Category Archives: Cooking

Healthy up that Lemonade

Say NO WAY to chemical filled lemonade this summer and try some new twists on a summer standby. Continue reading

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The New Year

The New Year brings with it resolutions, fresh starts and new ideas. It invokes a time of new beginnings. Around the farm we have enjoyed the slower paced winter days and have started to get caught up on a few … Continue reading

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Maple Honey Syrup

Let’s talk for a minute about real food. You know foods that have names we can pronounce. The things our great grandparents would have called food. That is what we try to fill our kitchen with. Real food. So lets … Continue reading

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Ginger Syrup

As promised, the recipe for homemade Ginger syrup. Last time I told you a few ways to make some healthy soda alternatives.  Read how I gave up soda here and replaced it with healthy super stars here and here if you missed it! Ginger Syrup  I made … Continue reading

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Little Stores Here We Come…

We spent the morning at K-State’s Innovation kitchen getting licensed to sell honey (as in we can be in a store)! We have been selling from the farm and at farmer’s market, but Continue reading

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Keifer Soda 4/10/2014

Water Keifer is  one of those probiotic super stars. It is a fermented drink that provides  a healthy dose of good stuff to your body. To make Water Keifer you must first find water Keifer grains.  (email info@smallbarnfarm.com) You then … Continue reading

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Fizzy Water from Yuck to Yum! 3/28/2014

Well by itself this fizzy water has a salty bitter bite, let’s just say to this former soda addict, YUCK.   After getting rid of soda there must be SOME WAY to get carbonation that doesn’t taste awful and isn’t … Continue reading

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Kombucca the making of a great tea Part 2 3/24/2014

Welcome back. Last time we talked about making Kombucca. You can enjoy it as soon at this point, but if you want to take your kobucca to the next level. . . . You can make it fizzy and add … Continue reading

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Kombucca the making of a great tea Part 1 3/21/2014

Today I am sharing  about the probiotic drink that made it possible to kick the soda habit for good, Kombucca.   Five years ago,  I was working a trade show and had a horrible sinus infection. One of the ladies mentioned … Continue reading

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The New Change — No more Soda? 3/19/2014

Well I have attempted to give up Soda for a long time, actually many times. It has been my nemesis. The one thing I held on to during the quest for better eating. Homemade chemical free versions replace the processed … Continue reading

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