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Recently, I created my own version of a delicious blackberry mocktail my husband and I enjoyed on a business trip. My version, however, uses fresh squeezed lime juice and honey in lieu of limeade concentrate along with fresh mint and local crushed frozen blackberries. I omit the alcohol so it's family friendly. Enjoy!

Blackberry Mojitoes {Summer Mocktail}

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Listener Questions (KYF121)

Do I Have To Use Whey In Fermenting? | Over the years, I've received lots of questions about fermenting. Today's question in my Lacto-Fermentation 101 series is... do you have to use whey? The answer is no, and here's when you can skip it and what you can use instead. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com/LF101

Do I Have To Use Whey In Fermenting? {Video}

Summertime is for reveling in the heavenly flavors of ripe summer fruit, is it not? Based on the traditional French method of making apricot preserves and apricot butter, I look forward to making this recipe each summer. I hope you enjoy it as thoroughly and delightedly as I do.

Heavenly Traditional French-Style Apricot Preserves

Grain-Free, Sugar-Free and Loving It! | By the age of 40, Megan had been diagnosed with 5 serious health conditions, including arthritis, Hashimoto's, and other auto-immune diseases. Today? Megan is healed, thanks to a gut-healing, grain-free, sugar-free diet. Not your normal restricted diet, though -- no deprivation here! She and I sat down (in the same room!) for this chat to talk about her story and her approach to beautiful, feast-worthy, gut-healing foods. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/120

Grain-Free, Sugar-Free and Loving It! (KYF120)

A chutney is the perfect way to get started with fermenting because it's easy to make and delicious. To help you dive in -- and use up the fruits you're likely bringing in by the boxload or bucketful -- we pulled together this collection of lacto-fermented fruit and chutney recipes. Enjoy!

25 Fermented Fruit & Chutney Recipes

How the word "alternatives" turns gut-healing foods into feasts | Megan and her family have been on a gut-healing diet for more than 4 years. Not only have they experiencing healing, no one's choking down blah, dry, and repetitive meals. No one leaves the table feeling any lack. Why? Because Megan's favorite word is "alternatives" and it should be yours as well -- if you want to thrive on a gut-healing diet. Video and transcript included. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How The Word “Alternatives” Turns Gut-Healing Foods Into Feasts

Diagnosed With 5 Serious Health Conditions By Age 40... Now Healed {Megan's Story} | By the age of 40, Megan had been diagnosed with 5 serious health conditions, including arthritis, Hashimoto's, and other auto-immune diseases. Today? Megan is healed, thanks to a gut-healing diet. Not your normal restricted diet, though -- no deprivation here! Watch, listen, or read her story and her approach to beautiful, feast-worthy, gut-healing foods. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Diagnosed With 5 Serious Health Conditions By Age 40… Now Healed! {Megan’s Story}

ummer comes hand-in-hand with bug bites. Let me introduce the 'bug bite stick' -- a chapstick tube containing a simple salve made from plantain, echinacea, and lavender. I've made this salve for a few years now, and it really works to relieve the itch!

Homemade & Natural Bug Bite Stick

As the fresh tomato season wears on, you find that you've exhausted your family's patience with all. those. tomatoes. So make sauce! You'll use up several pounds of tomatoes at a time, plus sauce freezes well and cans for long-term storage. This sauce includes healing bone broth!

Fresh Tomato Sauce with Healing Broth

Rain barrels help you take that extra step toward self-sufficiency and sustainability, plus they reduce your water bill. Here are 2 cautions to keep in mind, plus 6 things to consider when shopping for one.

Using a Rain Barrel

Get Kombucha! | Why in the world are people drinking (and loving) Kombucha? What does it do? And what's up with this thing called Continuous Brew? To answer those questions and more, you've got to meet Dave Lindenbaum, the man behind the #1 Kombucha site on the web, Get Kombucha. Plus, Dave wants to give you 50% off his custom tea -- link inside (first 500 orders only). | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/119

Get Kombucha! (KYF119)

Continuous Brea Kombucha + Free Video! | Uh-oh! This Kombucha habit is blowing up your food budget at $3 to $5 a bottle. So you start making it yourself. What's the next step? Continuous brew, of course! Who wouldn't want Kombucha on tap all the time -- with very little effort, time, or mess? | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Continuous Brew Kombucha + Free Video!

Ever tried to make your own homemade hair products? Coconut oil made my hair a greasy mess; another concoction gave me a flat head. Then I came across something that not only worked, it was affordable. My homemade hair gel (together with my citrus hair spray) provides better, healthier, and more holistic results than anything I used to buy!

Homemade Hair Gel + Citrus Hair Spray

Learning to Let Go of Perfection | “Simple living stress syndrome” is a phenomenon I discovered shortly after our transition into a simple life -- and it's triggered by unnecessary "noise". To let go and reduce the noise, I focused on three homestead zones -- the garden, the kitchen, and the home -- where I looked for ways to reduce the noise and the stress. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Learning to Let Go of Perfection

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot | “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” --Wendell Berry. Just like everything else, it’s a journey beginning at your own front door. Here are a few ideas to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot in your own home, neighborhood, and town. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot: The Four Rs of Conservation

Is Lacto-Fermentation Safe? | Over the years, I've received lots of questions about fermenting. Today's question in my Lacto-Fermentation 101 series is... is fermentation safe? The answer is yes IF... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com/LF101

Is Lacto-Fermentation Safe? {Video}

12 Yummy Snacks Using Sourdough | You love sourdough and your family loves snacks. We're putting the 2 together to make you all happy! We vetted a whole bunch of sourdough snack recipes on the internet and pulled out the best ones -- whole grain and incorporating a full souring of the grain for best nutrition and digestion. Enjoy! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

12 Yummy Snacks Using Sourdough