What will you bring? Not Your Mother’s Potluck Recipes
Joybilee Farm What will you bring? Whether it’s a family picnic, a church supper, or a work potluck you want the potluck recipes you bring to be easy to prepare, healthy, inexpensive, and most of all...
View ArticleMaple Pear Tart Recipe and 30 More Pear Recipes to Help You Manage the Harvest
Joybilee Farm How to manage the pear harvest “There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Pears are an interesting fruit. They are harvested...
View ArticlePear Fruit Leather with Adaptogens
Joybilee Farm What Are Adaptogens and How to Use Them Adaptogens are herbs that are nourishing and help the body adapt to stress. They are nontoxic and safe for long term, daily use. They help...
View ArticleBaked Pears with Chocolate
Joybilee Farm Baked Pears with Chocolate Winter pears retain their firmness even when cooked. Baking concentrates the sugars and creates a light, sweet dessert that’s worthy of the best dining venue,...
View ArticleDiY Chocolate Extract for Christmas Baking and Gifting
Joybilee Farm Christmas Baking with DiY Chocolate Extract Christmas baking used to be a big deal in my home. We’d begin in November baking all the favorite Christmas cookies like shortbread,...
View ArticleSavory Parmesan Chive Pizzelles
Joybilee Farm My pizzelle iron sits in the cupboard for most of the year. I don’t usually condone having a gadget that only does a single job. The kitchen space is too precious to use for a single...
View ArticlePumpkin Spice Pizzelles Recipe
Joybilee Farm Your favorite wafer cookies just got more epic. Pumpkin spice pizzelles are warm with cinnamon and ginger, yet crispy like a wafer rather than cake-like, like most pumpkin spice cookies....
View ArticleMake Small Batch Fermented Rhubarb Pickles, a Show Stopper on the Pickle Tray
Joybilee Farm Rhubarb is the first vegetable out of the garden. If you live in the lower 48 you may even be seeing the first bright sprouts of rhubarb coming up, as the snow recedes. Rhubarb is often...
View ArticleManzanilla Tea — The Best Herbal Remedy for Tummy Upsets
Joybilee Farm Manzanilla tea is one herbal remedy that almost everyone has used. Chamomile tea, called manzanilla or “little apple” in Spanish, due to its apple-like scent, is one of the best herbal...
View ArticleUnleavened Bread Recipe for Matzo Crackers That Will Impress Your Guests
Joybilee Farm Unleavened bread recipe for your passover seder Mazto crackers and unleavened bread are easy to make at home. They can be prepared in just a few minutes — 18 minutes to be exact....
View ArticleHarvesting Dandelion Root Tea from Your Garden Before It Becomes Illegal
Joybilee Farm Dandelion root tea You are probably familiar with this iconic harbinger of Spring — the Dandelion. But did you know that underground, this common weed contains a powerful antioxidant,...
View Article2 Ways to Ferment Fresh Herbs to Preserve Them for Months
Joybilee Farm Fermented fresh herbs have an intense fresh, tangy taste. Fermenting locks in the flavour and gives them a tangy zing from the lactic acid of the ferment. While perennial herbs like...
View ArticleLacto-Fermented Pickled Asparagus Spears are Perfect for the Pickle Tray
Joybilee Farm Lacto fermented pickled asparagus is very easy to make using the same methods that the ancients used to preserve their garden produce. No canning involved. The asparagus season is short...
View ArticleWildcrafting Fireweed for Herbal Remedies
Joybilee Farm Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium; Epilobium angustifolium) is an easily recognizable native plant with tall flowering stalks that colonize areas along the side of the highway. It...
View Article10 Cookie Baking Secrets that Grandma Knew, That Made Her Famous in the...
Joybilee Farm There are a few secret cookie baking tips that our fore mothers knew intuitively from hundreds of batches of cookies. Today these cooking baking secrets are not so intuitive. But allow...
View Article5 Herbal Teas From the Garden that You May Have Overlooked
Joybilee Farm Herbal teas can be harvested from the hedgerows, the garden, and the wild lands around you. They are rich in vitamins and minerals as well as active medicines that help your body thrive...
View ArticleMake These 5 Easy Kitchen Staples at Home To Save Money
Joybilee Farm You can make these 5 easy kitchen staples from scratch for healthier alternatives to store bought. It doesn’t take much more time to make them from scratch and you’ll save money, while...
View ArticleSeasoning Cast Iron like Grandma Did, to Create a Non-Stick Skillet
Joybilee Farm Seasoning cast iron creates a nontoxic, non-stick surface that browns food easily and gives fried foods a crisp, caramelized flavor, unobtainable in Teflon™ coated frying pans or...
View ArticleHow to Make Coconut Milk Yogurt with Just 3 Ingredients
Joybilee Farm Coconut milk yogurt is a viable alternative yogurt made suitable for dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, and GAPS special diets. It’s easy to make at home with just 3 ingredients. Yogurt has...
View ArticleDIY DandeLion Balm for Sore Muscles and Joints
Joybilee Farm DandeLion balm is skin nourishing and useful for easing sore muscles, chapped skin, joint pain, headache, chest congestion, and other common complaints. Dandelion balm is nourishing and...
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