FRESH PRINCESSThere's nothing like a homemade buttermilk rusk dipped into a hot cup of tea. This recipe was inspired by Ouma Buttermilk Rusks, a South African favorite. I wanted the texture of Ouma, with a taste far superior than store bought. These are flavored with buttermilk and a little bit of whole wheat flour, reminiscent of a gram cracker/scone perfectly made for dunking. This recipe was carefully developed for not only flavor but texture, they have to soften up just right when dipped into tea. I've made each of the recipes that I found online and found them all lacking something; this recipe was inspired by a recipe submitted by a subscriber's Mom, thank you Glenn and Val. I made a few changes but Val's recipe got me on the right track. Make these delicious little biscuits for your afternoon tea time, you'll be glad that you did.
INGREDIENTS 700g/6 cups all-purpose flour 260g/2 cups graham flour or whole wheat flour 25g/2 teaspoons baking powder 3g/1/2 teaspoon baking soda 11g/ 2 teaspoons sea salt 154g/5.5 oz butter 100g/1/2 cup coconut oil 480g/2 cups buttermilk 170g to 200g/ .85 cup to 1 cup sugar (depending upon your preferred sweetness. I prefer less sugar) 100g/2 large eggs
DIRECTIONS Sift all of your dry ingredients together (sugar is considered a liquid in baking) and set aside. In a separate bowl combine the buttermilk, eggs and sugar. Whisk well until the sugar dissolves. Place the butter and coconut oil into the dry ingredients and rub thoroughly until the mixture resembles coarse sand. You want all of the flour to be moistened with the fat. Add in your buttermilk mixture and mix until just combined. Knead 3-4 times to bring your dough into a cohesive mass. Cut into 50-60g/2oz balls, roll between your palms to elongate slightly and stack on end in a 9”X9” baking dish. Bake for 1 hour in a 330°F/165°C oven. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before inverting pan and separating rusks. Pull the rusks apart at the seams lay them out in a single layer on a large sheet pan. Reduce your oven to 240°F/115°C and bake them for 3 hours or until dry all the way through. Flipping each rusk 180° every hour. Allow to cool completely before storing in an air tight container. Enjoy.
To learn how to scale recipes watch this video: goo.gl/56yCV1 To scale the recipe to fit a 1/4 sheet pan I use 1440 total g of flour…the rest of the calculations are your homework.
Percentages are as follows: 100% FLOUR: 75% all-purpose flour, 25% cups graham flour or whole wheat flour 2.6% baking powder .34% teaspoon baking soda 1% sea salt 16% butter 10.4% coconut oil 50% buttermilk 18-20% sugar (depending upon your preferred sweetness. I prefer less sugar) 10% egg
RUSKS: Homemade Buttermilk Tea Biscuits (Ouma Style)FRESH PRINCESS2017-04-14 | There's nothing like a homemade buttermilk rusk dipped into a hot cup of tea. This recipe was inspired by Ouma Buttermilk Rusks, a South African favorite. I wanted the texture of Ouma, with a taste far superior than store bought. These are flavored with buttermilk and a little bit of whole wheat flour, reminiscent of a gram cracker/scone perfectly made for dunking. This recipe was carefully developed for not only flavor but texture, they have to soften up just right when dipped into tea. I've made each of the recipes that I found online and found them all lacking something; this recipe was inspired by a recipe submitted by a subscriber's Mom, thank you Glenn and Val. I made a few changes but Val's recipe got me on the right track. Make these delicious little biscuits for your afternoon tea time, you'll be glad that you did.
INGREDIENTS 700g/6 cups all-purpose flour 260g/2 cups graham flour or whole wheat flour 25g/2 teaspoons baking powder 3g/1/2 teaspoon baking soda 11g/ 2 teaspoons sea salt 154g/5.5 oz butter 100g/1/2 cup coconut oil 480g/2 cups buttermilk 170g to 200g/ .85 cup to 1 cup sugar (depending upon your preferred sweetness. I prefer less sugar) 100g/2 large eggs
DIRECTIONS Sift all of your dry ingredients together (sugar is considered a liquid in baking) and set aside. In a separate bowl combine the buttermilk, eggs and sugar. Whisk well until the sugar dissolves. Place the butter and coconut oil into the dry ingredients and rub thoroughly until the mixture resembles coarse sand. You want all of the flour to be moistened with the fat. Add in your buttermilk mixture and mix until just combined. Knead 3-4 times to bring your dough into a cohesive mass. Cut into 50-60g/2oz balls, roll between your palms to elongate slightly and stack on end in a 9”X9” baking dish. Bake for 1 hour in a 330°F/165°C oven. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before inverting pan and separating rusks. Pull the rusks apart at the seams lay them out in a single layer on a large sheet pan. Reduce your oven to 240°F/115°C and bake them for 3 hours or until dry all the way through. Flipping each rusk 180° every hour. Allow to cool completely before storing in an air tight container. Enjoy.
To learn how to scale recipes watch this video: goo.gl/56yCV1 To scale the recipe to fit a 1/4 sheet pan I use 1440 total g of flour…the rest of the calculations are your homework.
Percentages are as follows: 100% FLOUR: 75% all-purpose flour, 25% cups graham flour or whole wheat flour 2.6% baking powder .34% teaspoon baking soda 1% sea salt 16% butter 10.4% coconut oil 50% buttermilk 18-20% sugar (depending upon your preferred sweetness. I prefer less sugar) 10% egg
We often think of back to school in terms of supplies: pencils and binders, backpacks and tablets, too often relying on the schools to provide adequate nutrition to fuel those hungry little minds.
I have a special guest for today's Philosophy Friday, Heidi of mindfulyoumindfulme.org, a mindfulness educator and occupational therapist stoped by to chat with us about how to integrate mindfulness around mealtime. Good nutritional choices begin with awareness, when we teach kids how to be present they are more equipped to handle what Heidi calls 'big feelings' allowing them to identify when they are eating for comfort or for nutrition. Attention is a skill and when children are taught you to notice things like how certain foods affect their mood, they can begin to develop a palate for wholesome nutrition foods that fuel their minds and body. When a kid is nourished they are more alert, less distracted and better able to focus on the task at hand. And this doesn't just pertain to growing minds and healthy attitudes toward food in our children, but to us adults whom they look to for modeling. Heidi offers some very specific exercises that we can all practice to bring more awareness into our mealtimes. Back to school is a perfect time to integrate new choices and eating habits into mealtime.
