April 7, 2014
Mmmm.....sauerkraut! I meant to take a picture of these jars BEFORE we dug into them...but oh well. :)
This was my first time making sauerkraut, though I've been meaning to for a long time. Sauerkraut is one of the most beneficial foods for your gut. It is probiotic, aids in digestion, and promotes overall health because it aids in healing one's gut lining by giving it "good bacteria". My friend Ellie (health foodie & nutritionist/herbalist, etc) reminded me of all of that before we left. Coupled with the warning from my traveling friend, Kristy that Trader Joe's and Whole Foods don't necessarily abound while on the road....gave me enough incentive to finally get me to roll my sleeves up and plunge in to my Nourishing Traditions cookbook.
The first jar of sauerkraut (with caraway seeds) was the simplest, though not my favorite. My 7 year old likes it the best, though!
The "pink sauerkraut" is my favorite recipe, so far.
Here's the recipe:
~a quart-sized mason jar (or glass jar of similar size- I used a mayonnaise jar)
~1 medium size cabbage
~1 beet, shredded
~1/2 cup shredded carrots
~2 tablespoons of salt
~3 cloves garlic (minced)
~meat tenderizer or meat hammer
~a large bowl
~a funnel
1. Shred your cabbage into whatever consistency you prefer
2. Add salt
3. Add beets & carrots
4. Mix together
5. Take your tenderizer and pound the cabbage, for 10 min. (I've been told you can also use a food processor for this)
6. Transfer your cabbage & juices to your quart-sized jar, pushing down as you go
7. Push all cabbage down into liquid until juices are covering it by about an inch.
(Cabbage should be about 1 inch below the top of the jar)
8. Let sit at room temp. for 3 days, then refrigerate. Can be eaten right away or stored for ? months.
Enjoy as a topping on salad, with beans & rice, mixed into salsa, in pastas, in tuna, on corned beef sandwiches, etc etc...or by itself.
April 9,2014
What do you do when your jeans don't fit quite right and you need a wardrobe change? Turn them into a jean skirt! ;) This one goes a few inches past my knees.
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| Jean skirt I made for S using two pairs of "extra" pants she had. |
Steps to making a jean skirt:
1) Take your jeans and decide what length you would like your skirt to be.
2) Cut the legs of your jeans, saving the material
3) Next, start cutting from the bottom of the jeans along the inner seam going upward, toward the crotch.
2) Continue cutting along the inner seam going down the other leg, all the way to the bottom.
3) Turn your jeans around and do the same steps.
4) Take your extra jean material (or fabric that you'd like) and cut along the seams to open them up.
5) Place material on the inside open part of the jeans
6) Pin it along the seams
7) When you get to the crotch area, cut a little slit along the outside seam of the crotch and fold over (as shown above). Pin that part in place as well.
7) Flip jeans over, take the other piece of extra material and pin into place.
8) Using a sewing machine, start sewing where you pinned your skirt (or alongside of the pins, taking them out as you go)
9) Flip jeans over and do the same to the other side.
10) When you finish sewing, turn your work inside out and cut the extra material off the inside of the skirt and sew all places along the hem that seem "loose".
Voila! You have your skirt. :-)
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