Pantry Goals
Burned orange bitters. Awesome in cocktails, lemonade, french toast, baking, added to ice cream (or anything sweet) and occasionally added to beer in our house. This intense citrus punch adds the essence of orange while also adding a touch of smoke and deeper flavors from the charring process.
Although we’ve shared our excitement about dehydrating citrus before, this post is as much about a surprise benefit of owning a dehydrator. It’s a rather logical advantage but one I rarely thought about before getting one: it cuts food waste down considerably. I don’t shop with lists. This is in part to being a member…
Pickles made from limes? Why, yes! They are sour, spicy and savory all at once. Bite-sized pieces of lime (skin and all) are fermented and aged for several weeks or months (these aged for almost two months over the winter). They’re easy to make and versatile to cook with; you can eat them on their…
Shrubs are going through an explosion in popularity across our fine land! If you haven’t heard the term before know that some refer to it as a ‘drinking vinegar’ but I think that’s a horribly unappetizing label for something so delicious. Instead I like to think of it as a local alternative to lemonade –…
One of the most common reasons people tell me that they don’t preserve is that they “don’t have enough time to do it.” As I shared in my 2013 TEDxToronto speech (which has just passed 50,000 views on YouTube!), my Meme (Grandmother) preserved food because she didn’t have time to cook! This curried apple slaw…
If you’re reading the title of this article and your face is shriveled up and you are fighting an inner voice that’s telling you to close your browser and walk away I assure you that I’ll start with the obvious question here. Or the question that I think might be obvious at least… “Why the…
Are you intimidated by making dough or the thought of making a whole bunch of little intricate food? If not, skip ahead! If so – it’s time to get over the fear of these things and dive into making apple sauerkraut perogies! Unlike the potato and cheese-stuffed variety, sauerkraut perogies are stuffed with fermented cabbage…
If you’ve never fermented before you may be surprised to find out how easy it is to make sauerkraut. If you’re a veteran of the fermenting arts looking to get creative then you may find the idea of apple cider sauerkraut just the thing to bring some variety to your bubbling jars. This sauerkraut is…
Spring has sprung! This is one of the best times of year to forage as there are so many options and there is little else coming up through the gardens and fields around us (with the notable exceptions of rhubarb and asparagus of course)! One of the easiest things to forage are spruce tips (the…
Despite already sharing a booze infusion this week (the previous was for blueberry gin), I think it’s important we share the recipe for strawberry rum today as we’re precariously close to the end of strawberry season! Unlike out blueberry recipe, this infusion adds sugar. You can omit it but sugar really helps pull juices from…