This pesto is a fabulous way to use radish greens from the garden. Serve it over pasta, spread it on crackers, or slather it in mozzarella grilled cheese sandwiches.
Canning Raw Pack Tomatoes (and How to Blanch)
Crushed tomatoes are one of the handiest pantry ingredients to keep on hand for home cooking. Happily, canning crushed tomatoes is also one of the easiest ways to preserve them.
Growing Mint (+ Five Fun Varieties to Try!)
Growing mint in your garden is easy! Learn how to grow, harvest, and use mint for all of its refreshing goodness.
Spice it Up with this Fermented Hot Pepper Relish
This hot pepper relish is the perfect way to preserve the spicy goodness of just about any kind of pepper — mild or fiery.
Homemade Raspberry Jam with Apricots and Honey
This homemade raspberry jam has a lower sugar content than some recipes. The addition of fresh apricots gives the finished product a fresh, sunny flavor.
Roasted Tomato Soup with Garlic & Basil
When fall weather cools enough to turn on the oven, use vine-ripened tomatoes to make this delicious and simple roasted tomato soup.
Quick & Crunchy Pickled Jalapeños
Why buy a jar of pickled jalapeños at the grocery store when you can make a home-made batch with peppers plucked from plants on your patio?
Easy 2-Ingredient Peach Simple Syrup
Making this peach simple syrup at home is a fun way to extend the shelf life of some of your favorite summertime fruits. There are plenty of delicious ways to use it!
Easy Vanilla Yogurt Recipe (with Endless Variations!)
It is simple to make yogurt at home with just a few common kitchen ingredients. Get started with this easy vanilla yogurt recipe!
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
I’m thrilled that my book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I aim to encourage readers — that’s you! — to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
Limited on space? Don’t let that keep you from growing some of your own food! In my 5-Gallon Garden course, I’ll show you how to grow food in the space you have! Learn more about it here.
