Miscellaneous

Sea buckthorn oil and its beneficial properties are known to everyone. Thanks to vitamins and other useful components, sea buckthorn oil is used everywhere. Buying it is the most common solution if you need it. But, if you have your own sea buckthorn, then why not prepare the oil at home.

Have you ever been interested in the question of what cereals are made of? What about potato ones? In this recipe I will tell you how potato cereals are made: white and yellow. You won't be able to buy them in a store or market, because... These simply aren't on sale today. But from this old recipe you can learn how to make cereal with your own hands at home from ordinary potatoes.

We most often buy potato starch in stores or at the market. But, if the potatoes have yielded well and you have the desire and free time, then you can prepare potato starch yourself, at home. Read the recipe and you will see that it is very possible to make it.

It’s easy to make homemade wine vinegar yourself, once you have a recipe and master the preparation. It is best to do it after you have prepared grape juice or wine. By processing the remaining pulp for homemade vinegar, you will get double the benefits of a once-purchased product. Thus, in order to prepare vinegar at home, it is not wise to buy fresh grapes.

The zest is a thinly cut yellow peel from a lemon. It contains essential oils that have a fragrant scent. It has a bitter-sweet taste, a little cloying. Lemon zest is both a spice and a medicine. Its beneficial properties are explained by the vitamins and minerals it contains.

This original preparation of pumpkin for the winter is even called unusually, fruit and vegetable “cheese”. This pumpkin “cheese” with Japanese quince is a very tasty homemade product rich in vitamins. “Why cheese?” - you ask. I think that this homemade preparation got its name because of the similarity in preparation.

Marinated tomatoes and onions prepared in this way have a sharp, spicy taste and amazing aroma. In addition, no vinegar is required to prepare this preparation.Therefore, tomatoes prepared in this way can be consumed even by those for whom products prepared with this preservative are contraindicated. This simple recipe is simply ideal for those housewives who do not like to spend a lot of time sterilizing preparations.

Delicious green tomato caviar is made from fruits that do not have time to ripen and hang on the bushes in dull green clusters. Use this simple recipe and those unripe fruits, which most people simply throw away as unfit for food, will become a tasty preparation that will delight you in winter.

Tomato is a unique berry that retains its beneficial properties even after heat treatment. Home-processed tomatoes are an invaluable storehouse of vitamins C, PP, B1. The homemade recipe is simple and the number of ingredients is minimal. There are only two of them - salt and tomatoes.

Separately, pepper preparations and cheese preparations do not surprise anyone today. And we suggest canning together. Baked red pepper with feta cheese is a rather original preparation for the winter, invented by the Bulgarians and loved in many countries.

Stuffed peppers with rice and meat are prepared mainly before direct consumption. But for lovers of this dish, there is a way to enjoy it outside of the fruiting season. By following the step-by-step cooking technology described in the recipe, you can prepare bell peppers with meat and rice for the winter.

Did you think that cheese is only made from milk? We offer you an unusual recipe for making apple “cheese”. This is not a labor-intensive and simple homemade recipe that will not leave apple lovers indifferent. You don’t need a lot of time to prepare it, and the result will certainly please your loved ones.

It is believed that apples came to Europe from Central Asia. Over the long period of human consumption of these useful fruits, a huge number of different varieties of apple trees have been developed, differing in ripening time and taste.

Quince is a fruit tree reaching 5 meters in height. It has oval leaves covered with hairs underneath. The quince fruit is also hairy, oval or pear-shaped. Quince was brought to us from Asia.Today it grows in Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. This crop is valued for its fragrant fruits and can be used as a pear rootstock. This plant is propagated by seeds, layering and cuttings. Its fruits are eaten raw and used in cooking. Quinces are used to prepare compotes, pie fillings, jams, jelly and seasonings for meat dishes.

Everyone knows that eating vegetables, fruits or root vegetables is very healthy. But only a few can say for sure what their specific benefit is, but in vain! After all, it was not for nothing that our ancestors previously ate only vegetation and treated themselves with it. They knew exactly which herb would be suitable for which disease and would heal! If we had preserved this knowledge to this day, many diseases could have been avoided!

Natural apple cider vinegar is used not only for culinary purposes, but also for medicinal purposes. Often the store-bought version is not suitable for the intended purpose due to the additives it contains. In such cases, homemade apple vinegar is needed. In this recipe we will tell you how you can prepare it at home.

In appearance, Savoy cabbage is very similar to our white cabbage, but it has a looser head with ribbed leaves that are easily separated from the stalk. This property is very useful when preparing cabbage rolls and salads.Have you ever tried to separate the leaves from cabbage? Surely half of the leaves will break, and the veins are thick, they either have to be cut off or beaten off. Therefore, Savoy cabbage is ideal in this regard, its leaves separate very well and the veins are completely invisible. It is also good for stewing and frying. The only thing you shouldn’t do is salt it for the winter, since the leaves of this vegetable are very tender.

Pumpkin is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family. The first historical mention of pumpkin cultivation dates back to 5 thousand years BC. The fruit of the plant is pumpkin, which in people and literature is more simply called pumpkin. There are varieties of the plant, the fruits of which weigh only a few hundred grams; the largest documented pumpkin was included in the Guinness Book of Records, its weight exceeded 820 kg. The record was set by a US farmer in 2010.

How much do you know about parsnips? No, we are not talking about the famous poet Boris Pasternak, but about a root vegetable whose history goes back to the Inca culture of Peru, or it is correct to call it aracacha - that is how the Quechua Indians designated this plant.

Chinese cabbage, also known as cabbage, is a plant of the Brassica family. China is considered the birthplace of this type of cabbage.Thanks to its properties, combining the benefits of green leafy salads and the taste of white cabbage, it has become popular all over the world.