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SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook: goo.gl/KrScu5 Pinterest: pinterest.com/freshpcooks Instagram: instagram.com/freshprincesscooks Twitter: twitter.com/CorrinCPhillipsTAMING the DRAGON [Fly]! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-08-15 | A joyful little dragonfly washing herself in the sun after an unforeseen wave washed her to shore. Here's the cutest thing on the internet right now. I uploaded it to Facebook and in 4 days it was viewed over 5 million times. My first VIRAL VIDEO. Save Bugs!
Dragonflies eat hundreds of mosquitos and are symbolic representations of those who have crossed over. Watching this cute girl preen herself after washing ashore will forever change how you see these beautiful creatures.
MUSIC Inner Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300021 Artist: http://incompetech.comALL About BEES. NO treatment! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-06-22 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil All about bees from a permaculture, no treatment approach. Caught on camera, my bees actually swarming; there are thousands of bees in my garden. The entire event took less than 5 minutes. It was really remarkable to look up and see thousands of bees pouring from my hive and into the garden. This was a swarm that I caught last year, I'll link to that video below. Generally I would have followed them on foot and tried to capture them to instal in an empty hive, but since I was pressure canning, I couldn't leave. Four days later, I found them again, or at least, I think they came home again, this time on the east side of our property, moving into the empty hive that I was hoping to fill. Divine providence? I like to think so. The wisdom of the bees and my interactions with nature seem to become more serendipitous the less I interfere. In this video I talk about my philosophy of beekeeping, and why the hives I have are not beneficial to the bees, how we can learn much about observing bees in the wild and alter our management practices to benefit the bees first, ourselves second. I don't take honey from my bees, but we get plenty cleaning out hives that do not survive the winter. Eventually i'd like to build hives that are habitat hives, thick walled, insulated nest cavities that resemble natural wild nests, but for now, I'll figure out a way to insulate the hives I have. I've also included a little clip from a recent workshop given by Michael Thiel of Gias Bees. Michael is the most influential beekeeper I know.
MUSIC Frozen Star by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100356 Artist: http://incompetech.comHow to Make Reusable Beeswax Wraps and GIVEAWAY!! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-06-20 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil Making Beeswax fabric wraps at home is a rewarding project, not only is it a great way to use up scraps of old cotton, linen or silk fabric, you can recycle old dress shirts and bed sheets giving them new life. These wraps are made using beeswax, pine resin and jojoba oil, they are very sticky and will stick to themselves, holding their shape whether it be adhering to a cereal bowl or wrapping up a sandwich or handful of granola. When you are done using them, simply give them a rinse in warm water and shake dry. I'm giving away three sets of three to those who enter the giveaway.
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To make these at home you'll need: an old pot and stir stick beeswax, pine resin and jojoba oil Everything you need is here: goo.gl/BU2L8m 100% natural fiber fabric: cotton, linen, silk a piece of craft paper or a paper grocery bag cut open to line your work space. You'll be blotting the wax sheets on this paper.
You can use equal parts beeswax to resin, for extra stick, but I prefer slightly more beeswax in a 1.4:1 ratio, so for every lb of resin you'll want 1.4 lbs of beeswax. The ratio of jojoba oil is .3:1 of your beeswax. So if I'm using 1lb of beeswax, that's 1/3 lb, or 5.3 oz of jojoba oil, for the rest of the world, I used 640g beeswax, 500g resin and 210g jojoba oil for a large batch. Convert to percentages to scale it down for just a few sheets. This amount treated approximately 3 yards of fabric cut into various size pieces. The sizes I find most useful are:
(in inches) 6X6 $3.00 8X8 $3.00 10X10 $4.00 14X14 $6.00 16X16 $8.00 - sold out 20X20 or 20X24 $10.00/$12.00 - sold out
(in centimeters) 15X15 20X20 25x25 35X35 40X40 50X50 or 50X60 for large loaves of bread or party platters
Now you see why I love the metric system so much, it's so easy to calculate and the sizes make much more sense when scaling.
Melt the wax, resin and oil in a pot over LOW heat. Do not leave teh pot unattended; wax has a low flame point and you do NOT want a giant candle on your stove, trust me. Low heat is enough to completely melt the wax without burning you when you touch a corner of the fabric after removing it from the pot.
Once melted dip your small squares of fabric into the pot starting with the smallest first until you get a system that works for you. Carefully remove the dipped fabric allowing it to drip for a few seconds. Work quickly as they dry in seconds. lye flat on your blotting paper and turn over a time or two until your fabric begins to stiffen. It will dry before you finish dipping the second piece. Rotate through this process until you've gotten all of your fabric covered. If you have extra wax, you can pour it into a container to store for another day. simply remelt it when you're ready to make more.
WASH your hands with lotion, soap and water won't touch the wax.
Reuse, gift them to friends, make little bags from them and say goodby to ziplock sandwich bags for good. I LOVE them for storing cheese and covering bowls of leftovers. Let me know how you plan to use them.
MUSIC 7th Floor TangoThe Scariest Hangover EVER!! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-05-18 | There is a simple cure for the worst hangover ever, simply do it again. Ride it again, face your fears. Do it.
It has been 7 years since riding Sedona's Hangover Trail. In this video I ride it again, this time with friends and a lot of moral support. Sedona is a world class mountain bike destination, the trail system here is unrivaled. Not only is it one of my favorite places to ride, it's a really sweet little town as well. There are numerous galleries representing countless artists, new agers, fortune tellers, restaurants, cold springs running through an impossibly beautiful landscape of red rock. It you haven't been on a road trip through the southwest, put it on your bucket list. Sedona is an easy place to spend some quality time. The restaurants are wonderful, the people friendly. My favorite restaurant is Elote Cafe, a southwestern inspired take on Mexican cuisine. Jeff Smedstad is a master chef, his food always delights.
MUSIC Ghosts of California by Wes Hutchinson Way Out West by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org Kicked Up Pumps by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://audionautix.comA Side of Las Vegas You Havent Seen | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-05-14 | You know the saying, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, well, not when I'm invited it doesn't.
Here's what GP and I did for 4 days in Vegas. Gambling and shows are not needed when you have friends like these. It was non stop. Ok, here's a hint: there was a wedding, a pull up contest, friends, magical underground springs that sprang into a cave, there was camping in the Mojave Desert, climbing giant sand dunes, kisses, mountain biking and beer swilling, bread making good times. Thank you to our hosts we've never had such a great time in Las Vegas. Ever.
MUSIC Acoustic Guitar 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://audionautix.com Lost Cowboy by Coyote Hearing The Gunfight by Everete AlmondHiking Yosemite National Park in FLIP FLOPS!! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-05-11 | This is the most beautiful place I've ever been. It feels like 'home' to me but at the same time otherworldly. Hiking in Yosemite on our recent trip through northern California, was my first hike in 5 years. Last year I underwent bilateral stem cell injections in both hips and hadn't been able to walk much let alone hike. Today I hiked nearly 8 miles up the steep rocky trails of Yosemite National Park.
