I wanted to do a fancy post all about how to de-seed a pomegranate complete with photos and/or a video. But with all of our traveling, I haven’t had the chance. So I wanted to share this video I found on YouTube from foodblogga. She shows us how to de-seed a pomegranate while wearing her favorite white shirt. Now that’s impressive. So now that you know how to handle a…
After reading Megan Thompson’s guest post on how to make quick pickles, I had to try it for myself. I went with the recipe for spicy quick dill pickles because I had most of the ingredients on hand. I only made one of the jars spicy so that the kids could share in the pickle eating. The spears turned out nice and mild. We went through these the fastest. Most…
When I heard that my friend Megan Thompson was making “Quick Pickles” with her co-op cucumbers this week, I asked her to show us how to do it. She did not disappoint! You can read more about Megan in her bio at the bottom of the page. On to the pickle-making… I was very excited when Alysa asked me to write a guest blog about Quick Pickles. My family loves…
We had 22 green chiles in our Bountiful Basket this week. I knew that we wouldn’t be able to use them all in one week, so I decided to roast and freeze most of them for later. This was my first experience roasting green chiles, and it was amazingly easy! How to Roast Green Chiles Turn on your broiler. Wash your green chiles. Lay them out to dry on…
Credit We got an amazing amount of food this week in our Bountiful Basket. I will share the full haul with you tomorrow, but I will tell you that we got 3 coconuts. I have never prepared a coconut before so I needed some guidance. This video from Gourmet.com is perfect. I can’t wait to get cracking!