Kitchen Witchery


Nourish Your Spirit: Recipes from the Kitchen Witch

  • Mint Extract

    Making extracts for baking is super easy. Basically you are making an infusion of something by soaking it in alcohol. Vodka is often the alcohol of choice because it has a clean, balanced taste that picks up the flavor of what you want to infuse. I’m lucky to live in a small town that has…

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  • Smoky Chili Lime Salt

    This smoky chili lime salt was originally created for a local food swap – just a handful of home cooks, trading spells and spices in the spirit of community. It was one of the first things to disappear from the table. Bright lime zest, deep smoky chili, and mineral-rich salt come together in a blend…

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  • How to Cook Beans Fast!

    Last week as I was browsing recipes, I realized that I haven’t canned all my dry beans yet. Which means that the recipe I wanted to use needed garbanzo beans and I didn’t have time to soak them overnight and then cook them. So I turned to the internet. Which was a brilliant idea, by…

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  • Cauliflower Tagine

    I know I’ve talked about Bountiful Baskets before, so I won’t really go into the details much. Suffice to say that cauliflower makes a fairly regular appearance in the baskets, which is good, because I love cauliflower. My favorite way is roasted. It is super easy and super yummy. However, I had two heads of…

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