But this video isn't really about my inappropriate choice in footwear, as my tribal name could very well be shewhowearsinappropriateshoes, but rather the beauty and majesty of this national park treasure. The footage is driving through a small town in northern California named Murphey's, then over the Sierras and into Yosemite. We spent three days in the park. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take a photography class from the assistant to Ansel Adam's assistant photographer. I include snippets of video from that photography class as well as our experiencing hiking the steep trails up out of the valley. Having recently undergone stem cell injections into my hips, this was my first hike in YEARS. It felt glorious, snow and all.
Thank you Victoria from Maine.Homestead.Project, goo.gl/Xc8sSe, for choosing me to carry the torch. Here are 30 mundane and bizarre facts about me. If you've ever had a burning desire to know about my 7 deadly sins, weird animal encounters, first love, the thing I work on DAILY, what I cook when there is only 10 minutes before big people begin eating the little ones, then this video is for you, you sicko. No, just kidding, not really.
MUSIC As I Figure - Latinesque by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100323 Artist: http://incompetech.comHummingbird Love | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-04-11 | Hummingbird love is rescuing a dazed hummingbird and setting her free. I got a call that there was a slightly disheveled hummingbird that needed rescued. So I do what I do and drive down to retrieve the bird and bring her home for a hearty meal of nectar, a recipe that is one part water, one part sugar, a cozy bathroom with heat lamp and some tender loving care. An hour later she takes flight. Here is my morning with the wee little Rufus hummer.
MUSIC Terminal D by Silent PartnerStarting an Orchard: 72 Apples Tasted, 5 Varieties Chosen | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-04-04 | Garden Tips: 2 Genius Tricks I learned at the HOS Test Gardens. There are few things more satisfying than growing your own fruit. Here are two brilliant tips for solving the gardens dilemma of permanently labeling fruit trees and how to grow grapes along a fence, without sacrificing your fence or your vines. It’s genius. Last fall I was fortunate enough to get to taste over 100 apple, pear, quince and grape varieties. I chose my 5 favorite apple varieties as root stock. My five favorite apples of all time are grafted and ready to be planted. The Home Orchard Society has an arboretum at Clackamah Community College, I take a tour in early spring to see what’s blooming. Here’s a peek into their gardens.
MUSIC As We Go by the 126ersThe Avalanche That Buried My Husband and 3 Friends | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-04-03 | The avalanche that buried my husband and three friends with it was the closest to death any of them had been. Here’s the story of what happened back country skiing on our latest trip to the North Cascades. The beginning of this video is footage from our ski trip, the avalanche shown was a simulation cut from that footage. I wasn’t skiing the day the cornice broke free taking my ski partners 1,000’ down the mountain, but to get an idea I’ve put together footage of before and after the event. The key with avalanche safety is to NEVER put yourself in an area that could slide in the first place, never ski or snowboard under wind loaded cornices, never go into the mountains, skiing, snowboarding or mountaineering without safety equipment and always know the snow conditions and check them at every elevation. Attend avalanche training courses in your area, in the Pacific Northwest the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) is a wealth of information about reported slides and snow conditions for Oregon and Washington state, find the organization in your area and check conditions daily; even then, slides happen. Life is dangerous both on and off of the couch, but the beauty and majesty of being in the mountains is as much a part of my spirit as breathing is. We have all been humbled but his experience, thank God each of those boys walked away from this event. Here’s the story.
MUSIC NirvanaVEVO by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp Artist: http://chriszabriskie.comHookup Culture from a Philosophical Perspective | Philosophy Friday | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-04-01 | A critique of hookup culture looks at the modern American phenomenon of sex without emotional attachment. Hookup culture is not just a pervasive acceptance of casual sex, it's very nature is more sinister and oppressive, for both men and women, than it might appear. In this video I approach the topic from a cultural and individual perspective, asking the questions that we each need to consider: what does sex mean to me. The implications for engaging in sexual activity without engaging our emotional selves has deep biological implications for the health and wellness of the individual as well as a culture. In her article for The Atlantic, 'Coercion and Conformity and Despair': A Feminist Critique of Hooking Up, Hope Reese passionately outlines the personal implications that underly today's casual approach to sex. My summery of her article is an intimate look into human sexuality and the implications our choices has on our overall wellbeing. Today we are seeking enlightenment and to wake up, but waking up into one's divinity has a serious implication to waking up "into sexual freedom".
SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook: goo.gl/KrScu5 Pinterest: pinterest.com/freshpcooks Instagram: instagram.com/freshprincesscooks Twitter: twitter.com/CorrinCPhillipsPro Tips for Growing Organic Fruit: Tree Pruning & Spray [Permaculture] | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-03-28 | Spring is a busy time in the garden. Here is what you need to consider right now. My approach to organic gardening and planting borrows from both permaculture and biodynamic practices, pulling my inspiration from nature I integrate a multi canopy approach. That means fruit trees in my garden, providing shade and wind protections while maintaining small micro-climates and pulling nutrients from deep within the soil. Nature doesn't produce tidy rows of vegetables and using nature as my inspiration, neither do I. Instead you'll find a tangle of crops: nectar rich flowers, berries, trees and vegetable all interplanted, hedged by pungent herbs and beneficials.This approach reduces pests, increases microbial activity in the soil, feeds and builds the soil by intercropping, green manure and utilizing overstory and mulch to keep the soil covered year round. Gardening is a science, but it's also an intuition, it's my way of connecting to the earth and the food we eat, producing habitat for the local song birds, bees and reptiles that live and feed within. Organic gardening and permaculture not only produce healthier plants and vegetables, but nourish and feed the soil, which in essence is what gardening really is, soil farming. Before I'm a grower of food, I'm a tenser of the dirt so why wouldn't I grow in a manner that puts the dirt first? In the spring I focus on pruning my fruit trees: apple, apricot, pear, plum, quince and persimmon. spring is also the time to spray trees with copper and omni oil to prevent leaf curl, blight and fungus diseases. Copper is approved for organic gardening, and is best applied before leaf break. It's a natural fungicide and prevents leaf curl and many fruit tree diseases.
