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2June 19, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Simple Strawberry Vanilla Sauce

This strawberry sauce calls for only 3 ingredients – it’s an easy, versatile preserve.

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0June 2, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

Five Things Friday: 6/2/17

How to justify chocolate chips for breakfast, a new favorite watering tool for the garden, the most adorable house-swap you’ll ever see, my everyday beverage carry, and why no one goes out for lunch anymore.

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895July 30, 2014Food Preservation by Erica

Do You Need To Heat Milk For Yogurt Making?

I recently chatted with my friend Margaret Roach on her radio show, A Way To Garden, about yogurt making. One of the things we discussed was if home yogurt makers can skip the traditional step of heating the milk to 180-degrees and then cooling it back down to 110-degrees for culturing. As it turns out,…

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2February 26, 2014Cooking by Erica

Beet and Apple Salad with Yogurt-Dill Dressing

My kids love this salad. It’s full of big, chunky pieces of roasted beets and apple, and has a mild, creamy dressing. And it’s bright pink, which adds to the fun. If you want something a little more sophisticated than a Barbie Ferrari colored salad at the dinner table, just spoon the dressing over the…

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17January 10, 2011Food Preservation by Erica

Yogurt Making: How To Add Some Culture To Your Day

Last August my husband and I embarked on a no spend month challenge.  We allotted ourselves $300 (jointly) in spending money.  We had to make that $300 count: all our groceries, gas and incidental spending had to come in under $300 for the month. Since we had never done this kind of thing before, I…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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