Fabulous Fermented Foods
The process of fermenting foods, both to preserve them and make them more nutritious, is as old as humanity itself. In every culture, fermented foods are valued for their health giving properties and complex tastes. Beer and wine are created by the process of fermentation, yogurt is fermented milk,...
Chocolate is my bestest friend
The Castle Inn in Perth-Andover hosted their first Annual Chocolate Cake contest on the evening of March 1st. The event was a smashing success! Over 40 people showed up to sample the delicious cakes entered in the contest. Folks were so enthusiastic that the Castle plans to make this...
Tasty and Tangy Glazed Lemon Bread
On a recent snowy and cold afternoon I started hankering for a little something sweet to nosh on. Something easy to whip together and reasonably healthy. I had a bag of lemons in the fridge, which got me to thinking about the wonderful glazed lemon bread my Mom used...
Freeze Ahead Zucchini “Apple” Pie & Vegetarian Mincemeat
Autumn has now officially arrived….time to harvest the crops and put food by. During a recent trip to the store I began chatting with the lady next to me in the checkout line. She had a pile of supplies which clearly indicated that a preserving project was in the...
In The Kitchen… Corn Tortillas & Beans
How many kitchen tools and gadgets are lurking in your cupboards and drawers? Do you use them all on a regular basis? Or do many of them take up space just because you might need them some day? Do you have some kitchen clutter that you got as a...
It’s All Greek to Me
A couple of years back I began coming across recipes that called for “Greek Yogurt.” At that point, this product was not available in our local markets so I didn’t pay much attention to it. Recently, however, even our small village grocers are now carrying Greek yogurt so it...
Countertop Organics
Like many people nowadays, I have been incorporating more fruits, vegetables and raw food into my diet. I also buy organic whenever possible, and for sure I avoid GMO “food” like the poison it is. Organic produce is gradually becoming more accessible in our local grocery stores, but it’s...
Amazing Broccoli Salad
A couple of weeks ago I was assigned the task of whipping up a salad to bring to my nephew Tyson’s birthday party. The thought of making a regular tossed salad didn’t stir my creative juices….I wanted to make something different, but easy, and most importantly, that everyone would...
Tasty Ratatouille
I have been eating more vegetables recently, and avoiding meat. We don’t have much access to meat from humanely and naturally raised animals up here yet, and industrially raised animals suffer brutal lives, are fed with GMO feed and are full of chemicals, antibiotics and hormones. Eggplant is...
Old Timey Switchel
It may amuse readers to learn that, when I was a pub owner, I was more concerned about the health effects of soda pop than liquor on my customers. Soft drinks have become an appalling concoction of chemicals sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, or even worse, aspartame. ...