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Kidney Barley Soup Recipe

Kidney Barley Soup Recipe

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I’ve noticed that a lot of people don’t want to take offals when getting  meat orders from their farmers.  Liver, though, is gaining  some popularity due to numerous information on its high nutritional value and vitamins content, but kidneys remain to be the least desirable cut, mostly because we simply don’t know how to cook it.  Let […]

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Mug of kvass

Rye Bread Kvass Recipe

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The modern science is taking a closer look at the traditional ways – phytochemists are studying the principles of traditional medicinal use of plants, nutritionists are finding answers to a lot of modern health problems in the time proven traditional diets. It looks like we are at the beginning of the very exciting journey of appreciation, reviving and […]

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Summer Garden Soup Recipe

Summer Garden Soup Recipe

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Green tomatoes, red tomatoes, turnip, zucchini, carrots, parsley, olives and ham in one bowl!  This is a peak of the garden season soup.  It is bright and savory spirit lifter, a treat for those who love it hot and, despite of the long list of ingredients, very quick to prepare. As we are living almost completely […]

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Never Throw Away Small Catch

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We are lucky to have a small river bordering our property.  Sometimes we have a free minute, and, whenever we have it, we go down there for a few casts.  Our usual catch are small things like this bass, and I cannot tell you how grateful we feel for it.  Deep fried in ghee, it […]

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Chokecherry apple jam

Chokecherry Apple Jam

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Humble chokecherry occupies  openings and clearings of forests, edges of fields and pastures all over Europe and America. It is one of the first volunteer trees on logging and fire sites and an important native tree or bush for land restoration and naturalization projects, as it provides food and habitat for numerous species from bears to chipmunks.  Sadly, today it […]

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Fermented Garlic Recipe

Fermented Garlic Recipe

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We will need to eat a lot of garlic in the coming months of winter misery. A few cloves of it help like nothing else to combat dank mood and cold body aches. And is there anything better than raw Fermented Garlic to accompany your winter stews? No. So, we have to make a lot […]

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Cold Beet Soup Recipe

Cold Beet Soup Recipe

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Cold summer soup deserves to be a common thing in our menus. The bowl of it is a real saviour in a hot summer day. It is cooling and refreshing, yet nourishing at the same time. Besides, it works like a good bottle brush for an intestine, making you feel as if you lost several pounds […]

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Pkhali Recipe - Homestead Diet

Spinach Pkhali Recipe

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It is not that easy to be on a Spring Green Diet. To eat A LOT OF greens we need to have A LOT OF greens recipes. Smoothies became the most popular way to  incorporate greens in our diet today. I cannot tell I am fond of them. Being very practical and easy to make, to […]

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Old Fashioned No Fail Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies - Cookbook

Old Fashioned No Fail Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies

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A glass jar filled with home-made cookies is a must in each and every kitchen. And what could be better than a jar of healthy, old fashioned Oatmeal Cookies? While working on bringing my dream to life, I browse through numerous recipes and spend hours turning good ingredients into bad baking experiments, until I found […]

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Custard Cake Recipe

Custard Cake Recipe

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I firmly believe in simple recipes, as at the end of the day, having tried everything new and fancy, we stick to those few ingredients recipes, which do not confuse our brain and our stomach. But, the favourite out of my favourite recipes are those, which can be made ahead and be frozen. This beautiful […]

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