Swiss Chard and Mushrooms
I'm buried in Swiss Chard. It's time to eat some greens! I love this, which is good because I'm going to be eating it for the rest of the summer. INGREDIENTS Swiss chard...
Zero or Hero: Going Low-Waste without (Too Much) Pain
here is a woman who fit two years of her trash in a jar. Two years of stuff in one jar. That was all her trash. There's another woman I found who goes around Manhattan to CVS stores looking through the garbage. She gifts or keeps the excellent...
PROJECT: Simple Raised Beds for the Garden
Raised beds are a great way to organize the garden. I kill sections of my garden every year. It drives my family crazy, but me, not so much. I do what I can do, then I "Where's Waldo" for a tomato in July. This is my first year working remotely. So, I'm ramping up the...
Best Homemade Flavored Coffee Creamers Ever!
I don't like store brand flavored coffee creamers. Store-bought coffee creamer is too sweet, and I can't spell the chemicals. When I make things at home, I can control the amount of sugar (or leave it out entirely), and they save the environment from making more...
Poser Pancakes
These might very well be the best pancakes in the world. It's my recipe, probably stolen in my twenties, then I changed it to make it my own. INGREDIENTS 1 cup flour 1/2 to 1 cup of milk...
Alcohol 101: DIY Kahlua
You can make Kahlua. I'm featuring part of the Poser Homestead overpriced alcohol series. I used to keep a full bar stocked at all times. If friends came over I wanted to offer them a drink not say, "Want ice or no ice in your water?" Stocking a full bar requires a...
Alcohol 101: Make Your Own Amaretto
Don't buy that amaretto! Make it instead. Are you spending $40 in the store for a bottle of amaretto? You shouldn't. This is a simple make at home recipe. Save the fancy bottle you drained at Christmas and make a never ending bottle for yourself, or make a few to...
Maple Sugaring Time Is Here!
If you've never eaten an entire tray of maple sugar candy in one sitting, you don't know what you're missing. Maple sugaring time the best farm time ever. It starts in late winter when there are a couple of warm days that switch back into cold--the sap runs in the...
Never Buy Vanilla Again
Vanilla is the second-highest priced spice in the world. Saffron is the first. I don't use saffron much but I could drink vanilla. Two problems: I can't grow vanilla on the Poser Homestead. And... who can afford to buy it these days. It's fifty bucks a cup. But then,...
Weck Jars: Three Reasons to Switch to the Jars Your Grandma Loved Best
"My grandma used Weck jars." Actually, my grandma didn't--she was one of the rare working moms in her day. She was an award-winning telephone operator with certificates for saving lives. It was everyone else's grandmother who canned. My mom canned when I was growing...