INFLATION BUSTING
Prices are rising. I've felt it for a while. We see some official numbers, but none of the official numbers measure the things that I actually buy. To figure it out, I created "the chicken grain report." I measure other things, too, like gas, the price of milk, and...
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...
WASTE LESS
here's a woman I follow who fit two years of her trash in a jar. Two years! There's another woman I found who goes around Manhattan to CVS stores rescuing things getting tossed as garbage--"almost" expired products, perfect or seasonal unsold...
PROJECT: SIMPLE RAISED BEDS
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...
PANTRY COOKING: FLAVORED COFFEE CREAMERS
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...
PANTRY COOKING: PANCAKES
These might very well be the best pancakes in the world. It's my recipe, probably stolen in my twenties, but I changed it over the years to make it my own. I used to work in a diner, so I have an unnatural love for breakfast twenty-four hours a day. It's getting...
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 SEASON IN NEW ENGLAND
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–MAKE IT!
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,...