Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Adopted Motto
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Homemade Garlic Powder
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Making Garlic Powder Day
I finally got around to dehydrating garlic. I typically do this when I can open my windows, but saved this job for this winter.
I first started doing this all by hand - hand peeling, hand slicing then grinding. I sliced my cloves onto parchment paper this time. It just makes it easier to get it all into my coffee grinder to grind up.
I am dehydrating the garlic on 125°F in my Excalibur for 8 - 12 hours. I store garlic powder in an air tight jar in my pantry. Unlike onion powder, it will not collect moisture (best way to store my onion powder is in an airtight jar in the freezer). I use garlic powder in a lot of recipes.
Now, if you want minced garlic (which I need when I can Cowboy Candy), I chop it up in my smaller food processor. They have other tools for mincing, but that's what I have on hand.
I'm finishing up the last few hours of drying this morning, and will put them into a coffee grinder to grind down into a powder. One more job off the winter project list.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Normalcy
Now that the house is getting back to normal, I can get back to the kitchen.
I've been trying to squeeze in crochet time to work on the 11 "f" bombs. I have 7 more to make. In the midst, I'm getting some plans in motion for Christmas gifts for next Christmas. Thank goodness for my notebook.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
"Fire it Up" Herb/Spice Mix (aka Full Throttle Herb/Spice Mix ~ Good/Bad
There are so many nutritional and medicinal benefits of herbs and spices, so I won't go into detail of each one. However, I mixed the following together for their benefits, and tried it on eggs, on sandwiches, meats etc.
Although I called it "Fire it Up" we like to think of (or call it) "Full Throttle" because it fires up our "engines."
A body boosting, immune boosting, sickness fighter, overall health boosting mix.
First I picked dehydrated garden parsley, and my home ground garlic.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Fall Garlic Planting ~ Garlic Powder ~ Recipes that Use It
So, without photos of the barn clean up, I'll share my garlic. A frost is possible in a week or so, and I wanted this job done.
Last year I planted about 175 cloves of garlic.
Grand total so far: 226 cloves of garlic
Here are a few recipes (and links to recipes) I use my home ground garlic powder in:
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Fascinating Tidbits ~ Garlic Butter
Gladys were all pulled for winter. The bulbs have grown bigger over the years, and have outgrown their box. They won't survive the winter here outside.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Barter and other Tidbits
Hubby found someone at work who was willing to share some garlic. We bartered, and gave him a jar of homemade Cinnamon-Blueberry Jam.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Party's Over
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Record Low Temps ~ Dehydrating Garlic
Friday, August 30, 2013
Dehydrating Garlic ~ Making Garlic Powder
Dehydrating garlic was next on my list of "to-do's," and to make garlic powder from my home grown garlic. Some of my followers have probably already made homemade garlic powder, so forgive me if it's a boring post. This is a first time for me.
We were gifted garlic two years ago, and planted all of them in the garden in the fall. I dug them up the next season, and repeated that for one more year, expanding our harvest this year.