Whole Foods Plant Based Recipes
For a traditional Quebec-style spruce beer with a bold, complex flavor—balancing earthy bitterness, piney resin, and a touch of sweetness—here’s an authentic recipe and method. This version mimics the old-fashioned “bière d’épinette” brewed with foraged spruce and wild fermentation. Québec Spruce Beer Recipe (1 Gallon / 4L Batch) Bold, earthy, and slightly medicinal—like the old …
It’s difficult to keep track of all the steps and I want to pass this information on to others as well. Maintaining a healthy sourdough stater is key.
Certainly! Spruce beer (Bière d’épinette) is a traditional Quebec fermented drink made from spruce tips (young spring shoots of spruce trees). Unlike modern commercial versions (like Épinette by Gaspé), old-fashioned spruce beer was often home-brewed as a lightly alcoholic or non-alcoholic fermented beverage. Here’s a classic Quebec recipe inspired by historical methods: Traditional Quebec Spruce …
First sourdough starter ever for me was begun in a 1 quart or 1 litre Ikea korken jar. This was following the guidelines for numerous sourdough starter tutorials. I ended up building up a lot of sourdough discard over time. Even eating a loaf of bread everyday, I was only using 1/2 a cup to …
Spruce beer is a traditional Quebecois fermented beverage made from the young shoots of spruce or fir trees. It has a long history in Quebec, dating back to the early settlers and Indigenous peoples who used it for its medicinal properties (especially as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy). Here’s a classic recipe: …
Found a recipe for sour dough discard crackers. Family usually packs crackers for their school and work lunches and we have a fair amount of discard piling up.
I remember the first time having fresh salsa at my friend’s house. They had a big family and their children ate a lot. I’ve been making this salsa for a long time with varying degrees of heat, now that my own children are eating it J have reduced some of the peppers or jalapeños and …
1 Gallon of un chlorinated water 1-1/2 cups of sugar 4 – 6 oz of spruce tips 1 lemon 1/2 cup ginger bug
Sour dough made with 100% whole wheat, whole wheat sour dough starter, salt and water. Sometimes baking recipes ask for weight measurements, but I can’t always be bothered to bring out the weight scale. I found a mix of recipes. 1/2 cup sour dough starter (mine is whole wheat) 1-2/3 cups of distilled or un …
Whole Wheat Flour Chlorine Free Water Day 1: Combine one cup of whole wheat flour with one cup of filtered water in your glass bowl. Stir well, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Cover your bowl with a clean tea towel and let it sit at room temperature for 24 hours. I used no …