Scratch Cooking

I’m always searching for quick and healthy snack ideas, and they come in especially handy during a long day working out in the garden.  I’ll pop in the house for a glass of water, and a quick energy boost.  The problem is, unless I have something planned ahead of time, my mid-garden day snack ends up being a bowl of cereal.  Not exactly nourishing, and lacking a bit on staying power.

In the past, we’d make homemade lara bars by mixing dates, dried cherries and pecans in the blender, but all that fruit sugar goes right to the brain.  The trick to wholesome energy balls is more nuts than fruit and healthy fats for balance.

On that note, I’m so happy to introduce Sharon from The Honour System.  She’s a food blogger that focuses on whole food and healthy meals, to honour your body.  She created this cranberry coconut energy ball recipe just for y’all.  Enjoy!

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Pumpkin is just one of those flavors that goes well with cream.  Instead of worrying about topping your homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream, try making pumpkin cheesecake.  This easy pumpkin cheesecake recipe doesn’t need any topping to steal the show at your holiday table.

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Goat meat probably isn’t the first thing you think of when you imagine tender, juicy, fall off the bone roasted meat.  Well, at least if you live in the US or most of the western world.  In many places, goat meat is the first choice for protein, and it’s amazingly flavorful and tender if you know how to cook it.  One of the most forgiving cuts goat leg, and a properly slow roasted goat leg will top a beef pot roast any day.

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I began growing ground cherries nearly a decade ago, and at this point, our garden wouldn’t be complete without them.  Hidden amongst row upon row of savory vegetables, ground cherries are a sweet treat and a much-deserved break while out weeding.  The problem is, once they really start to bear fruit in the early fall, there’s no stopping them.  Single ground cherry plants can grow 3-4 feet tall and produce quarts of fruit.

Eventually, the ground cherry harvests start to overwhelm my garden snacking and buckets of them come into the house at once.  Homemade ground cherry jam is one of my favorites, and the fruits make a wonderful homemade wine or mead.  Still, the harvests keep coming, and it’s time to get creative.  I’ve scoured the internet and here are the best ground cherry recipes I could find.

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