by Renee Pottle | Jan 12, 2016 | Basics, Real Food
Even cream of potato soup can be a healthy dish. Follow these simple tips to make your recipe extra special. Potato soup is one of those dishes that sounds so healthy – until you look at the ingredients. By the time you add cream, butter, and chicken broth a lowly... 
by Renee Pottle | Jan 9, 2016 | Canning and Preserving, Vegetarian
Your quest to find a healthy, flavor-adding broth powder ends here. Plus, these powders work well for vegan and vegetarian dishes too. If you cook dinner at home on a regular basis sooner or later you will run into this problem – what to use for broth? I finally... 
by Renee Pottle | Nov 19, 2015 | Basics, Real Food, Uncategorized
Now that all the pre-planning is done, let’s choose an actual Thanksgiving menu! No matter which Thanksgiving dinner theme you have chosen, now is the time to decide exactly which items you will be serving. Meal Centerpiece: Due to tradition, and Norman... 
by Renee Pottle | Nov 4, 2015 | canning, Grow Your Own Food
Do you still have large, ripe cucumbers lurking in your garden? Don’t throw them away, make pickles. We had a beautiful October here in the Mid-Columbia, but the time has come to clean out the garden. Sadly. I have been concentrating on the late tomato harvest,... 
by Renee Pottle | Nov 3, 2015 | Canning and Preserving, Pickles, Uncategorized
Those huge, end-of-the-garden cucumbers make wonderful sweet pickles. Just follow this long-time family recipe. When I was a child in the 60’s and 70’s most meals at Nana’s house included homemade Russian Bear Pickles. The recipe had been passed down...