Family Recipes
MEAT; Main Dishes
VEGETABLES
- How to Ferment Vegetables
- Avocados.pdf ~ avocado cilantro dip; how to freeze avocados--no more waste
- Beans ~ including Paula's Yummy Baked Beans, homemade Canned Pork & Beans (calls for 1 qt tomato juice / 2 lbs beans and requires pressure canner), Amish prepper bulk (8 lbs) Pork & Beans recipe, Instant Pot Pork & Beans, Dutch Oven Franks and Beans, the difference between pork n beans and baked beans, and the difference between Navy Beans and Great Northern Beans.
- Broccoli Guide: misfitsmarket.com/learn-about-broccoli-varieties-broccolini-rabe-crowns
- Broccoli Homemade Garden Veggie Soup (commonsensehome.com)
- Brown Rice ~ Instant Pot recipe link
- The Amazing Benefits of Cauliflower (01:38); Cauliflower is one of many cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage and kale. While commonly known for its white color, it also comes in purple, green and orange varieties. Cauliflower is a very versatile vegetable that shows up on relish plates, can be sautéed in stir-fries, pickled with onions, roasted on skewers and can even be mashed.
- Cauliflower Guide: misfitsmarket.com/what-the-heck-do-i-do-with-this-cauliflower
- Coleslaw-Basic-recipe.pdf ~ reduce vinegar
- Creamed Green Peas.jpg ~ infographic: Thanksgiving classic
- Cucumbers-w-sour cream dressing.pdf ~ a summer favorite
- Cucumber Onion Salad (commonsensehome.com)
- Kale Guide: misfitsmarket.com/what-to-do-with-kale
- Mushroom Guide: misfitsmarket.com/mushroom-cremini-portobello-guide
- Mushrooms: Just 5 of These a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Known as a superfood for immortality, the Porcini variety was the clear winner for high levels of the antioxidants glutathione and ergothioneine, which are anti-aging & help keep disease at bay. They're heat-stable so you can enjoy this tasty longevity wonder cooked or raw.
- Omelet-Muffins.pdf ~ eggs & vegetable side dish made in muffin tins
- Pepper Guide: misfitsmarket.com/pepper-guide-bell-serrano-jalapeno-shishito-habanero-anaheim-poblano
- Potato Guide: misfitsmarket.com/national-potato-day-recipe-ideas
- Pumpkin-Squash-Cooking.pdf ~ guide to cook pumpkins or winter squash; common sense home recipes, tutorial, tips
- Pumpkin-Squash-pasta.pdf ~ made with flour and pumpkin or winter squash pureé
- Pumpkin Soup-Grill Cheese croutons.pdf ~ Creamy Pumpkin Soup with Grilled Cheese “Croutons”
- Radish Guide: misfitsmarket.com/radish-produce-guide-watermelon-red-daikon
- Salad Lettuce Guide: Lettuce Guide: misfitsmarket.com/butterhead-romaine-iceberg-leaf-lettuce-guide
- Salad, Loaded: loaded-salad.jpg ~ low carb photo inspiration
- Salads Without Lettuce: misfitsmarket.com/salads-that-require-zero-lettuce
- Soup: How to Make the 3 Basic Types (with infographics) ~ Brothy Soups, Chunky Soups, Creamy Soups
- Spinach Food Facts Guide: foodfacts.mercola.com/spinach.html
- Succotash.jpg ~ my annual classic for Halloween
- Sweet Potatoes or Yams:
A frequent debate is ongoing regarding whether yams are sweet potatoes and vice versa, but there's actually a difference. While one has a slightly higher nutritional profile, both are extremely good for you. Fiber is one reason, as are vitamins and minerals, but yams have one powerful compound sweet potatoes don't.
- Sweet-Potatoes-roasted.pdf ~ all kinds of different seasoning options, by common sense home
- Sweet-Potato-Hashbrowns.pdf
- Sweet Potato and Spinach Frittata with eggs & cheese
- Spaghetti Squash Guide: misfitsmarket.com/spaghetti-squash-taste-flavor-recipe-inspiration
- Squash Guide: misfitsmarket.com/misfits-market-squash-guide-winter-summer
- Squash-Chips.pdf ~ garlic parmesan yellow summer squash slice chips
- Tomato Guide: misfitsmarket.com/differences-between-tomatoes
- Tomato Sauces: misfitsmarket.com/sauce-guide-how-to-make-tomato-creamy-sauces
- Tomato-no-Cook-Sauce.txt ~ For Pasta; Uses 2 tomatoes & 1 lb pasta to yield 4 serving bowls. Craving a tomato-based sauce but 1) don't have a jar of the pre-made stuff and 2) don't feel like standing over a hot stove stirring for hours? Enter: a no-cook red sauce that utilizes the heat from just-cooked pasta and tastes just as good as sauces that take hours. And because it's no-cook, you'll bite into full tomatoes bursting with true tomatoey flavor.
