Pizza is a definite DIY situation. It’s cheaper, less likely to be delivered cold, and only covered in surplus commodity cheese if you like that kind of thing. The most time-consuming part is making the dough, which has to rise for an hour or so (although you could cut this to 30 minutes if you were in a big hurry). Because of this, we usually save pizza for weekends and plan to work out, . . . → Read More: How to Make Pizza
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 4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Dark Days, Techniques  Canning, dark leafy greens, how to, leftovers, local flour, mushrooms, Recipe, sausage, Why Buy? D-I-Y! This is an incredibly simple, mindless vegetable broth. It mimics the boxed or canned brands, but is salt-free (a standard 1-cup serving contains 20-25% of your daily sodium allowance!) and allows you to control the quality of the ingredients. It also takes advantage of my favorite appliance, the slow cooker, so you can throw it together with about 15 minutes of hands-on time. We’ve been making this about every two weeks, but that’s kind of . . . → Read More: How to Make Vegetable Broth 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Why Buy? D-I-Y! carrots, celeriac, farmers' market, how to, how to eat locally, local food, Recipe, Root Vegetables, soup Making crackers is very similar to making pie crust. It’s pretty simple and allows you to use local ingredients and avoid the dreaded high-fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil. Yuck! We adapted a recipe from Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It, a great resource for DIY cooking projects. We made some adjustments (as usual) for local ingredients. If you don’t have a food processor, you could use a pastry blender or a couple of . . . → Read More: How to Make Crackers One comment - (Comments are closed) Why Buy? D-I-Y! crackers, how to, local food, Recipe, Why Buy? D-I-Y! 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 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 Comments are closed Breakfast, Recipes, Why Buy? D-I-Y! All-Natural Breakfast, brunch, how to, local food, milk, pumpkin, Why Buy? D-I-Y! |
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