Cooking, preserving, brewing, and eating real food from the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Seasonal recipes from a kitchen that cooks what it grows and preserves what it can.
Before we start, what do you call it, ketchup or catsup?  Making ketchup has been at the back of my mind for quite a while now. I had read about a girl in our community who makes her own and I was l…
Read this recipeLately I’ve been playing around with sourdough… everything. Â In fact as I’m writing this I’m finishing up a sourdough sweet pumpkin bread , using winter squash that was looking a bit sad in the basem…
I’ve been enjoying my hot fermented carrots for a couple weeks now and will soon be making another batch. Well, actually the next batch will be different, as I’m going to try different flavors than th…
Meal-planning is an important part of our week. Â It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals. Â As locavores, it also makes eating locally much easier because we ta…
I’ve been baking tons of delicious sourdough bread lately (as in for the last several years!) and I’d love to share it with a new friend or neighbor. So if you live in the Kitchener/Waterloo area you …
Have you read the first part about soaking sprouting seeds ? Go back and do that now, then come back here! The main reason I’m so excited about alfalfa sprouts is the time it takes to make them. I beg…
Meal-planning is an important part of our week. It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals. As locavores, it also makes eating local food much easier because we tak…
Original Posted on November 12, 2013 by KITCHENR JON 8 Comments My family eats a lot of bread. A pretty average lunch for my assistants is peanut butter and jelly. Sadly peanut butter is not allowed a…
It’s about that time of year when I start planting seedlings . But those seedlings won’t give me anything edible for a few months. So in the meantime I wanted to grow something more immediately availa…
Locavore Meal Plan for Southern Ontario and Similar Climate Regions – February 3 – 9 We’re really happy with our new cookbook, 30 Minute Vegetarian . Sadly it’s not readily available on this side of t…
