Becky Williams
The Craft of Creamy Honey
Let's unravel the magic behind creamed honey… First things first – creamy honey isn't a result of mixing honey with cream, despite the name. Nope, no dairy involved here! Creamed honey is as natural as it gets, with all the health benefits of this superfood intact. What we're doing is simply expediting a process that Mother Nature herself orchestrates with high-quality natural honey. A Sweet Symphony of Raw and Crystallized Honey It all starts with a secret blend of raw honey and finely crystallized honey, affectionately known as "seed honey" or "starter." These two ingredients enter a special honey creaming...
Becky Williams
Preserve Summer's Freshness with Salted Herbs
Preserve the essence of summer and savour it all year long with super easy salted herbs. These little jars of goodness will infuse your winter dishes with the taste of a sun-kissed summer garden. I’ve been making salted herbs for years, mostly to keep the vibrancy of summer in my winter meals…especially basil. Dried basil for whatever reason just doesn’t bring that summer basil taste, but a sprinkle of basil salted herbs, it's like having a pinch of sunshine in every dish. And here's the "recipe" (if you can even call it that): 3 parts fresh herbs 1 part...
Becky Williams
Revive Your Floppy Flowers or Herbs with this Simple Hack!
Have you ever brought home a bunch of fresh basil from the grocery store, only to find it flopping sadly within hours? You can also try using this trick with wilted cut flowers, especially if you harvested them in the heat of the day or forgot your flowers in your hot car or didn’t get them in water right away. Here’s a magical solution that will bring your wilted flower or basil back to life and keep it vibrant for days. This simple hack will transform your floppy basil or wilted flower into a fresh and lively stem again. It's called...
Becky Williams
The secret to why some eggs need refrigeration and others don't...
My friend Susan, who's travelling in the UK, sent me this picture of eggs on a grocery store shelf.... Have you ever noticed that throughout Europe, you see eggs sharing the shelf with cereal? The eggs are not next where we'd expect them to be in the refrigerated section next to the milk, cheese and butter. Wondering why that is? It's all about the Bloom, baby! What’s Bloom you ask? It’s a thin, waxy, and slightly sticky protective coating naturally secreted by hens onto the surface of freshly laid eggs. Initially wet, it quickly dries (in seconds) to form an invisible...
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