Mini Upside Down Peach Cobblers
My favorite peaches of all time comes from South Carolina. They’re some of the sweetest, juiciest peaches I’ve ever had. Unfortunately I was told by the farmer I get my peaches from that last week was the end of South Carolina peaches for the season. The peach season went by so fast! Even though I’ve never canned before, I had panicky thoughts of not being prepared with canning gear to can some peaches for the months ahead. It’s going to…
Carob Raspberry Loaf Cake
When creating recipes there’s always trail and error. I started the concept of this cake recipe about a month ago. The first time making this cake, it was too dry and very crumbly. So I had to go back to the drawing board. My desire was to create a rich tasting cake that resembled chocolate but was gluten free, dairy free and low in sugar. But I didn’t want to stop there. I’ve always liked the combination of chocolate and…
My Upsetting Experience with Paw Paw Fruit
I love fruit and never met a piece of fruit I didn’t like until recently. Before I go into my upsetting experience with paw-paw fruit, let me first say everybody is different. What one person can digest well, another person might not be able to digest at all. I’ll be documenting my own personal experience with paw paw as well as similar reactions others have had to this fruit. I will then leave it to your discretion whether or not…
Clean, Nutritious but Delicious Packaged Snacks
Here at Native Batch we believe in good nutrition. We’re also advocates for getting in the kitchen and cooking our own meals. It’s the only way to really control what’s in your food. I strive to eat in a low refined sugar, organic, non-GMO way so cooking my own food is necessary. Eating this way is also necessary due to my autoimmune issues and shingle flare ups. As we all know by now food can be healing or…
Sourdough Jalapeno English Muffins
I’m starting to really like peppers and I’m not talking about regular green or red bell peppers. I’m talking about spicy peppers like jalapeno and serrano. Maybe it’s due to my taste buds wanting more intense flavors. I did turn fifty this year and they do say when you start to get older your taste buds can start craving stronger flavors. Either way I’ve started buying spicy peppers at the farmers market. The only thing is they’re sold in pints…
Purslane: The Omega 3 Powerhouse
What would you say if I told you I love eating weeds! Would you look at me like I was crazy? Or would you agree and say I love eating weeds too! For the next couple of blog posts I’m going to be discussing “weeds”. These weeds were greens that back in the day used to be eaten like how we eat spinach and kale today but now they’re starting to make a resurgence back to our dinner table. When…
Heirloom Tomato and Arugula Pesto Turnovers
This is the first year where I’ve taken a deep interest in heirloom tomatoes. And that’s because in years past I’ve been skeptical about eating them. You see my digestion of tomatoes have not been the best in the past few years. For example every time I would eat a tomato or something tomato based, I would break out in a rash and my stomach would get upset. So I made sure to stay away from them. But a few…
Sourdough Cardamom Blueberry Coffee/Tea Cake
Cardamom is one of my favorite spices. I love to find different ways to use it. However cardamom is also one of the more pricier spices especially if you buy organic. Knowing I wanted to use cardamom for my cake recipe I checked my spice shelf to make sure I had enough cardamom. It turned out I only had a pinch of cardamom left. So that meant a trip to my local market. Normally I buy spices already ground up…
The Top 10 Reasons To Eat Amaranth Leaves
Three weeks ago I tried amaranth leaves for the first time. And since then every Saturday I’ve been leaving the farmers market with a big bunch of amaranth leaves. What I do with them is make a soup. While listening to some groovy sounds on my old 70s record player, I clean and cut up the greens then I go on to make a delicious amaranth leaf soup which lasts me almost the whole week. This is now my…
The Herb Stevia
Stevia is a highly misrepresented herb. Most people see stevia as being a white, sweet powdered substance designed to replace sugar. But this is far from what Stevia really is as an herb. This article will touch on the origins of Stevia, the make up of the herb, the benefits and what real Stevia is. The Stevia Plant Stevia otherwise known as the botanical name Stevia Rebaudiana is a small, leafy, perennial plant with its origins based in South…
