Kitchen Notes

Category: Kitchen Notes

Small jar of bubbly sourdough starter.

Why Won’t My Sourdough Bread Rise? How To Know When Your Starter Is Strong Enough For Bread-Baking

Did you know... if your ferments are too close together, cross-contamination happens? Unless you know how far apart to space your ferments, you could end up with "fluffy" cheese or yeasty-tasting veggies. Watch, listen, or read to learn the "rules" and when it's ok to break them!

Avoid Cross-Contamination: How Far Apart To Space Your Ferments #AskWardee 089

Photo of an Instant Pot on a countertop.

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

Got a large family and a small food budget? Yet, due to your high standards for nutrition, you shudder at the thought of filling hungry tummies with cheap, non-nutritious filler foods? Here are 14 ways to feed a large family on a small budget. (These tips apply to smaller families, too!)

14 Ways To Nourish A Large Family On A Small Budget

Close-up shot of Instant Pot with the lid in place and electronic screen reading "On" in red letters.

How To Use The Instant Pot (+ Easy Instant Pot Instructions)

How Long Does Kefir Last? #AskWardee 060

How Long Does Kefir Last? #AskWardee 060

divided glass container with slaw and sliced chicken

5 Tips — Traditional Cooking For One (Or Two!) #AskWardee 115

How To Cook Pastured Chicken | Since you and your neighbor aren't "engineering" your chickens to be plump and juicy, you may notice that your pastured meat is sometimes dry or tough after cooking. No one wants to eat dry chicken, especially when you've spent years raising it or quite a lot of money to buy it! Here's how to get tender and juicy pastured chicken. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Cook Pastured Chicken {so it’s flavorful & juicy!}

Another Company Menu

Another Company Menu

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Keeping Stored and Finished Kombucha Air-Tight

Where Do Our Food Dollars Go?

Where Do Our Food Dollars Go?

If you plan to use essential oils in your cooking, you want to have them handy, right? Well... the kitchen is NOT the best place to keep your oils! Watch, listen, or read to learn how to organize and store your essential oils to protect your investment and use them for cooking and in daily life!

How To Organize & Store Essential Oils… For Cooking & Daily Life! #AskWardee 096

Pear Sauce and Dehydrating Pears

Have you ever made, or tasted, bitter broth? Long-cooked broth is often dark in color -- and bitter. It is possible to salvage? Make it taste better? Less bitter, maybe? Unfortunately, no. But, it's still useable! Here's what to do with bitter broth.

What To Do With Bitter Broth?

Glass of Chocolate Date milkshake with black straw

Chocolate-Date Milk

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

A large cup of vanilla cream frosting with a spoon taking a scoop out.

Basic Vanilla Frosting – Coconut Cream

What is a linen couche proofing cloth? How can it be used to bake sourdough bread? Watch, listen, or read to learn about one of my favorite kitchen tools, plus how to care for it!

What Is A Linen Couche Proofing Cloth? + How To Use & Care For One! #AskWardee 023