Fork in the Loaf
I love to cook. I love to cook everything from scratch and knowing how things are made. I love not being dependent on the grocery store for everything. I love knowing the secrets of how easy things are to make from scratch. I love to share with others how I make it so easy. I would love to share that journey with you.
Cooking from scratch is the single most important thing we can do as a family to improve our health and general well being. -Michael Pollan
This has hit home to me. With different allergies among my children, I had to learn to cook things from scratch so they could eat. One kid was allergic to corn and corn products, the more refined, the worse her reaction. The other one was allergic to the casein in milk and food coloring. Good luck finding convenient packaged foods without one of those in them. I had to learn to make alternate things from scratch, quickly. I found this love of finding ways to make things from scratch that as closely resembled, and often tasted better than, things we could buy at the grocery store.
This then led to a ton of constant research into how foods worked for our bodies, then into ferments and probiotics, and then into gardening a lot of my own foods, harvesting and then preserving the harvest. And finally a deep love for all things self sufficient. I am nowhere near where I would like to be on the scale of self sufficiency, but I am always on the hunt for ways to incorporate more and more of it into our lives.
Cooking from Scratch
This is surprisingly easy. And so much tastier than some of the stuff you can purchase at the grocery store. There are often flavors from pre-packaged items that kind of get to me, that I was never really aware of before. I love that I can tweak things more to our tastes, like extra garlic, or less salt, etc.
Preserving the harvest
If you are going to be cooking from scratch, and growing your own food as much as possible, you are going to want to know how to preserve it for the off-season. I love the chemistry and art in both canning and dehydrating. I love working with groups of people to can big harvests and I love to teach others how to can. I am super excited to capture this in the blog and in videos!
Sourdough
I love to bake but have found that fresh flour and I do not get along. Took me years to figure it out. In my studies of nutrition and different ways to feed my family from scratch, I discovered that Sourdough is a fermentation process that helps break down the glutens that reek so much havok on my gut. I can eat a fully fermented slice of bread with no pains or bloating at all. Its still full of carbs, so not necessarily diet friendly, but O so delicious! and easy!!
So join me on this adventure of scratch cooking, sourdough, and canning and preserving the harvest. I so appreciate good company!
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