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Entries Tagged as 'food appreciation'

Kids Make Apple Butter

October 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Apple butter is just a hop, skip and jump from applesauce. So if you already know how to make applesauce, you are just a couple of steps from having apple butter. There’s no dairy in apple “butter.” But it is thicker and darker than apple sauce–another of the thousand or so uses for apples our […]

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Kids Make Pumpkin Muffins

October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

In my experience, the more ingredients, the better the muffin. That must be what makes these pumpkin muffins so good: two different kinds of flour, two different kinds of sugar, three different spices, buttermilk, ricotta cheese, vanilla. What’s not to like? Pumpkin muffins proved to be the perfect antidote to all the pickling we’ve been […]

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Kids Put Up Simple Dills

September 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

High on my list of priorities is finding a simple, satisfying recipe for vinegar-brined dill pickles that will store in the pantry for a long time. For purposes of my “food appreciation” classes, it would also help if the whole process–from cucumber to finished pickle jar–could be accomplished in less than an hour. Well, this […]

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