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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

Texas Style Salsa | People throughout the North and South American continents love salsa. Which might be an understatement! Every culture and geographical area has their own way of making it. Being native Texans, we like our salsa slightly chunky and with the bold and spicy flavors of cilantro and jalapeños. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Texas Style Salsa

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream | Nothing beats the heat of August like a few scoops of ice cream. We almost always have homemade ice cream in the freezer. When you take the time to make ice cream from scratch with nourishing ingredients, your reward is a healthy food. This ice cream could be eaten for breakfast without too much guilt! Plus, how to make it in a ziploc! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream (plus how to make it in a Ziploc!)

Classic Cherry Clafoutis | Cherry season is nearly over, but until the last fruit drops from the tree, I will be reveling in the summer sweetness only cherries can offer. I'm a sucker for creamy, silky-smooth custards in all their glorious forms and cherries are a perfect vehicle for the classic French flan that is a sultry <em>ménage à trios</em> of pancake, custard, and cake -- the clafouti. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Classic Cherry Clafoutis

Start your day with this! | The best thing you can do for yourself each day is so simple, but it's often overlooked. I know this because I myself -- a person who cares a great deal about healthy living -- have neglected it for years. What is it? Drink enough water. But even more than that... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Start Your Day With THIS!

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino | Made with a brew of roasted chicory root, ice, raw milk or your favorite dairy substitute, roasted cacao powder, and a bit of rapadura sugar, then topped with a spoonful of whipped cream and some cacao nibs, this cold drink makes a great summer afternoon treat! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino

5 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs (plus easy pesto recipe) | Fall is just about here and many of us are busy preserving the summer harvest. While you are freezing, canning, and dehydrating fruits and veggies, don’t forget to preserve your herbs, too! Both medicinal and culinary herbs can be preserved in a variety of ways for use throughout the year. Here are 5 ways to preserve and store your herb harvest. | GNOWFGLINS.com

5 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs (including easy pesto recipe)

Chai Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | While autumn is definitely imminent, summer is still going full force for at least half of the time. And believe me, there is no desire for hot drinks or baked goods on those hot days. Thankfully I came up with a solution: fall-infused iced treats! | GNOWFGLINS

Chai Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Roasted Corn, Tomato, Sweet Onion, and Salmon Salad | Summer may be officially over, but in most areas of the country the late season harvest is still in full bloom. This delicious recipe isn't a light salad, but a satisfying, nutrient-dense mixture of ingredients that touches on all the taste points of the culinary palette. In other words, it's da bomb dot com! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Roasted Corn, Tomato, Sweet Onion, and Salmon Salad with Creamy Herb Dressing

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child's Lunch | Fermented foods pack a nutritional punch for any meal. But, what to pack and how to provide variety? Here's how to make the most of your child's school lunch with fermented foods -- without adding lots of prep time. | GNOWFGLINS.com

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch

Homemade Bread in the Sun Oven | Baking bread in a sun oven is so easy -- it yields bread with a nicely browned crust and a moist, soft inside, plus keeps your house from getting too warm in the summer and saves electricity. Plus, you get to pull up a chair and read a bit while it bakes! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Homemade Bread in the Sun Oven

Root Veggie Tartiflette | This happy accident started when I was trying to use up a few extra root vegetables. It's not a stew. It's sort of a casserole. But it is comfort food: homey and rustic. This tartiflette (a traditional French dish) includes root vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, fiber, and essential minerals. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Root Vegetable Tartiflette

Easy Homemade Essential Oil Deodorant | I've tried so many deodorant alternatives I can't even count them all. Then I found this one: an easy homemade essential oil deodorant that meets all of my expectations: it smells good, it works (even combating stress-sweat, intense exercise, and hot, humid summer days), it’s economical, it doesn’t stain my clothing, and I feel great about the ingredients. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy Homemade Essential Oil Deodorant

Soaked Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Soaked Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Soaked Apple Cider Donuts | Apple cider is almost as iconic as colored leaves. It shouts cheerfully “Fall is here! Fall is here!” As families flock to pick apples, orchards offer the ever-popular treat: apple cider flavored donuts. The common recipe is easy to spruce up and make real food friendly at home. And of course, it's best enjoyed with a warm beverage for dunking! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Soaked Apple Cider Donuts

Sourdough Chocolate Waffles | Is there anything better than chocolate at breakfast time? Especially when it's a fermented, sourdough, actually-good-for-you chocolate waffle? Yeah, I can't think of anything better either. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Sourdough Chocolate Waffles

Rustic Honey Caramel Apples | Rustic honey caramel apples (complete with gathered sticks from your yard) will delight you and your kiddos, giving you a sweet treat alternative during this processed-sugar laden time of year. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Rustic Honey Caramel Apples

How To Can Beans The Nourishing Way | Canned beans are easily found on grocery store shelves, but by canning your own you can go further. And not just 1 -- but 2 -- steps further! Here are directions for *nourishing* canned beans, and you'll save money, too! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Can Beans The Nourishing Way