By Jeanie Rose | Berries
When Amanda came back from a harvest adventure with ripe wild Sierra gooseberries, she ended up making a gooseberry syrup. Besides their antioxidants, gooseberries have an amazing amount of pectin. It seems that gooseberries can be added to low-pectin fruit to make a nice jam without the addition of commercial pectins. I was all about […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Winter Squash
Roasting butternut squash is a simple way to enjoy its flavor and beauty. Once its roasted you can puree the butternut squash and use it in a variety of recipes for soups, breads, and desserts. The puree can be frozen in recipe-sized containers for ease of use. However, consider roasting butternut squash to serve as […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Green Beans
Whether you grow bush beans or pole beans, when the crop comes in, it is abundant. It’s easy to become overwhelmed and let a pile of beans sit in the refrigerator too long. Bean bean flavor and quality is markedly best right after harvest. Quality quickly diminishes by the day. Here is a suggested kitchen […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
You’ve probably noticed that free-range organic chickens have drier meat than their more commercially processed counterparts. Here’s the scoop. The giant chicken processors brine their chickens before sending them to market. Brining is rather like marinating. With brining, the chicken soaks in a salt water bath for a couple of hours. During that time, the […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Green Beans
This dish will remind you a bit of the often-served green bean casserole of Thanksgiving, but with far more flavor. If you can’t stand that particular recipe, please don’t turn up your nose at this dish. Everyone I have served it to has swooned over the richness and the flavors. You will too! When you […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Berries
For years I had seen the formidable gooseberries in the forest. Green with long spines, they looked like berries from a far-away planet. No one I knew did anything with the gooseberries so I opted to hike on by and leave the berries to the brave wildlife that had learned to manage all those prickly […]
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