By Jeanie Rose | Nuts and Seeds
This delectable dipping sauce whips together in a jiffy. Try it once and you will find other uses — sauce for stir-fry, a base for an Asian salad dressing, or to baste for shish-kebab. We enjoy it as a dipping sauce for grilled vegetables. It is a great food to enjoy around a table while […]
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By Amanda Rose | Tamarind
Amanda’s note: Here is another wonderful contribution from Ramya Venkateshwaran who writes from her home in India. Ramya describes her family’s method for making tamarind paste along with a must-try recipe. Find her on her website WildTurmeric.net for more ideas on healthy living. ~~~Usually during summer season, here in India, we are busy making homemade […]
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By Amanda Rose | Berries
Here in California we have a long and delicious strawberry season. Our own garden produces from late spring through the summer but the bumper crop across California hits in late April and early May. In fact there is a whole business model in central California of “corner strawberry stands” where the strawberries are grown on […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Berries
Strawberry season hits in the valley below us about two months before our own berries begin to ripen. Strawberries cause the two little guys in this house to go into orbit. Alastair got the attention of all the shoppers at a local fruit stand when he squealed “stwawbawwies!” Then he announced to anyone who would […]
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By Amanda Rose | Apple Cider Vinegar
Amanda’s note: I don’t know if you guys are crazy about dandelions, homemade vinegar, or both, but the post here on dandelion vinegar before Easter became one of the most-pinned posts on this site for its first few days out (and that was even as we were all busy with Easter brunches and other such […]
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By Amanda Rose | Edible Flowers
It’s a fun time of year when the edible flowers begin their blooming fanfare. Spring came a bit early to California but if these flowers are still shivering in your area, you have a few weeks to think about these cookies. 🙂 Harvesting lilacs as edibles is simple: Cut a dozen flowers and remove their […]
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