Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter
By Emily Buehler
Issue #97 • January/February, 2006
Most people know about sourdough starter—it can be used instead of yeast to make bread rise, resulting in bread with a sour flavor and a chewier texture. Bakers...
Puerto Rican Rice With Pork
Recipe of the Week
Puerto Rican Rice With Pork
Courtesy of
Susan DiBracco
Ingredients
1 pound boneless pork loin
1 large onion, minced
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
2 large cloves garlic, minced
30 pimiento-stuffed green olives
2 cups long-grain white...
You can safely and easily can your own meat
By Jackie Clay
Issue #105 • May/June, 2007
Of all the foods I can every year, the most useful is the wide variety of meats. While we aren't huge meat eaters, these rows and rows of...
Eggplant salad
Recipe of the Week
Eggplant salad
Courtesy of
Habeeb Salloum
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 large eggplant (about 2 lbs.)
oil for frying
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small hot pepper, very finely...
Goat milk recipes
By Jackie Clay
Issue #92 • March/April, 2005
One of my greatest joys is having a bounty of fresh milk from my goats come spring. And as I had two does milking on our new homestead...
Honey whole wheat bread
Recipe of the Week
Honey whole wheat bread
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1/2 cup warm water
2 Tbsp. dry yeast
1/2 tsp. honey
2 cups warm water
1 Tbsp. salt
2...
Dark moons
Recipe of the Week
Dark moons
Courtesy of
Tanya Kelley
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup butter (not margarine)
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup...
Comfort foods of Ireland – hearty recipes from Grandma’s old file box
By Linda Gabris
I take a lot of pleasure indulging in cuisines from around the world. One country that holds a special place in my heart is Ireland because my grandmother had Irish roots. Some...
Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops
Recipe of the Week
Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops
Courtesy of
Philip Small
Ingredients
4 boneless Lamb chops
1/2 pound dried Apricots
2 cloves of Garlic, chopped
2 red Chillies, seeded and finely chopped
2 Tbsp. Apricot Jam
1 tsp....
Avoiding common canning mistakes
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Issue #142 • July/August, 2013
Canning has been an important part of my life since I was a young girl helping my mother and grandmother can in our Detroit basement. I loved the...
Old-fashioned hot chocolate
Recipe of the Week
Old-fashioned hot chocolate
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 cups whole milk
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped into pieces
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1/8 tsp. kosher...
Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables
Recipe of the Week
Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables
Courtesy of
Erika Sheets
Ingredients
Chicken
1 cup apple juice
4 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons molasses
1/2 cup tomato puree
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 cut-up whole...
Picking and preserving the wild plum
By Bill Weekes
Issue #69 • May/June, 2001
The wild plum is a fickle fruit, ripening any time between late spring and late summer. It comes in a bunch of colors, shapes, and sizes. Some are...
Make grape juice the easy way
By Tanya Kelley
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
Squeezing and straining grapes for grape juice was not exactly my idea of fun. So when my neighbor showed me a faster, easier method, I was delighted. For...
Veal Goulash
Recipe of the Week
Veal Goulash
Courtesy of
Steven Burns
Ingredients
2 lb. Veal leg
1 lb. fine egg noodles
3 Roma Tomatoes
3 large Onions
1 green Bell Pepper
1 oz. Capers (with liquid)
4 Tbsp. Butter
1 Tbsp. Paprika
1 cup Sour Cream
Salt & Pepper...