- Tomato soup recipe for canning (can be frozen, too). This makes a concentrated soup so it takes up less space in the pantry. This tomato soup recipe must be pressure canned or frozen for safe storage, due to the low acid ingredients. Process it in pint or half pint jars, not quarts, to insure even heating (because of the thickening).
- VEGETABLES: FOOD FACTS ~ Mercola guide on each veggie; however, not current with information on LA or Oxalates.
- Veggie Roasting Universal Guide: misfitsmarket.com/universal-veggie-roasting-guide
- Zucchini Guide: https://blog.misfitsmarket.com/how-to-cook-zucchini
- Zucchini Fruit Leather ~ This is a good use for overgrown garden zucchini – just cut around the seed cavity
FRUIT
- How to Ferment Fruit
- Amish Prepper Recipes: Fruits ~ (5 lb canned fruit recipes for Apple Butter and Gingered Pears)
- Apple Guide: misfitsmarket.com/apple-guide-taste-texture-look
- Preserve Apples for Year Round Use; 17 Easy and Creative Ways (commonsensehome.com)
- applesauce.pdf
- applesauce-instant-pot.pdf ~ How to make homemade applesauce in the Instant Pot
- Cherry Jam ~ 3 recipes & helpful hints (commonsensehome.com)
- Citrus Fruit Guide: misfitsmarket.com/citrus-guide-facts-oranges-tangerines-pomelos-grapefruit-lemons-limes
- Cranberry guide: misfitsmarket.com/2019/11/10/what-the-heck-do-i-do-with-cranberries
- Freezing Fruit Cubes for smoothies & homemade baby food; thethingswellmake.com
- FRUITS: FOOD FACTS ~ Mercola guide on each fruit; not current with information on LA or Oxalates however.
- Fruit-Jam.pdf; 10 pages w/ 7 Master Fruit Jam recipes ~ trouble-shooting, general Berry Jam recipe, Stone Fruit Jam recipe, Apple or Pear Jam recipe, Fresh & Canned Strawberry Jam recipes, Strawberry & Fruit Jam ratios & conversions, Apricot Jam w/o any Sugar, Canned Blueberry Jam recipes.
- fruit-leather.pdf
- Jam Making 101: seriouseats.com/Jam Making 101 ~ the secrets to getting jam to set like a pro
- Jello-Gelatin.pdf ~ healthy homemade fresh fruit juice Jello recipes, Gummy recipes
- Lemons: 13 Ways They Benefit Health & Home
- Natural Food Coloring - Concentrated Color Recipe; youtube (04:39)
- Oven-Roasted Seasonal Fruits or Berries ~ If you've ever reached for berries in the fridge only to discover they're a bit past their prime, it can be a big letdown. Before you consider tossing them, turn just-past-ripe berries into a thing of beauty. Learn his trick for transforming them in the oven and how to pair them with creamy yogurt, ice cream, fresh ricotta cheese or, cottage cheese for an elegant side or dessert.
- Stone Fruit Guide: misfitsmarket.com/stone-fruit-peaches-nectarines-apricots-facts
- Strawberry Guide: misfitsmarket.com/strawberry-recipe-inspiration
- Zucchini Gummy Candy.pdf ~ Fruit Leather made by dehydrating, not with gelatin
SIDES, PICKLES, SAUCES, CONDIMENTS, HERBS, SPICES, MIXES, SEASONINGS
- baking powder ~ homemade BP is aluminum free; made from baking soda, cream of tartar & organic corn starch
- BBQ-sauce-recipes.pdf ~ 5 recipes
- BBQ Sauce: Kansas City Barbecue Sauce.pdf
- Brisket Rub.pdf ~ for a 6-lb brisket, brisket mop, and a simple BBQ sauce recipe
- Canning: How to Sterilize Jars; thespruceeats.com/sterilise-jars ~ a helpful article with different options
- Cardamom: Little-Known Spice Helps Control Appetite and Burn Calories. This spice, popular in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine, can flavor your food, freshen your breath and support your immune system. Recent data show it burns adipose tissue while retaining lean body mass.
