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Happy Easter!
Weather or not you celebrate! Join in the Happy celebration that Spring is here! Here is a canning recipe for lemon concentrate. Just saying when life hands you lemons make lemonade! Ingredients 5 pounds fresh Lemons (use a mix … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverage, canning, cooking, easy, frugal, Home, John C. Meyer, lemon, Lemonade, Recipe, sugar, tips, Water
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Mint Limeade Recipe
6 ½ cups ice cold filtered water 1/2 cup vanilla sugar 1 cup + 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (I used 4 large limes juice, zest of one) Handful of garden fresh lemon mint Dissolve the vanilla sugar in some … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverages, cooking, easy, frugal, Home, Ice cube, Lime (fruit), Mentha, Recipe, sugar, Water
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Hot Chocolate Crack
Advantages to this pre-melted jar of deep dark velvety goodness? The best hot chocolate known to mankind. Gluten-free and heart healthy. Remember to share this secret. Possible combinations if you remember to flavor your milk. Mint, orange, vanilla, and the best cinnamon will knock you out. *Disclaimer not responsible for blown diets or wardrobe trade ups. Completely addictive! Continue reading
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Tagged Beverage, chocolate, cooking, easy, frugal, Home, homemade, Hot chocolate, Milk, Recipe, Snap, Types of chocolate
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Army Hardtack Recipe
Army Hardtack Recipe Ingredients: 4 cups flour (preferably whole wheat) 4 teaspoons salt Water (about 2 cups) Pe-heat oven to 375° F Makes about 10 pieces Mix the flour and salt together in a bowl. Add just enough water (less … Continue reading
Homesteading Dollars
Lessons learned this year in homesteading. MAKE • Baked goods: Grew sick of supplying family with all the bread we go through in a week; but with no knead and quick breads getting used to it. But muffins, scones, brownies: … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap, Cook, cooking, easy, Home, Mason jar, Pizza, Stock (food), tips, Vanilla extract
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Home Made Sports Drink
Ingredients 4 cups filtered water 2 Tablespoons vanilla sugar or pure honey 1/2 tsp sea salt Lemon juice, cranberry juice or Kool-aid to taste Directions Dissolve sugar, salt, and flavor in warm water. Chill until cold. Enjoy This is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverages, cooking, Electrolyte, frugal, Home, Lemon juice, Recipe, Sea salt, Sports drink, Tablespoon
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Candy Apples
15 apples 2 cups white vanilla sugar 1 cup light corn syrup or cane syrup 1 1/2 cups water 8 drops red food coloring Lightly grease cookie sheets. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples. In a medium saucepan … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, cooking, Cookware and bakeware, Corn syrup, Food coloring, Home, Recipe, sugar, Syrup, tips
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Crabapple Recipe
Ingredients 60-65 whole crabapples (enough to fill 5-6 quarts – I used 70 apples ~ 6.5 pounds, because my apples were small) 7 cups water 2 cups pomegranate juice 1/2 cup cider vinegar 6 cups white vanilla sugar 1 cup … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Cinnamon, cooking, Fruit and Vegetable, Home, Mason jar, Syrup, Water
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Soup Stock
Modified from -A Mountain Harvest Cookbook, by Roberta Sickler, 1985 Yield: 7 quarts After the pantry is filled with jars of tomatoes and corn, and the freezer with peas and beans and broccoli, prepare September Soup Stock with the last … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay leaf, canning, cooking, Garlic, Home, homemade, Mountain Harvest Cookbook, Olive oil, Recipe, Soups and Stews, stocks
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Crème Fraiche
Crème Fraiche from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Berthole, Simone Beck Ingredients: 1 tsp cultured buttermilk 1 cup whipping cream Stir the buttermilk into the cream and heat to lukewarm- not over 85 degrees. Pour … Continue reading
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Tagged Buttermilk, cooking, Crème Fraiche, easy, frugal, fruit, Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Recipe, Simone Beck, Simone Beck, Whipped cream
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