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Healthy homemade recipes that will get you started and give you the confidence to experiment in the kitchen. Real food cooking doesn't have to be hard.
With or without a goat or cow, you can make your own butter from raw milk. While homemade butter made from store-bought raw milk may only save you about 7¢ a stick, butter made from raw milk that came from your own animals can save you, well, 100%.
Learn how to separate cow and goat’s milk, as well as four fun ways to make homemade butter. Did your butter not come out how you expected? Here’s so troubleshooting tips.
Sage (Salvia officinalis) is commonly referred to as common sage, or garden sage, but common doesn’t do it justice and it deserves a bit of space in the garden. Don’t worry, forming a 2′ ball at full-size, it won’t take up much space. With it’s woody stems and soft, silver leaves, sage can be planted in an ornamental garden and none would be the wiser. It is a perennial plant, so you need only plant it once and you can use enjoy it for 3-4 years before it begins to look lackluster.
You can make polenta for scratch, but a busy lady has to decide what is important in life. In my case, making polenta from scratch isn’t important to me. I’m happy to purchase it premade from time to time. Premade polenta may appear a bit odd. Many people see it in the health food store and just keep on walking, but you don’t want to miss out on this awesome side dish substitute.
This hush puppies recipe uses the broccoli stems instead of the head. Sounds weird right? Aren’t you suppose to throw the broccoli stem in the trash, or better yet the compost bin? No way! Broccoli stems are chock full of vitamins and nutrients. They have the same taste as broccoli heads, just a bit milder.
A friend of mine had asked if it was possible to make deviled quail eggs. I had honestly never considered it. It seemed like an awful lot of work for such a tiny hors d’oeuvre. I joked that you would need a pretty tiny spoon to clean them out, but she was not put off by the idea. She thought it would be insanely cute.
Do you know my favorite thing about The 4th of July? It’s the day I finally get out the grill, clean it up, and start whipping up my favorite grilling recipes. Once I get started grilling, it becomes practically an addiction. The poor stove top gets “put on the back burner” for months. I’ve discovered there are loads of foods that can be cooked on the grill. Think beyond the dogs and burgers.
