Author: denisedaniel
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Cure Your Own Pastrami
Pastrami is one of those things I have dearly missed. And it was hard to think about trying to do it without curing salt. All commercial curing salt is dyed pink for safety and contains dextrose which is generally derived from corn. But mixing up my own curing salt was scary, because let’s face it,…
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Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls
This summer I have also found myself with a good bit of cabbage on my hands. Since I already have a good supply of sauerkraut made up, I needed to find some other options. I canned some piccalilli. I sliced it into thick “steaks”, brushed it with minced garlic and olive oil, and roasted it.…
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Frozen Pesto Starter
Say that it’s the end of summer and you have unwisely planted roughly 30 green basil plants and 30 purple basil plants in your garden. Now some of them didn’t make it because of transplant shock, the drought, or they got eaten by voles, slugs, or Japanese beetles, but that’s still a crap ton of basil. And…
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Turnip Kimchee
Turnip Kimchi As some of you, who know me in real life and who read the blog regularly, know, I *may* have planted a little bit too much turnip in the garden this year. I planted Purple Top White Globe variety because hello, purple. They are more radishy than the turnip I normally eat from the…
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Another DIY Spice Blend Round Up – Greek Seasoning, Prime Rib Seasoning, and Italian Seasoning
Well, I’m a bit overwhelmed with other projects in real life right now and the recipe I wanted to make for you guys is not really going well. It needs at least two more attempts before I get it to a place that’s blog worthy. But fear not, there will be a post. Regular readers…
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Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes with Chocolate Cinnamon Frosting
Making a chocolate cake without wheat, eggs, dairy, and a safe solid fat when you can’t have coconut, palm, or corn, that doesn’t end up tasting weird is a bit tough. I started with Allyson Kramer’s Dark Chocolate Chipotle Cake, which is gluten-free and vegan, for which I’ve previously made modifications to make it safe…
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Homemade Margarine, New and Improved
Some of you may remember when I posted about my margarine experiments in a Whatever Wednesday post. I’ve been using it for a while, but I wasn’t completely happy with it. The psyllium husk powder I used as an emulsifier didn’t melt well when I wanted to use it for things like lobster and there were gummy bits.…
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Fajita Marinated Steak Tips
Fajita Marinated Steak Tips Well, I was going to go all ‘Denise-crazy’ on you guys and make the tortillas I posted two weeks ago and cashew sour cream (since I don’t have commercially available safe products) and make fajitas that looked all pretty, but my mom is visiting and I’m exhausted from pruning the rhododendrons…