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The Gifts of Scratch

The Gifts of Scratch

Dear Readers, A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my new cookbook, Scratch, is live on Amazon and ready for pre-order. Well, I wanted you to know that if you’ve already pre-ordered it or you’re ready to pre-order now, you are eligible to receive four free gifts from me! Just fill out the form on […]

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Cooking from Scratch Just Got Super Easy!

Cooking from Scratch Just Got Super Easy!

The other day Gary from Prepress walked by my office and told me he’d been prepping my cookbook, Scratch, for the printer and commented that all the recipes looked so good and so easy. “But,” he said, “I’m afraid. I’m afraid I’ll mess something up. Is it really as easy as you make it look?” […]

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Homemade Nondairy Yogurt

Homemade Nondairy Yogurt

by guest blogger Stephanie Eckelkamp, senior associate editor at Prevention magazine I’m in a minor predicament: Regular milk-based yogurt makes me feel like garbage, but most nondairy yogurts taste like junk and contain sketchy additives (e.g. controversial carrageenan) to give them that traditional yogurt texture. Blech. So, what’s a yogurt-lovin’ clean-eating foodie to do? Roll up […]

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Maria's Favorite Tools for the Modern Organic Homesteader

Maria’s Favorite Tools for the Modern Organic Homesteader

While traditional homesteading meant to live like, well, a homesteader—one whose life was built off the land, thriving on self-sufficiency—today’s modern homesteaders don’t all fit into the Little House on the Prairie image you may have in your mind. In fact, modern homesteaders don’t all live on prairies or even farms, nor are they all […]

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WTF Is Nooch?! And Other Vegan Lingo Explained

WTF Is Nooch?! And Other Vegan Lingo Explained

by guest blogger Gillian Francella, writer, editor, and newly converted vegan What is a world without the gooey goodness that is a basketful of melty mozzarella sticks or a crockpot stuffed to the top with macaroni and cheese? When I first became a vegan, it seemed this new world sans dairy products was going to […]

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Go-To Seed Bars

Go-To Seed Bars

  by guest blogger Patricia Helding, owner of Fat Witch Bakery and author of Fat Witch Bake Sale Even a couple of days after watching the Super Bowl, you’re probably still saying to yourself, “What was I doing, dipping that many taco chips into that multi-layered dip that many times?” Forgive yourself the indulgence and […]

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Best of Maria’s Kitchen: Mashed Potatoes from Scratch

Best of Maria’s Kitchen: Mashed Potatoes from Scratch

 Guess what? Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen turns 6 years old this month! And I just realized that in those six years I’ve shared almost 200 recipes! One of the reasons I started this blog in 2008 was to have a place to collect all of my recipes. And now that we’re rounding the corner on […]

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Goose, Barley, and White Bean Soup

Goose, Barley, and White Bean Soup

One of my earliest memories of my grandmother involves this soup. We lived on the same farm as she and my grandfather (JI Rodale), and her kitchen was always open for us to run in and out of. My little brother and I were raised like farm animals and found food wherever we could, and […]

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