INSTANT POT YOGURT
WHIPPED HONEY
WHIPPED HONEY
DIY Whipped Honey or Spun Honey is So Easy To Make at Home
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MATSONI YOGURT
Instant Pot Yogurt Recipe and Temperatures for Homemade Yogurt
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TOASTING NUTS IN THE AIR FRYER
An Easy Way to Get Perfect, Uniformly Toasted Nuts
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HOW TO MAKE SOUR CREAM
HOW TO MAKE SOUR CREAM
Easy Homemade Sour Cream in an Instant Pot Using Just Real Cream and Starter
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THE BEST CINNAMON ROLLS EVER
The secret is using all the best ingredients and letting them rest overnight, which improves the flavor.
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CREME FRAICHE
CREME FRAICHE
Creme fraiche is like a French version of sour cream. It sounds fancy, but it is very easy to make.
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SPICES – STOCKING UP THE PANTRY
Fall is the time to fill up the spice cabinet, just before the holiday baking season.
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HOW TO MAKE KEFIR
HOW TO MAKE KEFIR
Kefir is Similar to Yogurt, and Seriously Easy to Make
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BERRIES FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY
It’s berry season and they are the colors of the holiday. What could be easier. We have blueberries and strawberries growing in the garden and a ready supply from local growers.
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Growing your own sprouts
Making Garlic Olive Oil
GARLIC OLIVE OIL
We ramp up the flavor on may dishes by adding garlic olive oil
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GROWING SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS
We just realized how easy it is to grow Shiitake mushrooms at home.
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FAR WEST FUNGI IN SANTA CRUZ
We shop locally as often as we can. Getting a variety of mushrooms could not be easier now that Far West Fungi opened a shop in downtown Santa Cruz.
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SPARKLING CIDER FOR NEW YEARS EVE
Include a non alcoholic drink choice when entertaining
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SHOPPING FOR CRAFT CHOCOLATE
our local craft chocolatier is careful to source their chocolate from responsible growers
Shopping locally is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and support local crafts people at the same time. We recently discovered a new chocolate shop in Santa Cruz – Mutari. Their growers farm year after year on the same location, not moving into new lands, and they know how to grow and harvest the product to produce the best tasting chocolate. Then Mutari roasts the beans themselves to create the best chocolate possible.
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