1/2 pound prunes 1 pound apricots 1 pound dates, remove pits.
Category Archives: Condiments
Sunshine Salutation Salad
My neighbor Georgia told me about an extraordinary juice bar inside a bike shop in Paonia, CO called “Remedy. Cold-Pressed Organic Juices. we got a cure for what ails you.” Here is the Remedy Facebook page. Amazing, truly creative. I have tried two of their juices, and they have many more, but both of the … Continue reading
Beetle Kill and Spruce Salt
I love the taste of pine and spruce and though I make my spruce salt differently than I used to I never want to miss the short window of when the tips are available for harvest. I almost missed it this year. Life always gets in the way of mushroom hunting, or gathering fun things … Continue reading
Purely Coconut Oil Dressing and Aoli Spread
How many creative ways are there to add more coconut oil in your diet, or sneak it in someone who would otherwise resist? Let’s face it, I have a hard time eating straight coconut oil, blech. So why would anyone want to? It is unique among oils, and takes a bit of unlearning if you … Continue reading
Purple Haze
Ok, most of you know what a square I am, and even though we are from Colorado, and even though I actually do know what Purple Haze is, and love Jimmy Hendrix, this purple haze is completely different. Concord Grapes. For real, I honestly did not know that flavor existed in nature. This weekend the … Continue reading
Garlic Herbal Salt
I used what herbs I still had growing in the garden, as some of them have already been bitten by the frost. Curled parsley, Italian parsley, sage, rosemary, lemon thyme, dill, spearmint, lemon grass, sweet marjoram, calendula flowers. Wash and spin dry in a salad spinner. Take off the leaves from the larger stems, and … Continue reading
Meyer Lemon Indian Pickle and Indian Spice mixes
I never got the idea of Moroccan Preserved Lemons, or other variations, where the instructions say to pack the lemon slices in salt, then when they are ready you have to take off the juicy lemony pulp part, throw that away, and rinse the salt off of the lemon peel and only use that. hmmmm. … Continue reading
Meyer Lemon Fermented Honey Mustard
Next time I make this, and I definitely will make this again, I will add more lemons. It is delicious. In preparation for the arrival of the meyer lemons I ordered from The Lemon Ladies I began soaking the mustard seeds in sour kombucha about two weeks before. Mustard is so easy to make, and … Continue reading
What a Case of Meyer Lemons Looks Like
I have to admit, when I saw the case of lemons I ordered from the Lemon Ladies, I thought it a bit puny. I’m used to ordering cases of fruit to use in flower arrangements, and those cases are big. This was 10 pounds, but as I started using them, I thought, whew, this is … Continue reading
Putting Up Paste Tomatoes
For the last few years I have tried to get to all my tomatoes before having to turn them into pork chops. This year would have been a total loss of the San Marzanos had it not been for Francie saving them. I bought about 100 pounds of paste tomatoes from my farmer friend Mark, … Continue reading
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