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Glass of fresh lilac lemonade sitting on the front porch
If you love the flowers of spring as much as I do, then you will be excited to find out all of the recipes you can make with fresh lilac blossoms. Lilacs are so fragrant and give a delicately floral flavor to many foods and beverages such as this delicious lilac lemonade. Lilac lemonade…
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Glass of dandelion iced tea garnished with fresh dandelion flowers
I love this time of year because the weather is just starting to get warm and the flowers are just starting to bloom. Spring is a great time of year to try new recipes using flowers like this recipe for easy dandelion iced tea. You might wonder why in the world you would want…
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Gallon jar of homemade kombucha
I’ve been making my own kombucha for more than a year now. I always thought it would be too hard to make myself, but it turns out it is very easy to make after you get the hang of it. You can flavor your kombucha with many different flavors. This is my favorite strawberry lemonade…
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Two quart jars of homemade vegetable broth
How to Can Vegetable Broth There is really nothing easier to can with your pressure canner than homemade vegetable broth or stock. I love to can homemade chicken broth too, but vegetable broth is even easier to make and can. You can store homemade vegetable broth in several ways. If you don’t want…
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Pitcher of dandelion lemonade
I have been trying a lot of new dandelion recipes this year, like this easy recipe for dandelion lemonade. I finally have my husband convinced that it isn’t really necessary to kill all of the dandelions in our lawn. It turns out that honey bees love dandelions. Dandelions are one of the first flowers…
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