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Making your own herb seasoning salt sounds fancy, doesn’t it? Thankfully, fancy doesn’t mean hard. The key to creating the perfect seasoning is starting with quality herbs and salt and getting creative with your favorite combinations. You can customize your herb seasoning salt to suit your preferences and dishes. One of the best parts? By making your own herb seasoning, you can omit the questionable ingredients often found in store-bought seasoning salts. Not only will it taste bette …

Biscuit Recipe Makes 8-10 biscuits Ingredients: 4 cups all purpose flour 2 tbsp baking powder 2 tsp salt 10 tbsp cold leaf lard or butter (or some of each!) 3/4-1 cup milk or buttermilk Directions: Preheat oven to 425F Combine flour, baking powder, & salt together and mix thoroughly Add lard and/or butter to dry ingredients & cut in with a fork or pastry cutter (or your hands!) until pieces are evenly distributed. (You can also use a cheese grater for your butter if you wish) Mix in milk …

How to Make CheeseThere are a number of reasons to make your own cheese, the most obvious being that cheese is delicious. In all its varieties and textures, cheese is a wonderful food that complements and accentuates almost anything you pair it with. It’s also a fantastic way to extend the shelf life of extra milk from something that has to be refrigerated into a shelf-stable product that can be saved for months. Making your own cheese gives you total control of the ingredients, ensuring the onl …

Put A Summer Garden In Your Winter PantryCanning Fresh Vegetables and GreensThere’s nothing like a ripe summer tomato, tender, rich and summer sweet. Sliced fresh over the sink, sandwiched between bacon, lettuce, and bread, or simmered down into marinara sauce, it’s as if you’ve condensed the summer sun into a ripe, red, ball of joy. But, come January, the fresh taste of tomatoes feels as far off as those warm summer days. That is, unless you were smart enough to remove and save some of those fr …

Sauerkraut: It’s Not Just For Bratwurst AnymoreSauerkraut, while usually paired with bratwurst and mustard, has so much more to offer than most people realize. Not only is it delicious, nutritious, and easy to make, it has origins that can be traced through and even beyond its German name. After touching on the history and benefits of this tasty fermented vegetable, we’ll show you how to make it yourself and tell you why you shouldn’t wait for Oktoberfest to put it on your plate.The Origins of S …

How to Can Food Home canning is a time-tested way to preserve all kinds of different foods. So whether the garden harvest has just come in, you picked up an extra bushel of vegetables at the farmer’s market, or you’d like to give holiday jams and jellies as presents this winter, we’re here to help. We’ll lay out the information you need to get started canning food the right way, saving you time and money while putting up food for the rest of the year.We’re going to …

The Best Homemade Sourdough Bread. Period.That’s not a claim we make lightly. But, if you start with quality ingredients, read a little and practice a lot, you can master the art of baking sourdough bread so amazing you’ll never want store-bought bread again. Baking sourdough bread is a journey, and this is your first step to mastery. However, bread this good starts well before the flour hits the mixing bowl. If you want to master sourdough bread, you should learn how to grind your own flour.Why …

Fermenting in Mason JarsFor beginners, choosing a fermentation vessel can be as simple as going to your cupboard and pulling out one of the glass mason jars hiding in the corner. There are many great fermentation vessels on the market, but mason jars are by far the easiest vessel to use for several reasons - they are inexpensive, are available in many sizes, they are easy to find, and the clear glass allows you to see how your ferments are progressing. Another timesaving advantage of fermenting …

MAKE YOUR OWN KOMBUCHAKombucha is surprisingly easy to make. If you are just getting started brewing your own Kombucha or you are trying something new with your homemade Kombucha, we have the tips and tricks to help make the process effortless. What is Kombucha? Kombucha is an effervescent, slightly tart, slightly sweet fermented tea that has been consumed for thousands of years. It is known for its tangy, fizzy flavor and believed to have many health benefits including digestion, inflammation, …

R&H Staff Hints & Tips For DehydratingFood Drying GuidelinesDrying times will vary depending on the room temperature, relative humidity and moisture levels in the food that you are drying. If the moisture level is high, the drying time will be on the high end of the range. Keep in mind that drying times are also affected by the amount of food placed on the dehydrator shelves. Overloading the shelves will slow the drying time and may produce poor results. When dehydrating foods, it is im …