Strawberries add such a sweet happy note to any morning. I created a new granola flavor featuring strawberries and vanilla for a touch of joy in my breakfast. Using powdered freeze dried strawberries in the granola mixture allows for a rich strawberry flavor, accented by the sweet note of vanilla. Together they taste like strawberries…
Category: DIY Basics
Fruit Cobbler Master Recipe
Master recipe for fresh fruit cobbler
Salad Dressing . . . is a verb
This is the final post in my DIY Basics series, and it’s all about salad dressing – or as I think of it – dressing a salad. I’ve been asked many times “What salad dressing do you buy?” and my answer is usually “I don’t buy salad dressing . . .” and that stops the…
Herbal Tisane – DIY Basic
Growing and using herbs is one of the main reasons why I garden. I grow a number of fragrant culinary herbs in my gardens. While I use many herbs in my cooking, I have several herbs that I grow mainly for drinking in tisanes. What’s a tisane? Herbs + boiling water = tisane. Commonly known…
Purple Sauerkraut
This may be the ultimate DIY Basic — just two inexpensive ingredients and some microbial magic and you get fresh, delicious sauerkraut. If you’ve never tasted fresh sauerkraut — the kind that you get in the refrigerated section, not in the jarred vegetable section — you’re in for a taste treat. For pennies on the…
Almond Date Mousse
This ultra simple dessert is not only delicious and smooth — it’s vegan. What began as a mistake ended up a surprisingly lovely dessert! After making my Homemade Almond Milk, I used it to make a warm beverage, sweetened with dates. While it tasted good, the texture was too thick — all wrong for drinking. …
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