So at the end of each growing season, I harvest the rest of my herbs and greens and I like to dry them.
Right now I just stack sweater drying racks together to dry all my greens and herbs, but these racks are very bulky and hard to store.…
Organizing Garden Seeds
Ok, I always have a lot of garden seeds and keep trying to figure out a better way to organize them. Right now I have them in baggies in a container.
I thought maybe one of those door hanging shoe organizers would work, but I didn’t have an extra one.…
Freezing Homemade Bread – Tip!
I had a bunch of ripe bananas. So of course I made Guten/Dairy Free Banana Bread!
I made 4 beautiful loaves! Can’t eat them all at once, so I slice them with my meat slicer and freeze.
Wait til the loaves are completely cooled before slicing.…
Storing Pomegranate Seeds – Tip!
Wow been a long time! Here is another prepping tip. Got a bunch of pomegranates on discount shelf. Here is another good use for silicone baking cups. Regular size muffin cups are about 1/2 c. Jumbo muffin cups are about 1 c.…
Make Your Own Orange/Lemon ZEST!
Do you use lemon or orange zest in recipes? If so then make your own! You will need a handy dandy Zester Tool to do this.
If you buy organic oranges or lemons, before you juice or cut them up, ZEST them!…
Help Greens Last Longer
If you buy leafy greens in plastic containers from the store, you will notice condensation always builds up under the lid. All that moisture drips on your greens and soon spoils them.
To help absorb the extra moister, just fold a few non-bleach natural paper towels and lay them on top of the greens and close the lid.…
DIY PREP BAR!
OMG I had an idea the other day. Turn my small office fridge into a prep bar! I wasn’t using it and I don’t have room in my fridge for prep containers full of food.
I can’t believe how much I can put into this ………..…
Save those Papaya Seeds!
So I got 2 papayas from the store to cut up and freeze chunks for smoothies. When you cut them open the beautiful seeds inside are revealed. Have you ever ate one of the seeds before? They are spicy! You can use papaya seeds as an alternative to peppercorns!…
DIY Organic Textured Soy Protein Nuggets
So I can’t find the organic soy protein nuggets anymore to buy, only the granules. So I made my own!
GINGER GINGER!!!
I love ginger but preparing it for use sometimes is a pain. I buy organic ginger at Costco, 2 containers at a time. Winter I used it a lot in my hot tea in the mornings. Summer not so much! Who wants hot tea when it’s 80+ degrees outside?…