Do you end up with a lot of frozen fruits in your freezer at the end of each season? It’s great to have them on hand, but they also take up a good amount of room which could be used for other ...
28 Resourceful Ways to Use Bacon Grease Around the Kitchen
Bacon. It’s hard not to love it, but what do you do with the extra gift bacon provides? Yes, I’m talking about the bacon grease. Please don’t tell me you toss it in the garbage because there ...
How To Make The Easiest Fermented Pickles Ever
The first year I grew a large vegetable garden, I spent most of my summer days hauling in laundry baskets full of cucumbers. It was thousands of pounds of food that only amounted to only a few hundred ...
5 Steps to Storing Bacon Grease for Future Baking Uses
Name three things which make you say, “Yum!?” For me, it would be cookies, a good cup of coffee, and bacon. I love the sweet, the salty, and the caffeine. You don’t even want to know me before I’m ...
How to Salt and Smoke Food to Preserve Them and Add More Flavor
Are you interested in learning how to preserve your foods using different methods? When I first began preserving my own foods, I was fully consumed with canning. Though canning, freezing and ...
How to Ferment Vegetables at Home
Fermented foods are getting tons of attention lately - and for good reason. They're incredibly healthy and taste delicious, and they can keep for a good long time. If you want to take your ...
Potting and Jugging in Food Preservation: What Are They and How You Can Do It
Are you someone who likes to learn all kinds of survival techniques and food preservation methods? If you are, I’m going to bring you two historical food preservation methods known as potting and ...
31 Picnic Food Ideas to Replace Those Boring Old Sandwiches
Picnic season is here! 31 thrilling picnic food ideas to replace those everpresent dull sandwiches. Being able to get outside with your loved ones and enjoy a meal while making memories is pure ...
7 Most Common Canning Problems and How to Fix Them
Part of the joy of growing your food is being able to preserve it for eating during the dormant season. But canning can be a challenge. Fortunately, canning, like gardening, is a skill that you ...