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This Strawberry Nut Bread features the best of the season. Showcasing fresh strawberries, your favourite nuts and a simple icing, this will be your go to quick bread of the summer. Plenty of Options This recipe is great as you can customize it to suit your family’s preferences. If you prefer to not add nuts…
Making Sauerkraut is a great way to enjoy cabbage and practice the art of fermentation. Fermenting the Cabbage The idea behind sauerkraut is to ferment cabbage in salt until the desired texture and flavour is achieved. Salt draws the liquid from the cabbage creating a brine. A weight holds the cabbage below the brine to…
This No Pectin Blueberry Rhubarb Jam is incredibly easy to make and will become a pantry staple. Bumper Harvest My rhubarb has done very well this season. I have already made Rhubarb Jelly and have quite a few cups vacuum sealed in the freezer for wintertime batches of Rhubarb Crisp. After finding a great deal…
This recipe for kimchi is a great recipe if you are new to fermenting. I admit, I am very new to the practice of fermenting. I have been preserving foods for many years by canning and pickling and am very excited to learn another technique. Being somewhat familiar with the process of making sauerkraut it…
This classic French Onion Soup is reminiscent of the soup you have come to love. Made with a rich beefy broth, beautifully caramelized onions and finished with crispy croutons and melted cheese for the perfect soup. Broth for the Soup I use homemade beef broth as a base for this soup. I roast off beef…