alternative to my soaked/dried oats that I use for granola. So I thought I’d give it a try. You are supposed to make it with bulgur or cracked wheat. I made bulgur…flour. I forgot to do …
Whole Wheat Sourdough English Muffins
My husband is a big fan of english muffins, but I stopped buying them a while ago since they aren’t healthy. Since then I’ve been looking for good recipes for healthy english muffins. I’ve made a couple kinds in the past. One turned out very well…but it was made with white flour. A couple weeks …
Fruit Leather/Fruit Roll-ups
I’ve been brainstorming ways to use up strawberries. Yesterday I came across a “recipe” for fruit roll-ups on Kat’s food blog (just found her site yesterday…an old friend from an IBS message board we both used for a while). This could not be any easier. And it turns out great!!! Honestly, I think it tastes …
Strawberry Ice Cream
I have a bunch of fresh strawberries in my fridge. And I’ve been debating about what to do with them. For some reason on Wed. strawberry ice cream sounded good. I don’t normally like fruity ice creams. And if I did pick one strawberry would not be my first choice. I am a chocolate girl all …
Crockpot Meatloaf
This isn’t really a new recipe. I always use my mom’s recipe for meatloaf. And I posted it a long time ago. It’s definitely a family favorite here. But in the summer I don’t like to use the oven if I don’t have to at dinner time…especially for over an hour. So I wanted to …
Crispy Cashews
I also made a batch of crispy cashews this week. The method for soaking/drying cashews is slightly different than most nuts They shouldn’t be soaked for more than 6 hours, and they can be dried at a higher temp. I still did mine in a dehydrator. But I think I’ll try to do them in …
Crispy Almonds
I just finished making my first batch of crispy almonds. It’s pretty much the same recipe for making crispy walnuts, cripsy peanuts and crispy pecans. Yum!!! These are great to eat plain, and I can’t wait to use some to make almond butter. I used almonds with the skins on since that’s what I found at …
Dairy Kefir – Take 2
Last week I got some kefir grains and made my first attempt at making some. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing or what it was supposed to look like/taste like. And it didn’t seem to work that well. So I did a little more research, watched a few videos and tried again this …