Beans, Grains, & Vegetables

Category: Beans, Grains, & Vegetables

decorative blue and white ceramic bowl of carrot sticks

Lacto-Fermented Carrot Sticks (gut-healing probiotic snack for kids!)

These are NOT the vinegar pickles you find in the store! Once pickled, there's an explosion of vitamins, enzymes, probiotics, beneficial acids, and most importantly... a delicious crunch! And I make them in one of my favorite kitchen tools -- a fermenting crock from Ohio Stoneware!

Old-Fashioned, Crunchy, Fermented Garlic-Dill Pickles

Simple, No-Pound Kraut | People used to pound cabbage to get it good and juicy for fermentation. Pounding isn't necessary when you let salt do the work instead! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Simple, No-Pound Sauerkraut

Scooping up a bite of homemade sauerkraut out of a small dish.

Homemade Sauerkraut In A Stoneware Crock

A Simple Guide To Oven-Roasted Vegetables | Roasting vegetables requires little more than chopping, tossing in oil, and placing in a hot oven. During roasting, vegetables become lovely and crisp on the outside, tender and soft on the inside. Many vegetables taste better roasted than steamed or raw! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

A Simple Guide To Oven-Roasted Vegetables

If milling your own fresh-ground flour isn't exciting enough, let's explore other things your grain mill can do! From cracked grains for delicious breakfast porridge and bean flour to spices and powdered sugar, watch, listen, or read to discover how easy and fun it is to use your grain mill for more than just flour!

Home Grain Milling 101: More Things Your Grain Mill Can Do! #AskWardee 100

Jars of whole grains, includin quinoa, spelt, and rice.

How To Soak & Cook Whole Grains (+grain cooking chart)

Sourdough Lavash: A Traditional Armenian Flatbread

Sourdough Lavash: A Traditional Armenian Flatbread

We've eaten hotel breakfasts in all of our past moves. Those fluffy hotel waffles are so tempting! But when we eat them, my littles complain of belly aches, and I feel frumpy and sluggish. We solved our waffle cravings by making them at home with nourishing ingredients. Fermented berries and yogurt cheese top fluffy, slightly crisp sourdough waffles –- a scrumptious breakfast for any morning!

Sourdough Waffles With Fermented Strawberries & Yogurt Cheese

different types of buckwheat groats and buckwheat flour arrayed on a wooden surface

Buckwheat Flour 101: Choosing, Milling Flour, Sprouting, Recipes & More! #AskWardee 141

When my daughter asked for "lamb on a stick" (aka rack of lamb) for her 2nd birthday, I was proud as punch -- and then whipped up this rice pilaf, garnished with rosemary from our tiny urban balcony garden, to go alongside! It's simple, elegant, and perfect for any special occasion.

Simple, Elegant Rice Pilaf

small blue ceramic bowl full of soaked brown rice

Soaked Brown Rice Recipe (Baked & Stove Top Options!)

Perfect Soaked Rice {Instant Pot or any Pressure Cooker} | Ok, so it's not sexy. Not among the cheesecakes and other Instant Pot drool-worthy dishes on your Pinterest feed! It is, however, the #1 question I get about pressure cooking... "How do I make soaked rice in my InstantPot/pressure cooker?" So here you go... How to make perfect soaked rice -- or any grain -- in your InstantPot (or any pressure cooker). | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Perfect Soaked Rice {Instant Pot or any pressure cooker}

green bowl of chili, garnished with sour cream, avocado, herbs, and purple onion

Easy 30-Minute Classic Chili Recipe

Made from the whole grains that were prevalent in colonial times, Boston brown bread is a New England staple that's sadly fading from American tradition. This version is leavened with sourdough starter and steamed in the Instant Pot!

100% Whole Grain Sourdough Boston Brown Bread (in the Instant Pot!)

The Best Sweet Potato Casserole Ever {in the Instant Pot!}

The Best Sweet Potato Casserole Ever {in the Instant Pot!}

Einkorn Sourdough Bagels

Einkorn Sourdough Bagels

How To Make A Pepper Juice Tincture | Pepper juice is the cringe-worthy yet beloved name of my go-to tincture for all things sick-related. As my kids know, it's the answer to everything. Sore throat? Sniffles? Cold and flu season preventative? Pepper juice! Here's how to make a pepper juice tincture! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Pepper Juice: An Immune-Boosting Miracle Tincture