Hungarian Mushroom Soup

Here’s the recipe for Hungarian Mushroom Soup in the Instant Pot. It’s a great use for mushrooms and it features a wonderful creamy broth that’s beautifully colored by the paprika. Yes, this is the same recipe that was published in The Moosewood Cookbook. I always make this with my homemade…

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Time for Homemade Sauerkraut

I love sauerkraut.  I love it on hot dogs.  I love to cook pork chops in it.  I can get other people to eat it if I make reuben sandwiches and pile on lots of kraut.  But I don’t like the crap from the store.  Sometimes I wonder if that…

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Brewing Kombucha At Home

Bottling Homemade Kombucha

I’ve been drinking Kombucha with my lunch lately.  I buy it at the local cafe for $3.95 a 12oz bottle.  Just today I realized I was breaking my own rules!  This crap is expensive and mine would most likely taste better, be better for me, and fun to make!  SO,…

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Pico De Gallo

Pico de Gallo

Pronounced peek-o-da-guy-o, the name in Spanish means Rooster’s Beak once you’ve had some, you will how why. This is better if it has a chance to sit overnight, but can be eaten immediately. Serve with nacho chips, add to fajitas, or just use in all Mexican cooking!

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Charoset

Charoset is one of the symbolic foods that Jews eat during their Passover seder every year. It represents the mortar that the Israelites used to make bricks while they were slaves in Egypt.  Here’s an easy recipe to make charoset. We actually made quite a bit of “clay” as the…

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