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Shannon is a mama to two hungry little boys and wife to her favorite recipe tester. While her background is in chemistry, she has studied sustainable living since the birth of her first child. She spends much of her time growing, seeking out, and preparing nourishing local foods . Between the laundry, dishes, and snuggles she writes about it all at Nourishing Days.

Nourishment

Grow Food In Your Kitchen: My Easy Sprouting Routine

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. As the temperatures drop we are tucking away our summer garden and filling our winter pantry. Winter squash and potatoes are stored away. Quarts of tomatoes and dehydrated vegetables line our pantry. And lacto-fermented vegetables are taking over my refrigerator. These foods will warm and nourish us all winter [...]

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Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

Back to…Cooking School: How to Select, Prepare & Cook Winter Squash

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With crisp evening air and a basket full of apples, fall whispers its entrance. I make a mad dash to preserve all that was summer with popping jars of hot tomatoes on my counter tops. Summer is nearly gone. The fall vegetables I now see bring relief. No canning involved in storing potatoes, beets, and [...]

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Preserving

Picking, Drying & Freezing: How to Preserve Summer’s Herbs

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. I learned to cook as a newlywed. Fresh out of college and working part-time, I spent hours in the kitchen, checked nearly every cookbook out of the library, and watched a bit too much of the Food network. Through reading all of those cookbooks and listening to the professional [...]

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Preserving

Lacto-Fermentation: An Easier, Healthier, and More Sustainable Way to Preserve

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In March we ate the last of 5 1/2 gallons of lacto-fermented vegetables. They stored for over six months in our refrigerator and I didn’t boil a single pot of water. I think everyone should try lacto-fermentation for three reasons: The product is a living food, full of enzymes and probiotics. The process is much [...]

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Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

Three Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes: Better For You, Better For Your Wallet

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. Now that the temperatures are warming up salads are a great main or side dish for every night of the week. But who wants to spend a lot of money on a bottle with questionable ingredients? One of the first things I realized on my real food journey was [...]

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