Add fermented oranges to marinades & salad dressings. This is an easy way to preserve citrus flavor for use in recipes.
PANTRY ESSENTIALS
Our dependence on prepared foods, packaged in plastic and paperboard, is a learned habit. It didn’t happen overnight, though. It took several generations for us to shift from cooking at home almost exclusively to the ready-made versions of those same recipes. (I’m looking at you, pudding-in-a-cup!)
This collection of condiments, dips, spreads, and snack recipes to make right in your kitchen will cut your grocery bill and reduce the amount of single-use plastic that enters your home.
Cutting your dependence on these store-bought convenience items is easy! Pick one or two of my favorite condiment or snack recipes and give homemade a try.
Homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Store some of this easy strawberry rhubarb jam in the fridge or freezer, or water bath can it to make it shelf stable to enjoy all year long.
Budget-Friendly Homemade Refried Beans
This family favorite refried beans recipe is excellent, and way less expensive than the canned version. Serve them with your favorite Mexican dinner.
Stock Your Pantry with DIY Turmeric Powder for Fresh Flavor
This neon-bright spice has a distinctive flavor that’s used frequently in Indian cuisine. You can make turmeric powder at home from turmeric roots for a fresher product to use in curries and tea.
Safely Pressure Canning Homemade Broth
Canning chicken stock or turkey stock means that you’ll be able to get meals ready in a hurry using real, homemade ingredients. Plus? It’s like free food!
Fresh Garden Salsa for Summertime Flavor
This fresh garden salsa is a summertime treat. Memorize these five ingredients; you’ll never need a salsa recipe again. Nothing makes salsa as good as fresh ingredients from the garden. This fresh garden salsa will become your favorite way to use up the summer abundance of fresh tomatoes.
How to Make Chewy Dried Bananas — You Won’t Stop at One
These chewy dried bananas are a great healthy snack and dehydrating bananas couldn’t be easier. These chewy dehydrated banana chips are a winner!
Gluten-Free Homemade Cheese Crackers
This cheese cracker recipe is easy to make at home & replicates those famous-brand cheez crackers people love. (Regular flour option, too.)
Easy 5-Ingredient Cilantro Sauce with Garlic
No cooking required! Just buzz up the ingredients in a food processor and you’re ready to serve this delicious cilantro sauce with tacos!
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.
