It is finally that time of year here in Montana when our favorite wild huckleberries are ripe enough to start picking. Today we headed out to our secret huckleberry patch that I wrote about last summer. We were excited to try out our new berry rake to see if it would help harvest more berries without destroying the bushes. This handy gadget called a Berry Picker isn't perfect … [Read more...]
Foodie Friday: Becoming a Food Snob and Canning Sweet and Spicy Plum Sauce
I am a food snob. I’m probably no different than many of you in this way. I’m sure we can all agree that eating healthy, wholesome, homegrown, locally grown or organic foods are much tastier than highly processed foods from the grocery store. I strive to preserve and can as much of our family’s fruit and veggies as I am able throughout the year. We also hunt and wild harvest … [Read more...]
5 Easy Tips on How to Salvage Wormy Fruit and Make Applesauce From Wormy Apples
In the last few years, I’ve become a free foraged fruit fanatic! Since we don’t have our own fruit trees, I’ve found others giving away some of theirs for free on Craigslist, Freecycle and putting the word out to friends and neighbors. I also began scouting the area around where we live and on the drive to town. So far this year we’ve foraged for free: -10 gallons of locally … [Read more...]
Preserving Kohlrabi
This spring I decided to a plant a bunch of kohlrabi in our gardens since we now have a tasty family recipe to use them in. Earlier this summer, I shared the family recipe for Kohlrabi Soup that was taught to me by my husband’s German and Hungarianfamily (you can read it here if you missed that post!)Some of the kohlrabi in our gardens were growing faster than others so not … [Read more...]
Preserving Huckleberries & Wild Huckleberry Lemonade Recipe
Each summer we venture out to our secret huckleberry spot to pick the sweet, juicy berries. This year we made huckleberry lemonade aide with our berries and it is a new favorite summer beverage in our family!My parents are visiting us this week from the east coast so we thought we would venture up the mountain to our secret huckleberry spot to share with them our family … [Read more...]
A Family Tradition: Preserving Sugar Snap Peas
Growing up we always preserved the majority of the veggies we ate by blanching and freezing them. Every year when I start my veggie preserving, I always think of all the women in my family who preserved produce for their families and passed on this knowledge to the next generation. I am so gratefulto my mom, grandmother and great grandmother for passing this on to me, the … [Read more...]