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Techniques & Tutorials

Category: Techniques & Tutorials

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How To Convert Slow Cooker Recipes To Pressure Cooker (Or Instant Pot) #AskWardee 056

Fresh Cheddar Cheese Curds | If pressing and aging cheese sounds too complicated, I've got an idea for you! Learn how to make easy homemade cheese curds instead. They're squeaky, healthy, and melt like a dream! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Raw Cheddar Cheese

A Victorian Christmas: Using Seasonal and Preserved Foods at Christmas (and a note about suet) | GNOWFGLINS.com

A Victorian Christmas: Using Seasonal and Preserved Foods at Christmas

Conventional scented candles and air fresheners are full of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and are as toxic as second-hand smoke! But, what if you want to fill your home with holiday ambiance and smells? Watch, listen, or read to learn how to create delicious-smelling Christmas and wintertime essential oil diffuser blends that boast health benefits, too!

14 Christmas & Wintertime Essential Oil Diffuser Blends #AskWardee 101

Just a drop or less of an essential oil can add tons of flavor (and health benefits) to your raw or cooked dishes! Which oils should you start with? And, how do you use them? Watch, listen, or read to learn the top 5 essential oils for cooking, plus how to use them!

Top 5 Essential Oils For Cooking (+ how to use them!) #AskWardee 108

Home Grain Milling 101: Baking With Fresh-Ground Flour #AskWardee 099

Home Grain Milling 101: Baking With Fresh-Ground Flour #AskWardee 099

What's the best part of making your own soft cheese from raw milk? Raw milk contains probiotics of course! Raw milk left to sit out and get warm means those probiotics are proliferating. This raw milk mascarpone is teeming with living flora. It's an indulgent, tasty health food that you can enjoy in both sweet and savory dishes!

How to Make Raw Milk Mascarpone: Soft, Probiotic Cheese

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Is Aged Flour *Really* Better For Sourdough? #AskWardee 122

oil mister half full of avocado oil

Healthy Homemade Cooking Oil Spray… Save Money and NO Clogs! #AskWardee 121

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How Much Flour To Grind For Your Recipes #AskWardee 118

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How To Skim Cream… The Best Way! #AskWardee 114

Stevia: the sweet-tasting herb with no sugar or calories! Sounds like the perfect option for sweetening desserts when you're avoiding sugar, right? Well, yes and no... Watch, listen, or read to learn how to sweeten desserts using only stevia, plus how to sub stevia for sugar and still get great results!

How To Sweeten Desserts Using *Only* Stevia #AskWardee 106

What's the best way to get your Kombucha from the big fermenting vessel into swing-top bottles? Pouring straight from the jar is messy, and Kombucha spills everywhere! Watch, listen, or read to learn how to decant Kombucha into bottles using food grade tubing and an inexpensive auto bottling siphon.

How To Decant Kombucha Into Bottles… Fast & Easy! #AskWardee 104

Did you know... Kombucha rarely grows mold? The SCOBY (mother culture) is quite hardy and balanced. Yet, mold does happen sometimes. Watch, listen, or read to learn how to tell if your Kombucha is moldy, plus what to do about it and how to prevent mold in future batches!

How To Tell If Your Kombucha Is Moldy (And What To Do About It!) #AskWardee 103

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

Milling gluten-free grains into flour... Is it possible? Yes, it is! And... significant money savings, your own custom flour blend(s), and better results are in store when you mill your own gluten-free flours and mix them into custom gluten-free flour blends. Watch, listen, or read to learn about milling gluten-free grains, which mill I recommend, and how to create gluten-free flour blends for light and fluffy results!

Home Grain Milling 101: Milling Gluten-Free Grains Into Flour #AskWardee 098

How To Make Pre-Soaked Oats {that aren't rock-hard or glued together!} #AskWardee 094 | You go through all the effort of soaking and dehydrating your oats (for granola or traditionally prepared Trim Healthy Mama recipes) only to end up with rock-hard, glued-together clumps! Ouch! Watch, listen, or read to learn how to make pre-soaked oats that are perfect!

How To Make Pre-Soaked Oats — NOT Rock-Hard Or Glued Together… And GREAT For Trim Healthy Mama! #AskWardee 094

Want to save money, flavor your Kombucha, and build up carbonation? Bottle it! Watch, listen, or read to learn how to second ferment Kombucha, how to choose the right bottles, and what to do if it's too sour! | AskWardee.tv

How To Bottle Kombucha… aka “Second Ferment” It! #AskWardee 086

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I’m Wardee Harmon and I help Christian families who know they should eat healthy but are tired of complicated, time-consuming, weird-tasting, and unsustainable “healthy” diets…

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