
Category: cooking notes


Fermented Hot Sauce Powder
S has been experimenting with hot sauce and fermentation. This […]


Garden to Kitchen Snapshots of Summer 2022
A few snapshots of some garden to kitchen delights. Not […]

Making Fruit Jam with Dad
Brought delicious fresh fruit from the Okanagan on a recent […]

“Sun Dried” Tomatoes in the Oven
“Sun Dried” Tomatoes in the Oven I love tomatoes, especially […]


Homemade Vinegar – Bottling
Followup on our experimentation of making fruit vinegar at home. […]

Vinegar – Moving From Alcohol Fermentation to Vinegar Fermentation
We started fermenting vinegar in the kitchen a few weeks […]

Sautéed Elm Oyster Mushrooms That Grew in Our Kitchen
Recipe we found on the internet to cook them up […]

German Family Dinner
We are making dinner monthly family dinners for S’s parents. […]

Homemade Vinegar – Day 6 Progress
Mango and grape bubbled over, but were fine after a stir […]

Trying To Make Homemade Fruit Vinegar
This week’s endeavor: homemade vinegar.Watching Pro Home Cooks on YouTube […]

Fermented Hot Sauce Pt 2
Fermenting hot sauce part 1 is here. After fermenting in […]



Let’s Give ’Em Pumpkin To Talk About
Received a gorgeous pumpkin from the CSA last week. And […]

A Season of Local Veggies
It’s been an incredible and fun adventure to buy all […]