Drinks

I love this time of year because the weather is just starting to get warm and the flowers are just starting to bloom. Spring is a great time of year to try new recipes using flowers like this recipe for easy dandelion iced tea.   You might wonder why in the world you would want…

I’ve been making my own kombucha for more than a year now. I always thought it would be too hard to make myself, but it turns out it is very easy to make after you get the hang of it. This is my favorite strawberry lemonade kombucha recipe. It’s one of my 5 favorite kombucha flavors…

I have been trying a lot of new dandelion recipes this year, like this easy recipe for dandelion lemonade. I finally have my husband convinced that it isn’t really necessary to kill all of the dandelions in our lawn.   It turns out that honey bees love dandelions. Dandelions are one of the first flowers…

How to Make Hard Cider from Apple Juice   I have been dreaming about making my own homemade apple cider from a cider press for many years. This year my dream finally came true! It was a lot harder work than I expected, but making apple cider with a cider press was a great success.  …

 I have been wanting to learn how to make cider for a long time. I still have fond memories of making apple cider with my grandparents on their farm when I was a kid. Every year they would pick up all the apples that had fallen on the ground at their small apple orchard and…