MUSIC Comfortable Mystery 4 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100535 Artist: http://incompetech.com Second Nature by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://audionautix.comHow to Make Olive Oil Soap at Home Using Natural Ingredients [No Cook RECIPE] | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-03-24 | How to Make Soap Using Kitchen Ingredients: Olive Oil and Coconut Milk. Learning how to make olive oil soap is a game changing skill. You’ll never go back to store bought detergent bars again; they’re called detergent bars because most commercially available soaps are not actually soap at all, but industrial detergents. This how to video will teach you basic soap making skills. This recipe for olive oil soap uses coconut milk instead of water for a rich and emollient bar that is perfect for dry or combination skin. It’s a mild cleansing bar that you can use every day both in the shower and at the sink. This recipe is for 1lb/500g yielding 3 large bars, but I’ve included the ratios below so you can scale the recipe to fit your molds. I use organic full fat coconut milk without any thickeners such as carrageenan, Natural Value is a good brand, as is Native Forest. I also use extra virgin olive oil, you can get good deals in bulk. Olive oil soap (castile) is the most gentile of soaps, I’ve added a little bit of coconut oil for its cleansing properties and also for it’s hardness; this is the perfect soap for those wanting a milk soap that is vegan and plant based. You can make this soap using 100% olive oil, substituting coconut milk for the water and yield a delicious bar that is milder and perfect as a complexion bar.
DIRECTIONS Wear gloves, goggles and cover all of your skin. Freeze coconut milk. Measure out all of your ingredients using a kitchen scale. Get my favorite inexpensive scale here: goo.gl/jcvtJz Outside or under ventilation, slowly add lye to the frozen coconut milk; take 5 minutes to incorporate all of it. Pour the lye mixture into your oils and stir to combine. Begin blending on low in 30 second intervals, stirring without the motor periodically. When light trace is achieved, pour into molds and allow to cure. In the summer I’ve found 22 hours is sufficient, in the colder months 40-48 hours was needed. Remove from molds, cut, if using soap stamps emboss now and stand soaps on end to cure for 6 months, rotating sides for even drying. They will shrink about 10% when fully cured.
YouTube is killing my channel either that or their plotting a sinister ploy to disenfranchise small creators who want to create quality content in favor for live feeds and daily bloggers; it's not that daily posters aren't awesome, I have so much respect, but for those of us who put a lot of time into our content to create the best entertainment we can, we've been unfavorably penalized by the new algorithm. It's so sad to see your work being sabotaged. Huge subscriber losses after uploads, subs being unsubscribed, notification not being sent.
For two years I published 150 videos a year, but the past year I've not been motivated to create as doing so I seem to loose more subs than gain. This is my rant or update or heads up, whatever you want to call it. I'm getting discouraged.
SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook: goo.gl/KrScu5 Pinterest: pinterest.com/freshpcooks Instagram: instagram.com/freshprincesscooks Twitter: twitter.com/CorrinCPhillipsHow to Create the PERFECT Recipe: RUSKS! | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-03-19 | How to turn your kitchen into America's Test Kitchen is a video about creating the PERFECT recipe in your own home kitchen. You don't need secret formulas, or a bunch of fancy equipment, just a curiosity and preferably a list of ingredients. In this video I'll show you how break down two recipes using bakers percentages to compare them side by side. I'll teach you how I narrow down my on line recipe search and analyze the finished product. This final analysis is what I use to develop my own recipes that will include the attributes and flavors that I'm going for. Recipe testing, or recipe development is a skill that comes with practice, but here I'll show you how to go about a systematic approach to eliminating recipes that won't work for you and discovering recipes that will. Sometimes the secret ingredient hard to find recipe is just an experiment away. Here's the link to the perfect RUSK: youtu.be/qFDr7kbB3_E
MUSIC Words by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://audionautix.comIs Trust Necessary for Love? Philosophy Friday | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-03-15 | The burning questions of human existence have been asked throughout the millennia, what is love? What does it mean to trust? and ultimately is trust necessary for love? Today's Philosophy Friday attempt to tackle these BIG questions by unraveling the concepts of both love and trust. Sit back, grab a cup of tea and let your mind weave and unweave it's own concepts of what this question means to you and SHARE your thoughts below. Your thoughtful and kind exchanges with one another is what makes our YouTube community so special. I treasure you and your thoughts. Thank you for being here.
MUSIC Wigs by RiotIs Birdie Sanders Afraid of a Little Pussy? Pet Rooster Meets Cat | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-03-10 | Our cat, Tallulah, was a rescue, and as the saying goes, she's a very curious girl and pretty much is the owner of her domain, indoors. Our rooster, Birdie Sanders, is the alpha of the farm and rules the roost outside. Eventually the two will meet and I wanted to make sure that Talullah respects the hens, so who better than to establish the pecking order than the big guy himself? In this video the cat and the rooster meet for the first time. What could possibly go wrong? They've seen each other through the windows, but today I bring the rooster into the house to meet his sister, Tallulah and maybe put her in her place a little bit.
Alchemists Tower - Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100632 Artist: http://incompetech.com1 Pot, 5 Ingredient Pasta con Ceci (Pasta w/ Chickpeas) [ Frugal Family Food Challenge] | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-01-27 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil Pasta con ceci, or pasta with chickpeas, is one of those deliciously simple recipes that you can make using just 5 basic ingredients that you likely have in your pantry: pasta, chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. In this video I show you a few chefs tips to make the best pasta con cici ever: the addition of parmesan rind and how to get the most flavor from your tomato paste. This dish comes together in about 20 minutes and can be scaled up to feed a large family or made as is to serve two. I add freshly grated parmesan cheese and rough chopped parsley as garnish, served with a green salad and you have a delicious healthy plant-based dinner for two. One pot, 5 ingredients, 20 minutes till dinner. This recipe is genius. For the complete recipe visit Food 52: goo.gl/IXiPa3
This video is part of the Frugal Family Food challenge put together by Tangi, The Cavers Wife and Amanda from The Fundamental Home, head over to Frugal Family Food playlist and see more inexpensive ways to feed your family: goo.gl/rkNuCW
MUSIC Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300002 Artist: http://incompetech.comHow to Make Soup From (Almost) Any Vegetable with Chef Evan | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-01-16 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil How to make soup from (almost) any vegetable or Soup 101 is a basic primer on how to make vegetable soups using what you already have in your refrigerator or pantry. Chef Evan shares his process of making delicious soups at home without using a recipe by building flavor through making delicious stock, how to use aromatics and herbs to maximize their flavor and how to decide which vegetables are best in the soup vs. in the stock. He shares his culinary expertise as well as tips on making perfect stock every time and how to use an immersion blender for the creamiest consistency. Learning a few basic chef tips can maximize flavor, reduct the cost by saving costly ingredients as the main focus while using scraps that otherwise might be thrown away to make delicious rich stock or vegetable broth. His tips on how to make delicious vegetable broth have changed how I approach stocks…don’t bother chopping, just toss it in the pot. Share this video with the soup lovers in your life: youtu.be/CNLG41JobDU
Soup Making 101 1. Assess the larder, what do you have to work with? 2. Choose a flavor profile: fragrant herbs, toasted seeds such as cumin/mustard/fenugreeek, fresh bright herbs like parsley and basil, spicy/curry. What are you aiming for? 3. Consistency: chunky, hearty, smooth, brothy 4. Heat your pan/oil/aromatics 5. Cooking method: brown, roast, sweat, poach 6. Liquids: broth, water, juice, cream, purees 7. Meld flavors, cook together just enough to bring everything together. 8. Add creams/herbs/acid 9. Taste and make any minor adjustments 10. Blend if doing so 11. Garnish, go wild here. Garnish a tomato soup with 'cheese sandwich croutons' a vegetable soup with pesto, a squash soup with yogurt and chili, etc.
