Winter weather continues, but slightly better I guess. However, we continue to have below zero temperatures. The cold spell has been the longest, below zero, cold spell I ever remember.
On the downside, more people are getting sick. My poor husband has to ride in a truck with a co-worker (part of the job), and his co-worker for the day was coughing. The worker wore a mask, and then took it off and left in on the console of the truck. My husband had to sanitize the inside of the truck after that. Praying he does not catch any of those nasty germs.
I've been dealing with sinus issues, and thankful for goldenrod tincture, mullein tea, ginger and peppermint teas and so forth. I never got any Four Thieves Vinegar (Rosemary Gladstar's recipe) made this past fall, and I do plan on making some next fall. I think "life" just took over my brain cells for a while. I am very thankful I had made homemade vapo-rub.
Deep cleaning? Well, not really. Mostly regular cleaning this week - running cleaner in the dishwasher, and the washing machine. You could say I'm cooking/baking my way through a kitchen cupboard too. I removed my recipe boxes before surgery, and placed them on the counter top to avoid lifting.
Apparently, while the recipe boxes were on the counter, groceries were placed in the cupboard, filling the space up. My oh my. It is sort of fun to meal plan, in order to free up that cupboard again. We also had a lot of ingredients, that I only purchase in abundance for holiday cooking, and we did not bake any cookies or treats at all. So far, I've reduced the all-purpose flour, some pasta, and peas. I also purchased more organic celery seed, and whoops, we already had enough for this upcoming garden year.
Sigh, it's so hard to believe that this is the last day of January already. Where did this month go?
I use organic celery seed often, and especially during garden canning season. If you watch prices (and use celery seed), you will notice that "ground" celery seed of any kind, is twice the price of whole celery seed (organic or not).I don't use celery salt too often, but I do use it, so I made celery salt from whole, organic celery seed. A "first" for me this year (woohoo to another "first time").
4 Tbsp. Ground Organic Celery Seed (grind and measure first)
3 Tbsp. Kosher Salt
Simply mix the following ingredients, and place in a spice grinder, or coffee bean grinder, and grind into a fine mix.
If you have a better mix of the two (different measurements for a better flavored salt), please leave a comment.
I use a smaller coffee grinder that is specifically used for grinding dehydrated or dry whole spices.
I store the celery salt in, either re-purposed spice jars (friends, family or neighbors can save these for you), or new spice jars.
Celery Seed ~ When you have an abundance (whoops) ~ Homemade Celery Salt © January 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
