The oldest-known method for extraction and preservation of flower essences is known as enfleurage. This method, which involves pressing the flowers into some type of lard or oil, is used for delicate flowers whose scent cannot be preserved well using typical methods such as distillation or tincturing. Delicate flowers such as lilac work well using […]
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Growing up my Grandma King would make me Banquet Chicken Pot Pies in her toaster oven. She used to say the toaster oven took so much less electricity than her large oven and to me the pot pies tasted just as good. I didn’t get chicken pot pies at home – and my dad used […]
Rosemary Vanilla Roasted Pears
I found two recipes on Pinterest, combined and altered them to come up with this delicious Rosemary Vanilla Roasted Pears recipe. The pears I’m using are the ones I canned from my own garden – so you could use canned pears or fresh pears if you wanted to. Fresh pears might take longer to cook […]
Maple Vanilla Bourbon Cherry Pie Recipe
Cherries are in season right now on the homestead so it just makes sense to use fresh ones as often as possible and can the rest. Tonight I used up the cherries I pitted yesterday making this maple vanilla bourbon cherry pie recipe. I came up with the combination of flavors by looking up cherries […]
Holiday Gift Idea: Homemade Tea Bag Favors
There is no better way to share your love of the garden than to give gifts made from products that you grew in that garden for the holidays. Dried flowers, herbs, barks and berries combine beautifully to create a variety of unique teas sure to satisfy the taste buds. Recipes are everywhere, but why not […]
How To Make Wine Salt
Wine salt allows you to easily add the flavor of wine to any meal without the alcohol or the smell of alcohol that comes about when you cook with it. Now you will smell alcohol when you make the wine salt but as you cook it down the alcohol itself evaporates leaving you with pure […]