- Cheese Board: how-to-build-the-perfect-cheeseboard
- Cilantro Sauce:
Cilantro is a natural super-charged heavy metal chelator that grabs up mercury, lead and aluminum and helps pull them out of the body.
- CONDIMENTS ~ Mercola guide on commonly used condiments; BUT not current with LA or Oxalate info.
- Corn or Karo Syrup; (healthier, homemade recipe, substitutes)
- Cultured Foods ~ fermented vegetables, fruits, condiments... articles, videos, recipes
- Cultured Food Expert Advice
- Dips-tips.txt ~ homemade dips can be a lot healthier than store-bought dips
- Dips: how-to-make-dips ~ the yogurt dip formula, the nutty dip formula, the bean dip formula
- Fermented Food Recipes ~ also see fruit and vegetable recipes (thenaturalhealthlibrary.com)
- Fermented Vegetables homemade recipe; 3-4 weeks to ferment video (13:51)
- Flower-Power-food.pdf ~ Flower Power: What can edible flowers do for your health? Also: Freeze edible flowers in ice cubes or popsicles
- Gravy w/ HB Meat ~ Meaty Gravy.txt
- HERBS & SPICES: FOOD FACTS ~ Mercola guide on each herb & spice; however, not current on LA or Oxalate information.
- Herbs: How-to-Convert-Fresh-to-Dried-Measurements ~ thespruceeats.com
- Herbs: misfitsmarket.com/how-to-use-fresh-herbs-in-recipes
- Ice Cube Tray Foodie Hacks: misfitsmarket.com/foodie-hacks-using-ice-cube-trays
- Jello: homemade jello gelatin made from animal sourced grassfed gelatin; high in collagen.
To use gelatin powder, first “bloom” it in cold water, then add hot water to dissolve it.
This recipe is How to Make Healthy Homemade Jello made from natural ingredients, and natural sweeteners, without any dye or additives.
- Jerky ~ homemade
- Ketchup-easy-homemade.pdf
- Mayonaise-easy-to-make.pdf ~ best mayo recipe, tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, miracle whip, creamy Italian salad dressing, dips, tips
- Mustard-recipes.pdf; lots of recipes, tips
- NUTS & SEEDS ~ Mercola guide on commonly used nuts & seeds; but lacks current warnings about LAs or Oxalates.
- Onion Soup Mix ~ spendwithpennies.com/homemade-onion-soup-mix
- Pickle-recipes.pdf 12 recipes
- Parsley: 5 Amazing Health Benefits of Fresh Parsley
- Paula's Collection: recipes for Donna.pdf ~ Paula's signature homemade mayonnaise, honey mustard, salmon ball dip and our season salt.
- Pumpkin-Pie-Spice-mix.pdf ~ common sense home recipe
- Quick Pickling Fresh Vegetables: misfitsmarket.com/how-to-save-misfits-and-money-by-quick-pickling-vegetables
- Salad Dressing: Italian Dressing Mix.pdf ~ a couple versions
- Salad Dressing: Eat Down the Fridge Salad Dressing ~ A Restaurant-Worthy Dressing: This sweet homemade dressing brings a plain dinner salad to the next level. Top your leafy greens with crunchy veg like radishes and cucumbers, add in some acid with tomatoes and orange segments, some spice from fresh scallions, and then drizzle everything with generous amounts of this carrot ginger dressing; a simple dressing that makes mundane leftover veggies & salad exciting.
- Salsa-canned.pdf ~ Hiedi's Mom's recipe
- Salt & Vinegar DIY-recipes.pdf
- Smoked Salts the Natural Way ~ youtube.com/watch?v=fZQoraqD5ag; How to make Gourmet Smoked Salt (without adding chemical smoke, MSG or flavor enhancers commercial salts have). These make great gifts, add a nice subtle smoke flavor to veggies, potatoes and meat with out smoking them! You can make smoked salt on a regular grill just use a smoke box or if you have a smoker, you'll see how easy it is to make gourmet smoke salts. These make great gifts. ~ BacktoBasicsGal
- Steak-Sauce.pdf ~ homemade A1 steak sauce and another steak sauce recipe
- Steak Sauce: Heinz57-sauce.pdf ~ almost
- Sweet-Relish-recipes.pdf ~ 3 recipes
- tenderizing-marinades.pdf
- Tomato Sauces ~ Classic Tomato Sauce recipe, Easy Homemade BBQ Sauce, Easy Homemade Tomato Paste, Easy Homemade Ketchup, In-A-Pinch Homemade Ketchup and Homemade Canned Salsa
- Tomato Ketcup, fermented ~ easy homemade fermented ketchup; stores in fridge up to 6 months, unlike regular fresh homemade ketchup. This recipe also illustrates how to make homemade whey, used in most any fermentation recipe.
