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12 creative, unexpected ways to use extra mint from your garden this summer

by Kate Etue | Jun 25, 2020 | Tips + Tricks

If you’ve ever planted mint in a backyard garden, you know it can grow like crazy. Got a surplus of mint like me? Then you’re probably wondering what to do with it all. I mean, there’s only so many mint leaves you can add to a glass of iced tea,...

Produce tips: 5 vegetables and other edibles you can re-grow quickly in your kitchen, no garden required.

by Kate Etue | Mar 20, 2020 | Tips + Tricks

Welcome to homestead life, mamas. We’re just a few days in on our full quarantine, and I feel like I’m going to need to learn how to grow wheat and weave my own fabric soon. (Kidding! No panicking!) But I do have to admit, when I saw Ruby Amanfu’s...

Tricks for making the best Chaffle recipe: We tried this newest Keto craze and it’s good!

by Jane Sweeney | Oct 26, 2019 | Recipes

Full disclosure: I am not on the Keto diet. This may explain my confusion when I started seeing “chaffle” recipes pop up everywhere from low-carb Instagram feeds to some of my favorite big-name cooking websites. At first, I wondered if chaffle was a typo....

How to use up overripe tomatoes – and bruised ones too! 4 delicious ideas.

by Jane Sweeney | Aug 13, 2019 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the sun....

Baking tricks: How to remove brownies from the pan without them falling apart

by Jane Sweeney | Jul 3, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

On a recent thread in our Recipe Rescue Facebook group, I noticed a particularly long discussion around the topic of the best way to cut brownies. Specifically, how to remove brownies from the pan without them breaking into pieces. The author posted a photo of an...