Welcome to The Rootsy Kitchen, where simple, from-scratch cooking meets the timeless art of food preservation.
Alongside easy baking mix treats, allergen-friendly substitutions, and waste-cutting kitchen hacks, you’ll also find guides to canning garden harvests and fermenting foods for long-term flavor and nutrition.
Whether you’re simmering a batch of jam, learning to ferment sauerkraut, or whipping up quick weeknight dinners, Rootsy helps you make the most of every ingredient while keeping meals wholesome, practical, and full of homemade goodness.
Help loved ones get started on a canning journey or make their adventures more fun and efficient with this gift guide for the home canner. The ideas here range in price from frugal to luxurious. All of them are favorite tools of ours and while some are expensive you can rest assured that they will …
When someone says “fermented cabbage,” your first thought is typically sauerkraut. It’s usually the first recipe someone tries when venturing into the fermenting world, but homemade vegan kimchi is just as easy and oh so delicious! Kimchi can be intimidating at first for a lot of people, not just making it, but even eating it. …
Creamed honey is a thick spreadable honey that is easy to make at home. Best of all, you only need one ingredient….honey. There are several ways to make creamed honey – you can use “seed” honey or crystallized honey. What is creamed honey? Creamed honey, sometimes called whipped honey, spun honey, and churned honey is …
Preserving food through fermentation is one of the oldest preservation methods and has made a big comeback over the last few years. Fermenters and homebrewers need fermentation jars, crocks and other equipment to practice their craft. Here’s a list of fermentation supplies that also make great gifts. Supplies for Vegetable Fermentation To successfully ferment vegetables …
Cranberry Sauce is a mainstay for most holiday tables. Kick it up a notch with this homemade Spiced Orange Cranberry Sauce! Whether you buy fresh cranberries in a bag or go foraging for some, this recipe is perfect. It’s roughly enough for 5 half pints of sauce, which gives you enough for the holiday dinners, …
If you’re looking for a healthy homemade breakfast muffin this fall, look no further than this easy to bake up pumpkin lentil muffin recipe. And while lentil muffins might sound a bit odd, the legumes are completely hidden inside delicious baked goods for a hit of protein and vegetables that no one will ever know …
Homemade crockpot applesauce is one of the easiest ways of preserving apples. This step by step recipe is perfect for canning applesauce or (freezing). Start making applesauce today! The wonderful thing about this homemade crockpot applesauce recipe is it is very easy to make adjustments to make it 100% your own! You can just as …
Combine all the flavors of Autumn in one big bowl with this delicious harvest salad with applesauce vinaigrette. Roasted winter squash, pecans, wild rice, and apples make a hearty fall salad. Highlight all the flavors of seasonal fall foods in one easy to make bowl. This fall salad takes a few steps of cooking to …
Canning pumpkin is a great way to preserve the harvest. If you have a root cellar, squash will store for up to six months. But for those without a root cellar, canning is a good way to have shelf stable pumpkin all year long. Butternut squash or any winter squash with the exception of spaghetti …
Herbal simple syrups or sugar syrups are easy to make and a fun way to preserve herbs from the herb garden to use all year long. Learn how to make mint, basil, lavender and other herbal syrups in this guide. Herbal infusions can be anything from a simple tea to a medicinal tincture. Basically an …