- Tumeric Recipes: 8 Ways to Use Tumeric
- Tumeric Use Recipe.jpg ~ (infographic) Dr. Doug, English vet, provides recipe for Tumeric Golden Paste for all animals
- Vanilla.pdf ~ needs a 750 mL bottle of vodka & 12 vanilla beans (rum or bourbon optional)
- Vinegar: Apple Scrap Vinegar (commonsensehome.com)
- Worcestershire-sauce.pdf ~ one simple homemade recipe, one 5-hour homemade recipe, history & tips
- Yeast and Yeast Conversions for Recipes (thespruceeats.com)
Yeast: Smoothie Recipe with Nutritional Yeast for bone & joint building
- Yogurt: Most store-bought yogurts are nothing more than creamy junk food. The Cornucopia Institute publishes a Yogurt Buyer's Guide and Scorecard where you can compare brands.
EGGS, DAIRY
- ● baby-formula-homemade-westonaprice.org.pdf
● baby-formula-health-nutrition-claims-mercola.pdf
● baby formula; best I can find
(EU) MyOrganicCompany.Store
- Boil an egg! How-to-cook-eggs.pdf
- boiled-egg-cooking-tips.jpg
- Cottage Cheese ~ Mercola guide, homemade recipe
- Eggs ~ How to Raise the healthiest kind
- Egg Guide infographic ~ mercola.com/infographics/egg-nutrition-facts.htm; “Pasture-raised eggs” may be fed grain. “Organic pastured eggs” are not fed corn or soy; these are the highest quality, best eggs you can get.
- Egg Salad Sandwich.pdf
- Ghee Guide ~ foodfacts.mercola.com/ghee.html
- Ghee or Butter? Ghee, used in traditional cooking for hundreds of years, is darker and has a nuttier flavor and higher smoke point than butter, making it better for sautéing. Studies indicate it generally works better for people who are sensitive to dairy, but including it as part of your nutritional routine may cut disease risk for virtually everyone.
- How to Store Eggs w/o Refrigeration.pdf
- 20 Ways To Preserve Eggs ~ askaprepper recipe link
- How to Pickle Eggs ~ askaprepper recipe link
- Omelet-Muffins.pdf ~ make a complete meal in muffin tins
- Raw Milk Guide ~ foodfacts.mercola.com/raw-milk.html
- Fresh (raw) milk politics: Big Dairy Lobbies to Keep Raw Milk Outlawed: This report is about Iowa July 2023, but all State Dairy Associations, State Public Health Associations, etc. lobby against bills to make raw milk legal in their state. That's unsurprising, as the war against raw milk has been one of the most successful, fear-based campaigns ever created to monopolize an industry. By preventing farmers from selling directly to consumers, processors can and do price fix the market, ultimately leading to the intentional destruction of small, family dairy farms and consolidation of industrialized, concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) dairy farms using taxpayer-funded subsidies. Taken from another 2018 Mercola newsletter report: Researchers introduced some “pathogens” (e-coli, salmonella, etc.) to a dish of raw milk, and then did the same with an identical dish of pasteurized milk. The samples were allowed to sit at room temperature for a while and then were tested. It was found that the newly added bacteria flourished in the pasteurized milk, while they died off in the raw milk.
- Egg-dishes.pdf ~ includes recipe for Basil & Mozzarella Balls Tian
- Xmas Deviled Eggs: add lots of green onion, parsley, and red onion, radish to the yellow egg mixture
BREADS, CARBS, COMFORT FOODS
SWEETS
- Honey
- How to Store Honey Long Term ~ Properly stored honey lasts forever. It must be kept sealed (it will absorb moisture), ideally, in glass, in a dark cool spot.
Crystalized honey means that it is raw honey, which is good.
Warm up stored honey to dissolve the crystals, in a warm sunny spot, or in a hot water bath warming it up to 140° to 160°F. Gently warm the honey it until it returns to a liquid state; but don't cook it.
