#fooduse

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello hello!

No garden post today, but I wanted to share some things I'm doing in the kitchen. After all, if the gardens producing then I need to be able to use and preserve things 🌱 as well, One of the things I've been learning along my sustainable/eco-journey is how to make food stretch better for my family. I like to think I've been pretty good at that over the years but with learning to grow my own crops as well as inflation hikes, i wanted to learn more.

This week I was researching ways to use up watermelons entirely. Surprisingly enough, I found that the rind and the skin are edible as well!

Usually I give what we don't eat to the chickens (the rind/green part) as a way to give them extra feed sources and to reduce my homes green/kitchen waste going out. Im not worried about them missing out though, With the way we eat watermelon they will still certainly still be able to enjoy the bounty melons provide.

This time I'm trying out some food use from a tiktok I found while doom scrolling the other day. The user morocooks, shared a video with uses of watermelon. This included a recipe on making watermelon rind kimchi. Now I enjoy myself some kimchii, it's good for the gut, delicious in soups, stir fry, as is and even blended into bbq sauce. But I've never tried kinchi that wasn't cabbage or onion. I've also never made it before either, so this will be a first on a few levels!

I didn't take a picture of the watermelon, but imagine a big watermelon 😉 to start I used salt and water to scrub down the exterior pretty well and gave it a good rinse after.

I peeled, sliced and cut the melon up. The flesh went in the fridge for dessert and snacks over the next few days and then came the usual waste/chicken scraps. The rind and the skin.

I peeled the skinoff, discarding the funky spots in the scrap bucket and then blended the watermelon skin with some water till smooth to make cubes for smoothie additives.

A lil online slouthing showed that Watermelon peels are low in calories, but are rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium and zinc. And everyone can always use some more vitamins~

So far ive been mixing the melonskin w/ plain Greek yogurt, and some frozen fruit.

I did not blend the skins smooth enough, so definatly be sure their smoooooth! Or there's going to be a bit of texture that while I can get through, might be off putting for others.

The rind, cut up and salting.

A little internet slouthing says that Watermelon rind has high amounts of vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium and zinc. Watermelon rind is also rich in nutrients with chlorophyll, citrulline, lycopene, amino acids and flavonoids, phenolic compounds and fiber.

I also found out some folks use the rind in stirfrys???? I am going to give a try with the next batch! I admit possible curiosity as to wanting to attempt a 'sloppy joe' with watermelon rind too.

The sauce/seasoning.

All mixed and ready for the fridge! I did add some ribboned carrots and sliced white onion. (Leftovers from meal prep this week)

Admittingly I've never had fresh or varied veggies for kimchi before, so I'm not sure if this will get a similar taste profile. So far (day 3) it smells pretty good. The taste is a bit, different. I expected that, and look forward to seeing the flavor develop.

A few other things I did over the last few days was to freeze up some blueberries while their in season at the market.

I like to wash them up (cold water and baking soda ratio is 2 c water to 1 teaspoon baking soda. Let set 15 minutes. Stir every 5 gently. Rinse well.)

Dry them out on a towel on a baking sheet, then freeze them. Usually overnight.

when frozen pull up towel and funnel into freezer safe containers. I use a ziplock bag, but will reuse them till the bag is basically useless. Though when I'm able to I want to switch to a silicone bag or freezer glass.

I did the same as well with starberries (though I like to slice them into quarters for easier use later!) And cherries. (Pit them before freezing.) If I had thought about it I would have made some cherry pit vinegar for sauce, but due to time restraints I was just trying to move along quickly.

Today I'm cooking up some spaghetti squash for the freezer for quick meals s well. That's not done yet, but perhaps later I'll do a seperate post for that alone if anyone interested. :)

I hear the oven, so for now i'll have to head off-

🌱🍉Happy homesteading and sustainable journeys! 🍉🌱

[444names]

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[md-maarawi]

@wellfedfarm Fig leaves! More than a cover up 😜🍎🌳🐍🌿 + Ideas for using: 🍽⬇️ ••••~•••~•••• + 🥛🍚Milk rice infused with fig leaves 🐟As a wrap while cooking fish 🐐🐄🐪Around fresh cheese 🍛In a curry 🍨Infused ice cream 🍵Tea 〰️Stuffed (akin to grape leaf dolmas) + 📌On the grill, in the oven, smoked, in a braise... 📌Think coconut, vanilla, walnut... + Please share your best fig leaf uses! How to you like to ‘put them by’... freeze, can, dehydrate? + #wellfedfarm #figleaves #gather #find #forage #figtree #buzzfeedfood #beautifulcuisines #alwaysonthelookout #fig #figleaf #fooduses #foodie https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWj9nNFv1T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11t38yldbfluv

[westernmanews]

Retired Western New England University professor Bill Bradley says he picked up solar cooking as a hobby.

The Bradley family invited 22News to their solar potluck Sunday for a first-hand look at how this type of cooking works.

Bradley has developed and built several large solar cookers that can receive over 500 watts of power from sunlight alone.

He says his inventions make solar cooking a lot less time consuming. 

"I think we have been able to sort of help out with the technology of solar cooking a bit--add some new device," Bradley said.

"One of the things I tried from the very beginning was making a cooker that cooked more like the kitchen stove. There were a lot of cookers around but most of them would take hours to cook something," he told 22News.

Turkey chili, baked beans and corn bread were all made with the help of solar cookers. The Bradley's even baked a cake for dessert.

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