Soup Weather ~ Dehydrator Weather

There is nothing better than to enjoy some crock pot Italian Soup during a cold spritz in May. It was a new recipe (Food.com), but I utilized some tomato sauce I canned last year, and dried herbs from the herb garden. Not sure what they meant by "brown" onion, but I used a yellow onion, and used fresh minced garlic (not from a jar). I also used sweet Italian vs. mild sausage (what was in the freezer), and it turned out delicious!

I'm taking advantage of these cooler weather days, and getting dehydrated items re-stocked.

I'm dehydrating ginger for tea making and other uses. I can also grind it as needed. I do freeze some as well, which has come in handy several times for homemade ginger-ale and other meals and recipes.

Has anyone, who uses a dehydrator, dehydrated turmeric root? I just froze us a bunch, but would like to dry some. How do you dehydrate it without staining your trays? Will it stain stainless steel if I layer it with parchment? I know it stains my hands when I go to peel it. I do use gloves. Anyone?

Today's reading from the book "A Year of Positive Thinking" by Cyndie Spiegel. It's a neat idea, and a great blog prompt if you are in a rut with what to post, or in a "rut" in finding joy in your life perhaps. I just thought it was worth sharing today. Perhaps a journal entry if you enjoy journaling?

We had zero rain yesterday and a load of wind. We are once again setting a date to till the garden.

Soup Weather ~ Dehydrator Weather © May 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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Horsetail Salve ~ A "first" this Year

We purchased some horsetail salve to try last year. It is said to help with severely dry, cracked skin. My husband was the first to try it, with very, very dry and cracked hands from work. He loves it! He joked I could not have it back. I started the infused, horsetail oil the last part of March. Something I learned: horsetail is also called shavegrass. I infused horsetail in oil, and strained it. I then made horsetail salve. I remembered to label my jar with what oil(s) I used, so I can journal this all in my "Herbal Remedies" journal. I often forget to write the oil used. Now, the one we bought, has more in it than I put in ours, as far as ingredients (the purchased salve had lanolin, and aloe). We'll see if ours works just as good. I added the sage essential oil, and vitamin E oil. A "first" time experience for us this year. I bought the larger tins at a seed store in an Amish area last year. They a...

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Chit Chat

The pickings are slim right now, but we'll take anything we are blessed with. I made a salad and cleaned the beans. The rain will give us more for a meal in a day or so. The green beans are every so slowly coming on this season. I made a batch of homemade granola, and instead of my homemade vanilla extract, I used my homemade Christmas Spice Extract. It smelled so good in the oven, and while cooling. I picked some purslane, and am doing an experiment with it this time. Update soon. Chit Chat © August 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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