Reviving Traditional Foods
Has a lost love of soda pop been nagging at you too long? We’ve developed a love of water kefir or tibicos in our home. A fermented beverage teeming with beneficial bacteria, it’s easily flavored, remarkably simple to prepare and more palatable than kombucha, offering a pleasant alternative to commercial sodas. Similar [...]
Here’s the tastiest morsels from my favorite bloggers’ feeds! This week, I’ve gathered up some treats that would perfect for an spring picnic: To start, I’d make Cheeseslave’s Pâté de Campagne replete with preformed vitamin A and seasoned with onion, garlic and allspice. I do have a gnarly looking pork liver lurking [...]
So this is the plan for our first week of our pantry challenge. The menu is fairly varied, and I’m interested to see how the rest of the month goes! Monday Breakfast: Oats with Raisins, Green Tea Lunch: Leftover Buffalo Pot Roast, Greens Dinner: Butternut Squash Souffle, Mixed Green Salad, Fermented Beets To Do: [...]
It should come as no doubt that I love food – good, wholesome, nourishing food. Indeed, I take great pleasure in cooking, but one of the greatest pleasures I’ve encountered is the gift of nourishing my family. There is an immense sense of satisfaction in knowing that I’ve fed my family well and [...]
Autumn is here and both the apple and pear harvests are in full swing. While apple pies and crumbles grace many a table, we settle for an even simpler dish here: autumn fruit sauteed in butter and served with tangy kefir. This dessert lacks the cloying sweetness of most sweetened varieties as it’s [...]
In a new segment I thought I’d answer some reader questions. Indeed, if there’s enough interest, I’ll answer reader questions every Wednesday. If you have a question about food, recipes, traditional foods and nutrition or frugal cooking feel free to contact me. Can homemade cider make people sick? Anything food can harbor potential [...]
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Jenny McGruther is a wife, mother and cooking instructor specializing in real and traditional foods. Her work has been featured on CNN, the Globe & Mail, the Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post and WebMD. Click here to learn more.
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