How to Render Lard in the Slow Cooker (Great for Making Soap!)
The fourth post in the series on getting more for your money, in this case, when buying a pork shoulder. Render the fat into lard to use in either cooking or soap making.
food basics
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Back to Basics: Homemade Basil Pesto
Have a bumper crop of basil? What better way to eat it than to turn it into pesto and enjoy it all year round.
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how to make strawberry jam
The old fashioned way of eating seasonal produce all year – by preserving it, in this case, preserving a glut of strawberries by making delicious strawberry jam.
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traditional cooking – how to render your own chicken fat
Rather than waste chicken skins, go old-fashioned and render the the fat from them to use as cooking oil, otherwise known as schmaltz, a traditional Jewish cooking oil.
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homemade almond butter
How to make your own almond butter that tastes sensational, has no additives and is cheaper that store-bought almond butter. Use this same process to make any kind of nut (or seed) butter you like.
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How to Freeze Zucchini – A Step by Step Tutorial
A step by step tutorial (with pictures) on how to prep and freeze an abundance of zucchini.
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The Best Easy Homemade Hummus
Homemade hummus has become one of my favourite snacks to make lately. Here’s the recipe I use.
