by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Apr 15, 2016 | Drinks, Food, Non-alchoholic
Lemonade is such a simple thing. Lemons, water, sugar. That’s it. Yet, we complicate matters… packets, powder, stirring endlessly. This is all unnecessary. Come with me and let’s go back to a simpler time (and a simpler way). Let’s squeeze,...
by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Jan 12, 2016 | DIY, Drinks, Fermentation, Food, Non-alchoholic
Kombucha… it’s so delicious, refreshing and magical. I love pairing new flavors with the tart base of kombucha and the results are usually unexpected and delicious. Ginger is one of those wonder ingredients too. It’s like a little shot of...
by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Dec 10, 2015 | Drinks, Health, Non-alchoholic
I woke up with a crick in my neck this morning. One of our cats (JOEL’s cat, when she annoys me), Luci, likes to sleep on my pillow at night. Sometimes she arrives there, while I’m unconscious and (usually) having concerning stress dreams, and I move into...
by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Sep 16, 2015 | DIY, Drinks, Non-alchoholic
Yes. We are into cooler weather this week and that makes me so happy. This kombucha is also making me extremely happy… it has the last of the summer blackberries in it! Plus a lovely FALL ingredient: fresh sage. The smell of these two ingredients together is...
by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Aug 8, 2015 | Alcoholic, Drinks
I have a love of obscure, old-fashioned cocktails. They are so mysterious and have crazy names. Like this one. Joel started making this for us when we really got into drinking bourbon about 3 years ago. He just looked up bourbon drinks and made it randomly for us one...
by darlene@picklejarstudios.com | Jul 4, 2015 | Alcoholic, Drinks
I never know what will inspire me, but I never thought it would be this heat. I’m really not a lover of summer. I know that sounds weird, but I love cold, crisp weather, not swealter-y heat. So the fact that I was inspired by the current heat wave we are...