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Maple Walnut Milk Kefir Ice Cream Without A Machine

By: YogurtHydro | 46 Comments | | Category: Desserts, Fermentation, Food, Freezing, Kefir, Milk Kefir (MK), Probiotic, Recipes | Tags : , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Maple Walnut Milk Kefir Ice Cream (without a machine!)

Rich and delicious, this no machine maple walnut ice cream is a great way to sneak some extra probiotics into your diet without sacrificing flavor. Sweetened with maple syrup or honey to satisfy your sweet tooth, it combines healthy probiotic milk kefir with whipping cream for a light, creamy flavor... more

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Gather Ye Dandelions While Ye May

By: Yogurt Hydro | 8 Comments | | Category: Food, Foraging, Freezing | Tags : , , , , , , , ,

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. Excerpt from To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. Robert Herrick, 1591 – 1674 Spring has sprung! I am preparing to make dandelion jelly, also known as... more

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Turkey Day Leftover Madness

By: Yogurt Hydro | 1 Comment | | Category: Cooking & Baking, Food, Freezing, Main, Preserve | Tags : , , , , , , ,

Turkey, sweet potato and russets, cranberry sauce, broccoli and carrot with cheese sauce, cranberry stuffing and gravy.

I know many of you in the US won’t be celebrating until November 27th, but in Canada, we had Thanksgiving Dinner on October 13th. And the 14th. And the 15th. LOL. Turkey sandwiches. Turkey dinners. A person can only eat so much turkey! (Although we sometimes do a smoked turkey,... more

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Freezing Squash

By: Yogurt Hydro | 0 Comments | | Category: Food, Freezing, Preserve | Tags : , , , , ,

spaghetti squash

Every year, a friend of ours gives us several spaghetti squash. I don’t have a cold storage this year, so I prepped a few of them for the deep freeze. I also roasted the seeds, and wow, they are better than pumpkin seeds! If you’re going to prep your squash... more

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Preserving The Last of the Tomatoes

By: Yogurt Hydro | 0 Comments | | Category: Food, Freezing, Preserve | Tags : , , , , ,

peeled roma tomatoes

The temperature is dropping and the rains have begun. Time to pick the last of this years’ tomatoes in various stages of readiness. I think I put it off as long as I possibly could! We had about 20 plants this year that we started from seed late last winter.... more

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