MUSIC Dub Eastern by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200046 Artist: http://incompetech.comMejadra: Lentils & Rice - Yotam Ottolenghis Recipe from Jerusalem | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2017-01-10 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil The best rice dish ever has got to be Yotam Ottolenghi's mejadra, or as some know it mujaddera, or simply as lentils and rice. It's an easy plant based recipe where lentils and rice are cooked with spices and served under a mountain of fried onions. What's not to love? In this video I show you how to make mejadra using a recipe from Otolenghi's book, Jerusalem. His signature style is to take a classic recipe and breath new life into it, here he does that by adding coriander seed, cumin seed, allspice, turmeric and cinnamon. What I love most about this dish is that it is so economical, using pantry staples while being exotic at the same time. In this video I show you how to fry perfect onions every time and which rice is best for making mejadra. I serve mejadra with a simple dollop of yogurt or a simple cucumber salad made of cucumbers, garlic, red onion, cilantro and a little lemon juice. The fresh sour salad pairs beautifully with the earthy warm lentils and chewy sweet fried onions. This dish is not only delicious, it's healthy as lentils are packed with plant-based protein and loads of fiber. If you enjoy this recipe, please leave a comment and subscribe for more like this. Not only do you learn how to cook this dish, but you learn why technique matters when making simple food delicious. This is a recipe the whole family will love, and to me that’s comfort food at it’s very best. The entire recipe is here: goo.gl/tGUO3V (I make one change and that is to reduce the coriander seed to 1 tablespoon, I find 1 1/2 to over power the dish a bit.)
This English toffee recipe is so easy and so delicious, it might be the best I've ever had. The best part is that it comes together in one pan, you can cover it with chocolate and nuts, or leave it plain. You don't need a candy thermometer, just a watchful eye and a sense of color. This is an old family recipe that I make every year for the holidays, Christmas just isn't the same without this simple almond toffee. For those of you who love Almond Roca, this is exactly like it, but better. Almond Butter Crunch INGREDIENTS 2 cups slivered almonds 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons invert sugar/Lyle’s Golden syrup or corn syrup 9-12oz/3/4 bars good quality dark chocolate, I prefer 70% or darker, chopped 2-3 cups walnuts, chopped finely DIRECTIONS Line a 1/2 sheet pan with parchment and butter it. Set aside. In a large saucepan combine the butter, sugar, corn syrup and almonds. Cover it with a lid and cook over medium heat until butter is melted. Stir or swirl the mixture just as much as you need to keep the nuts from browning on the bottom of the pan. Once it starts to boil, don't stir, just swirl (or flip as I do, careful it’s hot). Once it boils continue biting for 5-6 minutes. You want a golden color with some toasted almonds, but not dark brown like you do for caramel, it’s a natural leather color. The end temperature will be between 300-310F/149-155C. Immediately spread the toffee out onto your buttered sheet, even it out with a rubber scraper.
Cover the toffee with the chocolate and let it set for 3-4 minutes to melt. Once the chocolate is all glassy and melted, spread it out and cover the entire surface with chopped walnuts. That’s it. Cool in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before breaking into shards. Store cooled toffee in a sealed container.
This is the best ginger cookie recipe I've had yet. These cookies are soft, tender and deliciously gingery. You can add more ginger by including crystallized ginger available here: goo.gl/bdSSfu but they are just as good without it. For me gingerbread is the taste of Christmas and since these cookies freeze beautiful, they are a wonderful recipe to include on your Christmas or holiday cookie tray.
Gingerbread Molasses Crinkle Cookies INGREDIENTS 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened1/2 cup vegetable shortening 3/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup dark brown sugar + more for coating 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses2 large eggs 4 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1 tablespoons ground ginger 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cloves 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets. In a large bowl sift together flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter, shortening and both sugars until light and fluffy and beat in molasses. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture until just combined. In a small shallow bowl put 1/2 cup brown sugar. Form dough into 2-inch balls and roll in sugar. On baking sheets arrange balls about 4 inches apart. Bake cookies in batches in middle of the oven 13 1/2 -15 minutes, or until puffed and golden. (Cookies should be soft.) Transfer cookies with a metal spatula to racks to cool. Makes around two dozen cookies.
SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook: goo.gl/KrScu5 Pinterest: pinterest.com/freshpcooks Instagram: instagram.com/freshprincesscooks Twitter: twitter.com/CorrinCPhillipsThe Jankiest Toy Ever: Christmas Week Review | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-12-18 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil This week's haps: His goal was to get through the winter without buying one of these. I called it the jankiest toy ever. But hey, whatever floats your boat over snow right? I get winter toys, if they help you love winter, then fill up the garage. Winter is playtime. I on the other hand, got the BEST 'toy' EVER and she needs a new name. Can you help me name her?
My dear girlfriend is visiting for Hanukkah, so a couple of us got together over chili and cornbread, merriment and dancing.
Birdie Sanders and Eggnog experienced snow for the first time in their young lives. I went 'quail hunting' and fed our local hummingbirds. We also found a perfect Christmas tree claimed, partially, in a landslide. The best part? It has CONES!
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MUSIC Angels We Have Heard by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=004&page=1 Artist: http://incompetech.com You're free to use this song and monetize your video, but you must include the following in your video description: Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100368 Artist: http://incompetech.comAre Opinions the Same as Judgments?: Philosophy Friday | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-12-17 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil Opinion vs. judgment, how do they differ? Do our opinions shape our world view? Do they shape how we interact with each other? Do they define us? Do they define others? Is a judgment a prejudice? How do they alter our sense of truth? How do we form judgments? Is there a way to become less judgmental? What is compassion? How do you become compassionate? Brené Brown defined compassion as perspective taking, how do you define it? These are some of the questions posed in this week's Philosophy Friday video. Your thoughts are very much appreciated, so add your voice to the dialog, interact with one another, get the conversation going. You are welcomed here.
