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How to Make “Cold Brew” Coffee

This is part three of our three-part “Do-it-Yourself” (“D-I-Y”) series on breakfast:

Part 1 is how to make your own yogurt Part 2 is how to make your own granola. This post is on how to make your own “cold brew” coffee

Why bother?

When you scroll down and see the steps below, you will probably wonder whether it’s worth it the effort to cold brew your coffee. Keep in mind that we go through . . . → Read More: How to Make “Cold Brew” Coffee

100% Pumpkin Sunday Breakfast

For breakfast on Sunday, we went pumpkin crazy. We started with homemade pumpkin spice lattes. Well, I guess they were really pumpkin spice cafe au laits, but you could make lattes if you happen to have an espresso maker. As much as I like the Starbucks version, it contains lots of sugar and (in my view) unnecessary additives, which can be a problem if you’re gluten-intolerant or have other food allergies.

Pumpkin Spice Cafe . . . → Read More: 100% Pumpkin Sunday Breakfast

How to Make Evaporated Milk

Part of eating locally is re-examining the processed products you usually buy at the grocery store. We started by reading labels and trying to pick the container with the fewest “scary” ingredients. From there, we realized that the stuff we were buying didn’t have that many ingredients anyway and could probably just be made at home. This led to making yogurt and granola, among other things. All this is to tell you that seemingly crazy . . . → Read More: How to Make Evaporated Milk

Preview Post: Cranberry Hot Pepper Jelly

Cran-banero jally in the jar, and on a bagel…

About two weeks ago, seasonal, local cranberries made their first appearance. Apparently, cranberries have a relatively short season, so we bought a bunch. Last weekend, Lindsay decided to try out a recipe for a sweet and spicy jelly. Except for the sugar, all the ingredients were from the greenmarket:

Cranberries 1 Habanero Pepper 1 JalapeƱo Pepper Apple scraps and cores (which we have been saving . . . → Read More: Preview Post: Cranberry Hot Pepper Jelly

How to Make Your Own Granola from Scratch (and 100% Natural)

This is part two of our three-part “Do-it-Yourself” (“D-I-Y”) series on breakfast:

Part 1 is how to make your own yogurt Part 3 will be how to make your own cold-brew coffee. This post is on how to make your own Granola

I’ve always been keen on breakfast. I love cereal. I used to eat a bowl of Kashi’s Autumn Wheat cereal every morning. It is a relatively healthy option as far as packaged . . . → Read More: How to Make Your Own Granola from Scratch (and 100% Natural)