Category: How To
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Lemonade
With two lemon trees, we have lots of lemons. One of our favorite things to do with them is to juice up a bunch and then make lemonade. The key to good lemonade is to make up a simple syrup by boiling equal parts water and sugar. You can also mix up the simple syrup…
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Homemade Mayonnaise
I keep wanting to make homemade mayonnaise but I’ve failed several times. Then I saw this idea for using a stick blender in a Mason jar and decided to try again. I think it’s worthwhile watching both her video and her inspiration on Serious Eats about making mayonnaise with just an egg yolk. There are…
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How to Peel Garlic
A simple how-to with pictures. Garlic isn’t hard to peel but the papery skins stick. I have seen this method in multiple places so I don’t know who to credit. But basically you want to cut the root end off (the less pointy end typically), then smash the garlic clove with a large knife.…
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Pickled Beets and Beet Greens
I made these mustard and bread crumb pork chops again tonight. Forgot to take a picture but they are so easy and so good, you need to try them! I threw some sweet potatoes in to bake with them, and then cooked some beet greens in a skillet when everything else was done. I made…
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Compost Bowl
Do you compost? I have for years so the kids are well-trained to toss kitchen scraps into the bowl. I just keep a bowl sitting behind the sink and try to empty it once a day into the compost pile and periodically scrub it out. The scraps make a great addition to the compost, which…