Marshmallows Makes approximately 48 gluten-free marshmallows INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cup/333g water, divided 1/4 cup/40g unflavored gelatin 2 1/2 cup/500g granulated sugar 1 cup/319g light corn syrup/invert sugar (instructions for inverting sugar: goo.gl/jC1gla) 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped 1-2tablespoons pure vanilla extract Confectioners’ sugar/cornstarch (for dusting): 1/4 cup/31g powder sugar 1/4 cup/28g cornstarch DIRECTIONS Pour 3/4 cup/167g water into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk and sprinkle with gelatin to bloom, 5-8 minutes. Place 3/4 cup/167g water, sugar and corn syrup in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.When the temperature reaches 240F/115C, remove fro heat. Mix water-gelatin mixture on low speed and slowly stream hot syrup down the sides of the mixing bowl. Add vanilla, bean seeds and extract. When the syrup is fully incorporated, increase the speed to high. Whip mixture until thick and nearly room temperature, 12-15 minutes. While marshmallow mixture is whipping, prepare a 9X13” or 10”sq baking mold/pan by coating it lightly with oil. Sift together the powdered sugar and the cornstarch in a small bowl, generously dust coated pan with 1/2 the mixture. Coat your hand and rubber scrapper in oil, pour and scrape marshmallow mixture into pan. Smooth out, dust the top with the remaining powdered sugar mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 4 hours before cutting. Turn marshmallows onto parchment and cut into desired shapes. Dust the sides with he remaining powdered sugar-starch mixture. Store in an airtight container for two weeks for optimal freshness.
Adapted from the WONDERFUL book Little Flower Baking by Christine Moore (Prospect Park Books, 2016)
Heat your oven to 250F/120C. Pop your corn over medium high heat. Place popped corn in a large metal bowl and keep it in the oven to stay warm. In a large saucepan over medium high heat melt your butter, sugars and salt. Stir continuously to dissolve the sugar. Once the mixture starts to boil, stop stirring. Cook to 248F/120C. Remove from heat, stir in baking soda until well combined. Pour over your warmed pop corn, stir carefully so as not to break up the kernels. Mix well. Return to the oven for 45-50 minutes, stir ever 15 minutes. Cool. Store in an airtight container.
My Grams’ note reads: “I hope you enjoy this, I think this is the best I’ve ever eaten, that’s why I put the four stars in the top corner of the card.” Maxine Crone
You are all going to be so jealous when you hear my new news. Not only is her new cabin darling, the vineyard setting, the swimming pond, the teepees, the pear orchard and those luscious grapes (they were so delicious). This place is a winemaker/jam maker's dream come true. Not to mention she's only one mile down the road nestled into my favorite orchard in the valley. This VLOG is with one of my dearest friends, Mo, aka MoMo, as we stroll through a picturesque Oregon Vineyard in the autumn.
Elderberry Tonic is your best herbal defense against cold and flu season. Recommended dosage: 1 teaspoon a day of this phytonutrient, antioxidant rich syrup as prevention for colds and flu, 4-5 tablespoons a day if symptoms arise. Made with wild elderberries and raw honey it also serves as a wonderful healthy cough syrup. I use it as I do honey, spooned over plain yogurt, drizzles over pancakes/waffles/granola, roasted pears or a natural sweetener in smoothies, tea or warm milk. However you take this immune boosting elixer, I guarantee that it will be the best tasting natural 'remedy' you've ever had. Fermentation give this antioxidant rich syrup an extra probiotic kick so once again, let food by thy medicine. Natural treatments, which are preventative, are the best recipe for good health.
This wonderful Wild Hungarian Mushroom Soup recipe is not only tasty, it's: simple, delicious, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo and grain-free. It's kind of the perfect food, a one bowl meal. I use a combination of mushrooms: shitaki, crimini and chanterelle, but don't let this limit you, use any kind of wild mushroom, a combination of various mushrooms or simply white the white button mushrooms that are readily available. This recipe is so simple coming together in just over 30 minutes.The soup gets better with age, so I suggest you make the full recipe and enjoy it throughout the week. It's kind of a perfect food, rich, delicious, plant based and so good for you. The 'cream' comes from a mixture of pureed sunflower seeds and raw cashews proving a rich creamy base that is high in vitamin E and important trace minerals such as magnesium, copper and phosphorus. Quick, easy recipes that are high in plant-based protein are the perfect one bowl meal to get you through winter.
Read up on the health benefits of shitaki mushrooms: goo.gl/Rrfwb
Hungarian Mushroom Soup INGREDIENTS 2 cups mushrooms, chopped (I use more) 4 onions - chopped 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped (I use more) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup cashews 1 1/2 cups water 1 cup sunflower seeds 2 cups water 1 tablespoon dill weed 1 1/2 tablespoons paprika 2 1/4 - 3 teaspoons salt - to taste 2 tablespoons Beef Style Seasoning* - to taste (recipe below) 1 bunch pasrsley, chopped 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1 tablespoon lemon juice Water or stock to cover
DIRECTIONS In a large pot sauté the mushrooms, onions, and celery in oil or water over medium heat until translucent, 3-4 minutes. Blend the nuts/seeds with water until very smooth. Combine with the sautéed vegetables. Add seasonings and simmer for 20 minutes. Add parsley, nutritional yeast and lemon juice, adjust seasoning to taste and enjoy.
*Beef Style Seasoning can be ordered online from Mother’s Marketplace or you can make your own.
Beef Style Seasoning INGREDIENTS 12 bay leaves 1 cup Italian seasoning 1/4 cup dried coriander 1/4 cup dried sage 1/2 cup garlic granules 1 1/2 cups onion granules 1 1/4 cups salt 1/2 cup celery seeds 2 cups dried green pepper 2 cups dried red pepper 1 1/3 tablespoons paprika 1/2 cup sucanat, or unrefined sugar 4 cups nutritional yeast 1/4 cup Herbamare brand herbed sea salt 2 cups dried parsley
DIRECTIONS Blend all ingredients into a fine powder. Store in a sealed container. Use as you would beef bouillon. It’s great as a coating for tofu as well.
