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How to Dehydrate Papaya Fruit

How to dry papaya frui

Our dehydrator has become an essential part of our self-sufficient lifestyle. Each year, we preserve over a hundred kilos (200 pounds) of papaya fruit that can be used for many cooking and baking needs from…

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How to Preserve and Store Papaya : Water Bath Method

Water bath Papaya

Papaya (or Pawpaw) grows in abundance in our yard. We have been entirely self-sufficient in producing this fruit for many years. As a direct result of preserving over a hundred Kilos of Papaya each year,…

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Are Any Ornamental Gingers Edible? (Some are)

watering ginger plants

The ginger plant family is large, and most of the attention from people falls on just a couple of proven varieties like common ginger, turmeric, and galangal. However, there can be some confusion around what…

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What do you use Arrowroot Flour for?

Cooking with Arrowroot Flour

When we first started making our own arrowroot powder, I learned a few more ways to use this wonderful product. It took me a bit of trial and error to determine the best ways to…

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How to use Arrowroot Powder in the kitchen. (9 different ways)

homemade arrowroot powder

Arrowroot works wonderfully in the kitchen as a great thickening agent for sauces and pie fillings; it helps by adding a great body and creating a clear gel for sweets like puddings, jams, and jellies. It…

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What Parts of the Canna Edulis Plant are edible?

Canna Edulis shoots

The Canna Edulis it is one of the many Canna lilies that are available and grown all over the world. This plant is more commonly known as the Queensland Arrowroot and is our preferred variety…

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Can Canna Edulis be used as a Potato Substitute?

Peeled Canna Edulis

The Canna Edulis can undoubtedly be used as a potato substitute as the rhizomes of the Canna Edulis Plant(Queensland Arrowroot) has a starchy tuber very similar to the common potato. It is straightforward to substitute this…

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How to make Arrowroot Powder (with Canna Edulis)

Arrowroot powder

Growing Canna Edulis (Queensland Arrowroot) in our backyard began my quest to learn how to make Arrowroot Powder. I like and try to replace store-bought items with homemade ones, and having a plant that not…

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Pimento Allspice Tree: Using the Leaves, Berries and Branches

Pimento Allspice

I have come to love my Pimento Allspice tree. Over the last few years, I have trialed and tested many ways of using this plant and feel that I can finally say with complete confidence…

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