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How to Bake Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Apple Crumble + Video
Dec11

How to Bake Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Apple Crumble + Video

Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Apple Crumble is sure to be a new family favorite for dessert. This treat is a homey and filling dessert that is just as appropriate for serving after a dinner party as it is at a potluck meal, with simple and satisfying ingredients. Although you could end a backyard summer BBQ or a holiday buffet with this amazing apple crumble, I do enjoy it most during the colder weather in the fall and winter,...

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How to Make Blood Orange Candy Apples: Homemade Halloween Treats
Oct23

How to Make Blood Orange Candy Apples: Homemade Halloween Treats

Tasty & spooky too – these Blood Orange Candy Apples are sure to please for Halloween! What a gorgeous sight – red candied apples, a perfect Halloween treat or a treat any time of the year. Children and adults alike, are crazy for candy apples. A crunchy, candy coating with the taste & color of blood orange with a fresh, crisp, apple on the inside all on a stick. These are pure enjoyment! Blood Orange Candy Apples:...

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How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples + Video
Oct15

How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples + Video

I am excited to show you How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples! Caramel apples are very popular in the Fall, especially around Halloween, and they also make great treats for trick-or-treaters or Halloween parties. Gooey caramel along with a peach flavor, coating a fresh, crisp apple, these sweets are a winning recipe for both kids & adults. Despite the fact that Chardonnay grapes were used to make the vinegar we are using in...

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How to Make Napa Apple Jack Salad with Peach Bourbon BBQ Vinaigrette + Video
Aug12

How to Make Napa Apple Jack Salad with Peach Bourbon BBQ Vinaigrette + Video

You will love this recipe for How to Make Napa Apple Jack Salad with Peach Bourbon BBQ Vinaigrette, as it is a superb salad. With a mixture of fresh, green leaf lettuce, grilled corn on the cob, sweet, crisp apple, and crunchy cucumber, this side salad can double duty as dinner salad, if desired, by adding a source of protein. Salads are an essential part of the meal menus for our family because they provide an excellent source of raw...

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How to Cook Sardines & Apple Casserole: National Sardines Day
Nov24

How to Cook Sardines & Apple Casserole: National Sardines Day

National Sardines Day is November 24th, and it is going to be delicious with a recipe for Sardines & Apple Casserole! Sardines are members of the herring fish family. The sardines from Europe have more flavor and are fatter than the ones that come from the American Atlantic, which more often than not, are canned. Personally, I very much enjoy the salty, oily sardines in a tin, and I enjoy them with raw onion slices or chives, and...

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A Celebration of Vinegars: National Vinegar Day
Nov01

A Celebration of Vinegars: National Vinegar Day

National Vinegar Day is a great day to experiment in your kitchen with this sour substance. Generally speaking, vinegars are the result of fermentation, and almost any liquid can be used in fermentation during the initial stage. They yeast action converts the sugars to alcohol. During the next stage, bacteria convert the alcohol into acetic acid. Vinegar can be made from grains or fruit. The various vinegars can be rich, mellow or...

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Why You Should Never Throw Out Fruit Peelings
Jan26

Why You Should Never Throw Out Fruit Peelings

Don’t worry…I’m going to explain why you should Never Throw Out Your Fruit Peelings! At worst, they are added to my compost. At best, they are added to a batch of wine mash, I make a variety of tepache – typically, made with pineapple peels, but you can use other fruit peelings to make a version of tepache – or I make a fruit vinegar. I make small batches of these delights over the year. Never Throw Out...

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How to Cook Kimberly’s Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe
Oct28

How to Cook Kimberly’s Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe

Jerk chicken is a fun recipe to try to cook! It seems like a lot of ingredients to add, but typically they’re all sitting in your pantry already. Adding “this and that”, you’re going to look like a real pro in the kitchen! LOL…and the flavor will surprise you! Try it! Type: Chicken Recipe Serve With: Rice and peas Prep Time: 15 min + overnight marinating time Yield: Enough to marinate 3.5 lbs chicken and...

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Basic Tiger Nuts Vinaigrette (Paleo, AIP, Keto, Vegan) + Video
Feb12

Basic Tiger Nuts Vinaigrette (Paleo, AIP, Keto, Vegan) + Video

With so many diets floating around out there, this Basic Tiger Nuts Vinaigrette is sure to please! Whether you’re on a vegan, paleo, keto, AIP or gluten free diet, this salad dressing is compliant. Furthermore, this recipe is nut-free too! Mix & match the tang in the recipe with your choice of citrus juice or vinegar, allowable on the diet you are following, as well as herbs for a healthy & tasty vinaigrette on your...

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A New Member for Fermenters Anonymous
Dec30

A New Member for Fermenters Anonymous

Once you decide to go ahead & try creating your own fermented treats at home, you may need Fermenters Anonymous! Someone should start Fermenters Anonymous, simply for avid lovers of fabulous home ferments to share their ideas, successes & failures. Trial & error – that’s how fermenters perfect their visionary projects. What Have We Been Fermenting? Wine: We often make our own homemade wine. This year, we went...

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Our Top 40 Mother’s Day Cooking Shows for 2019
May09

Our Top 40 Mother’s Day Cooking Shows for 2019

A celebration of mothers is this weekend, and here are our Top 40 Mother’s Day Cooking Shows for 2019! This particular Mother’s Day is a very special one for me, as it is my very first as a mother myself. Our little girl, Pearl, is an absolute joy, and I can’t believe I am being celebrated, as all I want to celebrate is her! Also, as most of you know, my Mother is here at home with us as well, and what a blessing it...

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May Food Holidays & Events
May02

May Food Holidays & Events

Here are May Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here & there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Month Holidays: National Asparagus Month: Browse Asparagus shows, Asparagus recipes Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus Oven-Baked Asparagus with Blood Orange Grilled Lemon Zest Asparagus with Verjus Playlist: Asparagus Recipes + Reviews National...

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How to Bake Basic Gluten Free Tiger Nut Bread Loaf + Video
Apr10

How to Bake Basic Gluten Free Tiger Nut Bread Loaf + Video

Basic Gluten Free Tiger Nut Bread Loaf: Type: Bread Recipe Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 35 – 45 minutes Rest Time: 45 minutes – 1 hour Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1/2 cup water 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast – I use quick-rise yeast. 3 – 4 tbsp honey 1 1/2 cups tiger nuts flour – sifted 1/2 cup arrowroot flour – optional; or another light gluten-free flour 1/2 cup chickpea flour –...

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