Violet Syrup and Ginger Beer (works in progress)

Remember all my foraging and brewing adventures? Well… I currently have about a pound and a half of buckwheat sprouting for my next GF beer experiment. Fun! But it doesn’t look like anything special yet, so let’s focus on the other works in progress 🙂 About a week ago, I started a ginger bug. You may…

Millet with Massaged Kale and Roasted Chickpeas

I know, I know… I haven’t posted in a while. My time at home has been mostly spent cleaning, super boring adult stuff like doing taxes, and fun things like watching the chickens learn what their wings are for and playing with the rest of the pets. Oh, and I found a roommate! The spring…

Seed starting has commenced…

I was testing some seeds to see if they were still good, but my new seeds came in the mail yesterday, and this morning I decided to just roll the dice and try planting them. So exciting! Over the last few days, I’ve turned an unused closet into a “greenhouse” of sorts. And by “greenhouse”, I…

It’s garden planning season!

When I was 6 years old, my family moved to the town I lived in until college. My mom immediately got into gardening, and built huge gardens throughout the property. She grew lots of vegetables, herbs, and even flowers (many of which she would dry and keep in the house year round). She mom filled our house…

How I Became Gluten-Free

As I mentioned in the gluten-free pasta post, I gave up gluten over 6 1/2 years ago. This was right before “gluten-free” became a buzzword, or a trendy diet craze. A few years earlier I met a friend with Celiac disease, and I remember saying something along the lines of “I would rather die than live without bread and pasta.” Ohhhh sweet silly young Janine. You were so wrong.