BEVERAGES
- 5 Reasons to Drink Coffee: Mercola video (00:42)
- Coffee ~ the health benefits of drinking coffee
- goldenbedtimedrink.txt a paleo tumeric before-bedtime drink (oxalate warning)
- hot-cocoa-mix.pdf ~ a couple DIY bulk dry mix recipes
- Lemonade.pdf
- licorice-straw.jpg ~ a loophole (you're welcome)
- Tea-101.pdf
- Tea: Green Tea a natural energy drink, a great alternative for coffee, it has a detox effect, which means it can also boost your immunity, and improve your overall health--and there are 6 lesser-known benefits of drinking green tea
- Tea Guide ~ foodfacts.mercola.com/green-tea.html; Tea leaves come from a white-flowered evergreen that is grown in about 50 countries, with China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka at the top of the list. The process the tea leaves undergo determines the distinctive color and flavor of four main types: green, black, oolong and white. Standard tea leaves are "plucked" and begin to oxidize and ferment. Green tea leaves are steamed, and then roasted, baked or pan-fried almost immediately to prevent fermentation, resulting in a paler shade. Japanese matcha, the most nutrient-rich green tea, is steamed and dried before being stone-ground to a powder, giving it a smooth, palate-pleasing taste. Make sure you know exactly where your tea is from, because it could contain high levels of fluoride, lead or aluminum.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Cleaning & Home Supplies
DIY cleaners.pdf ~ homemade carpet cleaner solution, homemade laundry detergent, homemade liquid fabric softener, homemade fabric softener crystals, homemade wool dryer balls, homemade countertop cleanser spray, homemade dishwasher detergent- homemade-soap-recipes.pdf ~ a couple of bar soap recipes, a dish soap, and a liquid soap recipe
- homemade-stain-remover.pdf ~ a homemade "Shout" stain remover
- Dad's Boric Acid & Alcohol Solution (natural, healthy ear cleanser)
- Bentonite Toothpaste-Bulk Herb Store recipe.jpg
- Natural Flea Mosquito Spray.txt
- natural-mouthwash.txt ~ it looks like this could be used with the baking soda half of the chlorine dioxide mixture
- Oregano Oil; Why It's a Good Cleaner. While a clean home is a sanctuary from life's stresses, you don't have to sacrifice your physical health to achieve it. Oil of oregano has strong antibacterial and antifungal properties useful in cleaning and in your health care. How to make infusions & recipes for cleaning products you can make at home with ingredients you may already have in your kitchen cabinet.
- wool-dryer-balls.pdf
COOKBOOKS, COLLECTIONS, GUIDES, SOURCES & TIPS
- commonsensehome.com/recipes ~ Laurie and August Neverman homestead in Wisconsin. They are involved in most areas of homesteading, including gardening, food storage, remedies, recipes, preparedness and living with as much self reliant common sense as possible.
- thethingswellmake.com ~ Tracy Ariza, DDS Tracy Ariza, B.A., D.D.S., left dentistry and the United States to found Oh, The Things We'll Make!, writing to you from the Spanish Riviera. She loves making things herself in order to keep control of what goes in them. She is well aware of oxalate issues in superfoods.
- thespruceeats.com ~ this site often seems to provide answers to recipe & food questions I don't find anywhere else.
- Lost Book of Super Foods by Charlie Evans (19 pgs)
- Spoonful of Foodies Fall 2014 CookBook (154 pgs that should be on 24 pages)
- Paleo_Beginners_Guide.pdf (176 pgs)
- misfit market links:
misfitsmarket.com/be-more-sustainable-at-home-with-food
misfitsmarket.com/6-simple-ways-to-reduce-food-waste
misfitsmarket.com/the-ultimate-fresh-produce-storage-guide
misfitsmarket.com/brown-paper-bag-kitchen-hacks
misfitsmarket.com/how-to-compost-at-home
misfitsmarket.com/our-favorite-produce-storage-hacks
misfitsmarket.com/fresh-produce-that-shouldnt-be-stored-together
misfitsmarket.com/fruits-and-veggies-that-dont-need-to-be-refrigerated
misfitsmarket.com/what-the-heck-do-i-do-with-this: long list of veggies, fruits, and links how to prepare them
misfitsmarket.com/edible-parts-fruits-veggies-stems-cores-fronds
misfitsmarket.com/fruits-and-vegetables-for-the-grill
misfitsmarket.com/10-kid-friendly-after-school-snack-ideas ~ healthier kid snacks
KITCHEN CRAFTS
- Jam Labels
- Recipe Card Templates