Pantry

Salsa Roja is an authentic Mexican spicy salsa made with tomatoes and chilies.  Use it to top tacos, grilled meats, or to make eggs. Salsa roja, meaning red sauce – …

Learn how to make apple cider vinegar at home with this easy recipe.  All you need are apple cores or scraps, water, sugar, and a clean jar. When it’s ready …

Lemon extract is a great way to add flavor to your foods. While it is expensive to buy, it is easy and cheap to make quality extract at home. It …

Israeli grilled chicken seasoning, known as grill oaf in Hebrew, is one of my favorite spice blends.  Use it as a spice rub for the grill or sprinkle it over …

Schmaltz is rendered chicken fat and has been essential to Eastern European Jewish cooking for centuries.  It is traditionally used for frying or spreading on bread but you can use …

Homemade mint extract is easy to make and a great and cost effective alternative to buying the over priced little bottles.   Mint extract is great to keep around the …

Drying mint leaves for tea is a perfect way to store it until and through the winter.  When your ready place the leaves at the bottom of a cup or …

Butternut squash puree can be used as a natural alternative to canned pumpkin.  Just replace pumpkin puree with this butternut squash puree in your favorite pumpkin recipes. Butternut squash puree …

This dairy free pesto recipe hales from Italy, is made without nutritional yeast, and is so good you’ll be hard-pressed to tell that it is vegan! Serve over pasta for …

This dairy free spicy mayo is extremely easy to make. It can also be made on the spot and takes less than a minute to put together. Serve on the …