Pantry

Creating this category was sort of a catch all. If you need a salad dressing, fry sauce (think Shake Shack), a homemade spice mix, or even a daily bread recipe, boost your pantry with these goodies.

Pantry

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  • Pantry

    Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

    Note: I have updated this recipe with my new favorite, which really is the right way. J Kenji Alt Lopez has been travelling around the Seattle area and visiting many...Read More

  • Pantry

    Nettle Pesto

    According to some very simple research, it appears that we in the PNW get access to wild stinging nettle before other parts of the country. When we first bought this...Read More

  • Pantry

    How to make Self Rising Flour

    Self rising flour is great for making biscuits and so many other quick breads. Make this and store in your pantry and save yourself an oops-stop-by-store trip and is definitely...Read More

  • Pantry

    Homemade Italian Dressing Mix

    Why buy the fancy brands that use seed oils and probably contain sugar when you can easily make this at home for that Tuesday night side salad.  You can and...Read More

  • Dairy at Home, Pantry

    Creamy Ricotta

    Aaahhh Ricotta. What was once thought around the US (especially us non-Italian Americans) as exclusive to our feeble attempts at homemade lasagna (although I must admit that I always liked...Read More

  • Farm Life, Pantry

    Rendering Lard

    There are a lot of things we have learned in our short time owning a little farm. Some are dramatic (cows trying to leap fences) while some are so subtle...Read More

  • Pantry

    Chimichurri

    You could probably call chimichurri is the Argentine "salsa." Put this herbaceousness on literally everything, especially beef and grilled vegetables  except maybe ice cream.  One of the great reasons to add this...Read More

  • Pantry, Pickling, Preserving

    Pickling – The Basics

    Pickling can be daunting. Our goal is take the fear out of it, so YOU TOO can pickle! Following is a comprehensive pickling recipe that is good for cucumbers, carrots, asparagus,...Read More

  • Happy Hour at Home, Pantry

    Simple Syrup

    I am not sure why I haven't posted something on this yet. This is one of the great DIYers of the home bar scene. It is shocking that there are...Read More

  • Happy Hour at Home, Pantry

    Smoked Ice Cubes

    There is no wrong time to smoke water. I mean, I usually do it around Thanksgiving because I have always felt that smoked cocktails are a fun "pre-funk" to the...Read More

  • Pantry

    Beef Stock

    If you aren't making beef and chicken stock yourself, you honestly should be.  You also may have received a bunch of bones from the beef you committed to this year...Read More

  • Pantry

    The Pantry and DIY Project

    As you may have noticed, the work on the blog covers a lot of ground. We started with simple and fun recipes that came out of my time as a...Read More

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