Category Archives: Spice Rack

Canadian Northern Spruce Tip Salt

I adore my spruce tips, I use them in many ways.. I always make spruce tip salt and spruce tip sugar, I make a full pint of each every year for cooking though out the year to come. While the … Continue reading

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Spice Rack Challenge-Basil

Well, I know that its summer and I should be doing a summer recipe, but its basil, and I love the stuff but mainly use it in winter, its my go to spice for soups and stews. Lamb Stew with … Continue reading

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Spice Rack Challange Mint- Pretty in Pink Farmgal Jam

I know, I know, Late again, its been a crazy month, and I am honestly just trying to get back in the swing of things but when I saw the lovely amazing posts of the rest of the Mint Spice … Continue reading

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Spice Rack-Coriander

I like Coriander to use with my lamb and goat meat dishes, I do buy premade curries that have this spice in them as well. I decided to share one of my favorite homemade sauces as this months share, this … Continue reading

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Spice Rack Challange-Cardamon

Well, first off, I have to admit that I don’t know or use this spice, I had in fact to go buy it or borrow it, as it was part of my March Challange, buying it was out, so I … Continue reading

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Turmeric

Turmeric was not a spice that my mom really used in our family at least not that I can remember, I had read about it in a number of health books and knew that it was a herb with a histroy, … Continue reading

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Spice Rack Challange-Citrus

Ok, I will admit that adding zests could be considered Spices, they have been used that way for a long time so it made sense but my first though was HUH, Citrus is not a spice, took a bit to … Continue reading

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Spice Rack Challenge-Rosemary

So this months spice is Rosemary and as it happens I didn’t find out about this challange for a bit, so the deadline is on friday, and Thursday’s evening dinner is planned and made and so needed to come up … Continue reading

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