Wholistic Woman
Embracing a whole life approach to wellness
One of the reasons I love being part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is the feeling of being part of a farm. My Dad was a farmer when I was growing up, and I have relatives that still farm, but living in the suburbs now I often feel removed from farm life. The …
I took my first canning class in 2009, towards the end of the season. Last year I canned a little bit, mostly sticking to the recipes from Simply in Season. I wish I had taken the time to plan ahead, because when you have buckets of tomatoes and other extra produce, the last thing you …
In an ideal world, one would grow all the fruits and vegetables that one could possibly need for canning, jamming, fermenting and freezing on their very own homestead. Organically, of course. But this is the real world.
I found myself with an extra fennel bulb wondering what to do with it. So I flipped through some cookbooks (actual cookbooks, I love feeling the paper!) and discovered this recipe in The Simple Art of Eating Well. As a bonus, it used zucchini as well! This time of year you can never have too many recipes …
When the theme for this week was bacon, I knew I wanted to do something with bacon AND beer, two of my husband’s favorite things! I just started selling Wildtree so I happened to have a package of quick beer bread sitting around. Combined with my husband’s oatmeal stout homebrew and fresh-from-the-garden jalapenos, it …
