Preserving

Category: Preserving

Dehydrate Your Way To Green Powder | I know I can freeze my greens, but I have an even better way of preserving the them -- I turn them into a nutritious green powder which I can then add to countless dishes (even on the sly). Here's how to dehydrate greens into powder! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Dehydrate Your Way To Green Powder

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

Small glass jar of cultured butter.

How To Make Cultured Butter

Can you freeze sourdough starter? The short answer is: yes. Some people just put the sourdough starter as-is in a bag in the freezer, yet I'm going to suggest a better way to do it... My way takes up less space and is easier to share with others. Watch, listen, or read to learn the best way to freeze sourdough starter and then bring it back to life! | AskWardee.tv

How To Freeze Your Sourdough Starter {Best Way} #AskWardee 059

Compound Butter {butter gets dressed up!} | If you’ve ever had honey butter, you’ve had compound butter. Compound butters are easy to make and they freeze well so they're handy whenever you need a quick flavor boost, an easy sauce, or a way to dress up simple food for company. Here are a myriad of flavor combinations and ideas for using them. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Compound Butter {Butter Gets Dressed Up!}

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

Jerky strips.

Homemade Jerky (ground or muscle meat, beef or venison!)

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

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

"Please make them crunchy!" said my husband...when he asked me to make him this treat he really loves. The jury is definitely *not* out on these chocolate covered almonds. They are fabulous! This recipe is a win-win-win. Yummy, healthier than any you could buy, and super crunchy!

Sea Salt & Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds {Super Crunchy!}

instant pot reheating freezer meal

How To Reheat Frozen Food In The Instant Pot {Instant Pot Freezer Meals} #AskWardee 079

Cocoa Almond Crumbles | Combining almonds and chocolate was one of my many culinary dreams last fall. This combination of cocoa, nuts, and coconut is sure to please everyone. Use for easy snacks, desserts, or breakfasts. Relish this crunchy, grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free delight, and/or enjoy gifting to others! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cocoa Almond Crumbles

Bowl of homemade granola.

Soaked Granola Recipe (raw & enzyme-rich!)

How to Dehydrate Apples | As much as I love fall's crisp apples, I can't eat them all before they go bad. That's why I enjoy making pies, apple sauce and muffins. Or, I preserve them through dehydrating -- which is easy and requires very little storage space. Here's how. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com GNOWFGLINS.com

How to Dehydrate Apples

Must. Have. Croutons... It may seem silly -- and even slightly picky -- of me, but I just can't eat a salad without them! Making these sourdough croutons in the dehydrator couldn't be easier!

Homemade Sourdough Croutons In The Dehydrator

KYF #164: "The Cave" Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber | Karen and her family are home fermenters living in a modern world where houses don't have cellars or cheese caves. And now they are bringing us The Cave: a chamber that can heat, cool, humidify, and circulate air for making cheeses, dry curing meats, and fermenting almost anything. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/164

The Cave” Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber (KYF164)

How Long Does Kefir Last? #AskWardee 060

How Long Does Kefir Last? #AskWardee 060

woman smiling in a kitchen with whole grains and a bowl of flour in front of her

How To Store Flour & Grains #AskWardee 149

How To Encapsulate Your Placenta (& How It Helps With Postpartum Histamine Intolerance) | If you've experienced natural childbirth, you've probably heard about placenta encapsulation and its potential benefits. Learn how to encapsulate your placenta, plus how those capsules are helping my postpartum histamine intolerance. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Encapsulate Your Placenta (& How It Helps With Postpartum Histamine Intolerance)