MUSIC Hookah Bar by Silent PartnerThe Last Time Ill Do This: VLOG no.12 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-10-18 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil
Saying goodbye to summer is always bittersweet; the end of kiteboarding and lazing on the beach, friends whom we only see when we travel to the coast, the ease of summertime. What I don't miss is the hectic 'get it now or you'll miss it' feeling that's woven into every summer day, the carpe diem that accompanies a fleeting season. I miss the impromptu get togethers of summer, but I welcome the introspection and quiet turning inward of fall. This VLOG is from our last day on the Oregon Coast, an impromptu dinner party with friends to celebrate the end of summer. I show you how to make one of my favorite lentil dishes, French green lentils with celery and orange, a simple lentil dish that can be eaten cold as a salad or warm as a side dish, either way It's delicious. Cooking vegetarian or plant based recipes in the camper is easy when you have a few basic skills. This lentil dish is great as an accompaniment to seafood or as I serve it here, with a green tomato frittata or spooned over a big green salad with bread.
The mighty Pacific Ocean pulses through my veins, I feel it's rhythms within. It's what I miss the most, but come springtime, it's what I look forward to more than anything else. That cold salty sea is as much a part of me as any piece of land could ever be. It's where I'll return to someday, and likely where I came from.
MUSIC Vacation Uke by ALBIS Tidal Wave by Silent Partner Pressure by Riot Pina Colada by Silent PartnerApple Tasting: - Here are My Favorites: VLOG no.11 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-10-16 | SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/3tcyil
This might not be the nerdiest thing I've ever done, but it's one of them, or maybe it's just a sign of settling into middle age and geeking out with other like minded fruit enthusiasts, but whatever it is: Sign. Me. Up. In this VLOG I dig into the permaculture idea of integrating fruit trees into the landscape whether you have a small farm or a large garden, matters not, we could all benefit from adding more edible plants and trees into our landscape design. As a cook, I'm concerned with the qualities of each of the fruits I plant, so being able to taste each variety before deciding upon which trees to purchase was huge. I'll be grafting scion wood in the spring, and preparing the soil for my new apple, pear, persimmon and fig trees. Watch this video to see which are my FAVORITE varieties of apples, pears, and grapes as they are the ones that will be planted in my garden. How to tips, and a brief education of soil will be in a forthcoming video. You don't need a bunch of property to farm, you can start farming on an city plot. Just decide what you want and start planting because biodiversity matters.
MY FAVORITE APPLE & PEAR VARIETIES Calville Blanc D'Hiver - (s) firm tart, cooking, fresh eating Bramley's Seedling - (ps) firm tart, high acid for cider or juice, sauce Esopus Spitzenburg - (s) firm tart, fresh eating, cider, baking Golden Russet - (s) firm sweet/tart, fresh eating, sauce, cider, storage Northern Spy - (s) firm tar, baking (pies specifically), fresh eating Ashmead's Kernel - (s) firm tart, fresh eating, juice, drying, cider Belle de Boskoop - (s) crisp sweet, aromatic, fresh eating, juice, cooking Rubens - (s) crisp sweet, aromatic, fresh eating, juice Wickson Crab apple - (s) firm sweet/tart, sweet, cider, juice, pectin stock, fresh eating, cooking Willie's Sharp - (s) firm tart, cider, juice, fresh eating D'Arcy Spice apple - (ps) crisp sweet aromatic, juice, fresh eating, cooking Zabergau Renette - (s) crisp sweet, aromatic, fresh eating, a good cheese apple, juice
MUSIC Bass Walker - Film Noir by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200071 Artist: http://incompetech.com Carefree by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400037 Artist: http://incompetech.com Comic Plodding - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100457 Artist: http://incompetech.comFinding Joy: Philosophy Friday | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-10-14 | For some sadness can feel like one's light has been extinguished. Days fade into months where life becomes joyless and dark. This feeling often stems from a loss, a sense of being powerless or ineffectual or prolonged feelings of hopelessness. In this video I demonstrate a simple roll play that allows you to shift your perspective away from avoidance and toward resolve calling on the universe/God/Divine Energy - whatever YOU call the spiritual realm - to help you see more clearly. It's often the subtle shifts enlightenment or consciousness that allow us to move beyond that dark, stuck place to a place of more fluidity. Clinically we've labeled this experience depression, melancholy, seasonal effective disorder, or SAD for short, the blues, an existential crisis, name it what you will, but it's our bodies unhealthy coping mechanism to being disconnected from ourselves and others. I hope this video sheds light into the darkness by providing an alternate philosophy to help you cope with these cyclical transitions in life. #self improvement
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MUSIC Luminous Rain by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100169 Artist: http://incompetech.com❤️ Can We Adopt Him? ❤️ VLOG no.10 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-10-01 | Both Glenn and I are in love with Bode. I mean, who wouldn't love this little boy. Ok, adoption isn't an option because his parents kind of like him too, but we did offer to babysit. WHICH WE NEVER DO. Despite Dad playing a mean game of chase the minion, this little dude is amazing. Who wouldn't want to adopt a little guy covered in food, especially if it were marshmallow and chocolate? Here we make s'mores on the fire, an easy recipe to make with kids, using gram crackers, chocolate bars and toasted marshmallows. There's also a curious thought of mine about shoppers behavior in in grocery stores, mainly, why do people take their carts out of the store, but never once stop to bring a cart in with them from the parking lot? So this is my part to raise the consciousness of doing what is needed, especially when it's is something as simple as bringing a trolly into the store with you, it's simple shopping etiquette. You're going that way anyway right?
MUSIC Bounce House by Silent Partner Backed Vibes - Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100422 Artist: http://incompetech.comDont Eat Pad Thai Without This: VLOG no.9 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-30 | If you're not eating your Pad Thai with Nam Pla, you're eating it wrong. What is nam pla? Its a delightfully stinky condiment made of fish sauce, fresh Thai chilis, sometimes lime and sometimes garlic. The recipe varies, but what doesn't vary is how it transforms pad/phad Thai from a sweet noodle dish to one that sings from the treetops, seriously. You need to try this the next time you go out for Thai food or hit up your favorite food cart for some street food. I also head out to my brothers to pick elderberries, steal some wine and spend the afternoon on the porch stemming berries with the chickens.
MUSIC Atlantean Twilight by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100322 Artist: http://incompetech.com As We Go by the 126ers At Rest - Romance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100748 Artist: http://incompetech.comPlanting a Giant Sequoia: VLOG no.8 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-28 | What have I been up to? Well, yodeling for seals, kite surfing the Oregon Coast, digging up dirt in the cascades, planting baby sequoias and planning my permaculture garden, that has plenty of plants for the animals, flowers for bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and for us. Planting using organic methods benefits the environment and the health of the plants and and animals and insects that feed in and on my garden. I stopped by Portland Nursery for wintergreen - I use the berries to flavor my root beer kombucha - and ended up buying vegetable starts for my winter garden and a bunch of flowers for next spring’s glory. Garden store are hard for me to resist.
