When it’s citrus season, set aside some fruit to make these easy dried orange slices for use in flavoring recipes — and crafting!
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Easy Tomatillo Salsa Fresh From the Garden!
This tomatillo salsa recipe is a snap to make and a nice change from the usual summertime tomato salsa. Some simple chopping = a salsa verde recipe to nosh!
Seedless Tamarillo Jam for Sweet Flavor
This tamarillo jam recipe is an unexpected use for this unusual fruit. You’ll be surprised at the sweet flavor and how delicious it is on your morning toast.
Homemade Waffle Recipe for a Quick, Easy Breakfast
If Eggo waffles are part of your rushed weekday mornings, consider this waffle recipe for freezing your own. Fewer artificial ingredients and less packaging/waste. And I daresay, they *taste better, too!
Try This Healthy Homemade Maple Persimmon Granola
This healthy homemade granola is an easy breakfast food to make at home, plus it will save you bundles of cash. Persimmons give this granola a rich flavor.
Lemon Marmalade Recipe for Canning
Made from the zest and flesh of lemons, lemon marmalade can be used in a variety of ways in both sweet and savory dishes.
This Simple Sourdough Boule Recipe is Perfect for Beginning Bakers
There’s nothing like fresh bread to make a meal shine. This sourdough boule recipe is simple to make and a great introduction to sourdough baking.
Easy & Delicious Instant Pot Chili Recipe
Comfort food in a hurry! This Instant Pot beef chili recipe has all the flavor you love in a chili, with the speed of fast food.
Easy Pickled Green Beans for the Pantry (Canning Recipe)
These pickled green beans are a great way to preserve a summer harvest for the winter pantry. They’re crisp, delicious, and perfect for snacking (or Bloody Marys).
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
If you’re ready to shake up your pantry routine and shift from boxed to homemade, be sure to check out my latest project, Attainable Sustainable Pantry (National Geographic Books).
My earlier book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (also from 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 encourage readers to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
