Recipes

We’re still dealing with the heat of summer, but chilly mornings promise fall is just around the corner. With so many stone fruits in season now, it’s the ideal time …

Updated on 7/16/2024 to correct pickle brine ingredient listing. Brussels sprouts are great. They’re like that awkward kid from high school. You know, the one with the bad acne whose …

If you’ve harvested a bumper crop of red onions and you aren’t sure what to do with them, no need to despair, that’s where quick pickled red onions come into …

They say you can never have too much of a good thing. If you’re a garlic lover, you’ll no doubt agree this is certainly true when it comes to this …

In the realm of pickles, one, in particular, is always in my fridge – pickled garlic. More precisely, quick pickled garlic. Because sometimes you want crisp, crunchy garlic cloves ASAP! …

Hey herb gardener, that’s a good-looking culinary herb garden you’ve got there. And is that chamomile and lemon balm for tea? Nice. As an avid herb gardener, I’m sure you’ve …

When you think of summer, what foods come to mind? Hotdogs on the grill. Tall ice cream cones with rainbow sprinkles. Warm tomatoes, picked from the vine. If we keep …

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Fuel your body first thing in the morning. It’s called break-fast for a reason. Yeah, we get it. Breakfast is kind …

Too many raspberries is a tasty problem to have and a fun one to solve. Yet, harvesting and preserving a glut of raspberries takes some planning skills, especially if you’re …

If you haven’t discovered nettle leaf powder yet, now is the time to taste the amazing flavor you’ve been missing. That’s right, nettle leaf powder is something that you eat …

If I could only choose one “fruit” to grow, it would be blueberries. Infinitely snackable, sweet and slightly tart but low in sugar, these delightful berries are a summertime staple …

Are you picking strawberries at your favorite u-pick this year? Maybe you grow your own strawberries and have a bumper crop. Or have you dehydrated berries, and now you’re wondering …

A recent survey suggested that beets are the second most hated vegetable in the United States – being narrowly beaten by turnips. It’s not that they’re unlovable, perhaps they’re just …

Most of us know that dandelion greens are edible, but beyond that, how many of us have actually eaten them? Do you wonder how to pick them or when? Have …

Chamomile happens to be one of the oldest medicinal herbs known to man, referenced on ancient Egyptian papyrus as far back as 1550 BC, according to Traditional Roots, and yet …

Is there a better wintertime drink than hot chocolate? Here at Rural Sprout, we don’t think so. Enjoyed by young and old, this classic is the perfect way to warm …

I enjoy zucchini as much as the next person, and you have to admit that pattypan squash is pretty darn cute. But when it comes to filling that squash-shaped hole …

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose… Sounds about right to me as evening temperatures are dipping to just below freezing and glittering frost fills …

Tomato juice is a staple food that should be in every pantry and behind every cupboard door. A staple food being one that can be stored easily and eaten throughout …

Oh, folks, fall is finally here; isn’t it lovely? No more back and forth, with one day in the high 70s and the next rainy and cold. Fall has settled …

Start this now and enjoy it for the holidays. Today was a rainy fall day, one of my favorite kinds of fall days. The leaves on the trees always pop …

Cooking is one of the most important survival skills you can learn in this lifetime. That and foraging. Combine the two together and you can cook up fantastic and memorable …

These days it seems like everyone has a sourdough starter. And everyone is making bread. But once you jump on the sourdough bandwagon, you quickly learn there’s more feeding and …

Towards the end of the growing season, as the bounty starts to pile up, I reach for one recipe time and time again. When my kitchen counter is no longer …