MUSIC Gymnopedie no 1 by Satie Gymnopedie no 3 by Wahneta MeixsellWhat We Learned: VLOG no.7 | Fresh PrincessFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-25 | Here’s what we learned at this years National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, California: biodiversity is not only awe inspiring, it’s vital to support as diverse a food system as we can for the health of our environment and our species. Look at the sheer number of squash varieties from all over the world! It’s incredible and I didn’t even document a fraction of the varieties on display. The same goes for tomatoes, melons, garlic, corn, the variety is staggering. We traveled to California for this three day event to learn from speakers, vendors and other gardeners and food enthusiasts who are all interested in preserving our cultural food heritage. Dani Hari, aka Food Babe was there, Ronnie Cummins, the director of Organic Consumers Association presented, the team behind US Right to Know spoke. This event draws people from all around the country, on stage were authors, chefs, activists, scientists and educators all coming together to learn tips on how to build a sustainable food system by utilizing smart farming practices, seed preservation and biodiversity. AND we learned the proper way to store and brew puerh - pu-erh - puer tea. It was fantastic.
MUSIC Banjo Hop by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Artist: http://audionautix.com Guts and Bourbon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400032 Artist: http://incompetech.com Alto Loma Terrace by Wes HutchinsonLook at the Size of Those Melons: Traveling with Mrs. Wranglerstar Vlog no.6 | Fresh P organicFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-23 | Sometimes you just need to call it as you see it. This video is a short snippet of Mrs. Wranglerstar and my girls weekend in Santa Rosa, California at the annual Heirloom Expo. I've included brief videos of a few of the wonderful speakers and vendors at this year's expo including, David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner's, Katrina Blair, a wild weed eater, Alice Doyle owner of Log House Plants of Oregon and many others who are tirelessly working to increase the IQ of American eater, gardeners and policy makers. You'll get a feel for why GMO's are threatening Oregon's seed crops, what awesome vegetable varieties you need to be planting, what drinking vinegars are and why the environmental movement is also a food movement. Organic gardening, sustainable farming, permaculture plus the best drinking chocolate on the planet and how to shape a straw basket, really, really well. Mrs. Wranglerstar is a blast to travel with.
MUSICHow to Make Wholegrain Mustard | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-22 | This quick tutorial lays out the instructions of how to make delicious, simple homemade pub-style mustard from scratch, in less than 10 minutes of prep time.
RECIPE Wholegrain Beer Mustard with Fresh Hops 3/4 cup brown mustard seeds 1/3 cup yellow mustard seeds 1 cup hoppy bear A handful of fresh hops soaked in 2/3 cup raw apple cider vinegar 2 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons brown sugar, maple sugar or sucanat 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground Juice of one lemon
DAY 1 Soak the mustard seeds in the beer and refrigerate overnight. Infuse the vinegar by soaking the hops in the vinegar overnight.
DAY 2 Place all of the ingredients into the bowl of a food processor (or blender) and process for several minutes or until you get your desired consistency.
Sterilize 3 half-pint jars, lids and bands by boiling them for 5 minutes. Fill them with mustard, wipe the rim and cover with lids and seal with bands. Keep refrigerated. This mustard needs 2 months for the flavors to develop b
MUSIC Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100863 Artist: http://incompetech.comThe Most Dog Friendly City Ever: Vancouver Canada VLOG no.5 | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-21 | My VLOG no.5! For our girls weekend we traveled to the incredibly dog friendly city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Cana:da for good coffee, shopping, eating in little cafes and hanging out with my dear friend Casey and her Incredible Boxer, Ruby Tuesday. Casey owns a boutique clothing store in Hood River, Oregon, so we went to drop off her son Gabe at college and do a little recon of the shopping district. Fun, fun, fun.
Vancouver restaurant recommendations: Bao Bei in China Town Happy Spot Cafe for noodles The Birds and the Beets for coffee Ask for Louigi for weekend brunch Chambar for a fancy lunch DAVIDsTEA for tea
MUSIC Arcadia - Wonders by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100326 Artist: http://incompetech.com Carefree by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400037 Artist: http://incompetech.com Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod Ex Boxer by Riot Dub Eastern by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200046 Artist: http://incompetech.comHerb Infused Honey: Hops | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-20 | Cooking with hops is easy to do, especially when you begin by making this simple two ingredient infused honey. Think of it as an herbal honey and use it wherever you want a little bitterness, tempered with honey's sweetness. This DIY video will show you how to make infused organic honeys of all kinds, a simple recipe to improve your health and increase the nutrient content of your diet. I also share with you the health benefits of cooking with hops and integrating hops into your diet. This easy to grow weed, will find it's way into your gardens next year, no doubt. Loaded with phytonutrients, with antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, hops are a medicinal plant that you need to cook with. Hops are not just for drinking, they are food so bust out your gardening gloves and plant some.
MUSIC At Rest - Romance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100748 Artist: http://incompetech.comThats Illegal in the States You Know VLOG no. 4: Vancouver, BC | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-18 | Would you fly to another country in search of the best food, or in this case, the best waffles in the world? What about flying for an illegal bean? What if they were dripping with salted caramel and topped with cardamom ice cream? This travel vlog captures my journey to Vancouver Canada, traveling by plane to meet my girlfriend for a long weekend to eat, shop and drive home together. I love traveling, especially with friends. Here's how it all went down traveling for Tonka beans.
MUSICIts Really Happening: VLOG no.1: Unboxing/Harvesting/Cooking | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-03 | Yep, it's happening, I'm VLOGGING. I blame my brother, but whatever, this is my first VLOG, numero uno, #1! so leave me some love mail/hate mail/I want to see more __________ mail. Basically I want to hear from you. What do you think of VLOGGING, do you enjoy the little glimpses of daily life? What are dying to see? In this VLOG I unbox a couple of birthday gifts, one from Glenn and one from a subscriber, I save some moss from sudden chicken death, harvest vegetables for dinner and crack open one of my bee hives, a fairly typical day here.
MUSIC Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100765 Artist: http://incompetech.com unboxing farming recipesThe Balch Hotels FAMOUS Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-09-01 | If you're searching for a truly exceptional chocolate cake, that is rich, moist and nearly impossible to mess up, search no more, the Historic Balch Hotel's FAMOUS chocolate layer cake is fail proof. This delicious chocolate cake is perfect for Birthday's, but you'll want to make it for any holiday celebration. Chocolate layer cake filled with chocolate ganache, it's easy to make and so delicious.
MUSIC Avocado Street by Wes Hutchinson Backyard Vibes by Kevin MacLeod Side Path by Kevin MacLeodA Little Controversy is GOOD | Fresh PFRESH PRINCESS2016-08-30 | I hate to admit, but I like a good controversy every now and again. Then I answer a few subscribers questions.