I bought a pressure canner in 2020 but I only used it once to can some salmon I was given. I grew up with a mom who did water bath canning so I learned how to can tomatoes and peaches and other acidic foods. But I had never done pressure canning and I have found it rather intimidating. So I … [Read more...]
Spices That Reduce Inflammation
Spices are generally used to enhance the flavor of food. They take a dish to the next level and help make it extraordinary. The more expansive your spice rack, the more you can explore with a wide variety of tastes. Sweet, savory, spicy… there’s something for everyone when it comes to spices. While spices … [Read more...]
Herbs You Can Grow At Home That Make Great Natural Remedies
Having an herb garden can be useful for a lot more than adding fresh herbs to your favorite recipes. Herb gardens are actually chock full of amazing natural home remedies! Below are just a few really easy-to-grow herbs you can grow at home, as well as what natural remedies you can use them … [Read more...]
Drying and Preserving Medicinal Herbs and Plants
Being able to properly harvest and preserve your herbs after planting them is a very important part of creating your own herbal pharmacy. Below are all the steps you can take to easily preserve your medicinal herbs. Step 1 - Harvesting Flowers For flowering herbs like calendula, … [Read more...]
Fasting Tea?
Do you practice intermittent fasting? Did you know that there is a new company called Pique Tea, that makes teas specifically geared to improve your fasting response and help manage hunger? I was able to try several Pique teas recently and was quite impressed. I tried Ginger Digestion Elixir, Mint Tea, … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Blackberry Iced Tea
Do you enjoy iced tea? I do, on a hot day. The teas you buy in the store are often loaded with sugars. You can make your own lovely blends that will be very satisfying. This lovely blackberry tea, which is blackberries mixed with black tea (which has benefits as well as … [Read more...]