Brine 1 cup water 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 tsp ground mustard 1 tsp kosher salt Warm on stovetop to incorporate. Black pepper corns and mustard seeds for bottom of jars. Wrap cleaned and trimmed beets in foil and roast to tender. 425 1 hour. This varies with sizes. After toasting-…
Category: Traditions
A Love Story and Duck?
Let me start this sweet tale around a delicious recipe telling you who the love story is about. Let me introduce my baby brother Brandon and his lovely wife Ly. They were childhood friends that rediscovered that they made a great lifelong team. They have moved some distance to Michigan chasing careers, far away from…
Oh Basil!
This summer growing has been amazing in Oregon. Climate or me having a bit mire time to nurture. Either way I found myself with record crop of sweet basil. Keeping the blossoms pruned off – it has grown beautifully. Ive got several basil recipes to share. A sweet for savory basil jelly. Freezer basil pesto…
Porch garden
As a kid we kept a full acre garden going in the summer. Some of the best melons and veggies are right from the earth to the table. Mom giving us a bowl and saying got fetch me a bowl of green beens for dinner. Living in a neighborhood you still have options. Ive had…
Grit Cooking- A Southern Girls Taste 