Edible plants usually conjure up images of fruits, vegetables and herbs. A salad is made up of greens, lettuces, veggies and perhaps a sprinkling of nuts or seeds. If you want to make that salad really pop, try adding some blossoms. Edible flowers are gaining popularity in the culinary world, but adding these brightly colored …
Don’t Throw Out the Heels. You Can Use Them in Tasty Ways. I’ve always wondered why many people seem to discard the heels of a bread loaf. They taste the same as the other pieces, and you paid for them too, so why not use them? I have found several ways to use to the …
Gardening and canning your own food used to be commonplace. Learn the old ways of food preservation, just the way grandma used to, right here at Foodal.
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Dehydrate your own chilis! Not only are they beautiful but they last forever and are a necessary part of many recipes. Learn how here.
Canning healthy applesauce saves a lot of money, and provides local fruit all year round too. It may seem a daunting process, but it’s actually easy.
If you’ve always thought canning your own food would be difficult, labor intensive, time-consuming, and expensive, you’re wrong! Pick up simple tips here.
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There’s a joke in our family that my great-grandmother kept her canning jars handy while traveling from southern Texas to California during the Dust Bowl era, just in case she needed to stop by the side of the road and “put something up.” But I wasn’t aware of my matriarch’s legacy when I started home …
We occasionally link to goods offered by vendors to help the reader find relevant products. Some of these may be affiliate based, meaning we earn small commissions (at no additional cost to you) if items are purchased. Here is more about what we do. Do you ever get aggravated at the price or quality of the …