This Week in the Kitchen & Laboratory at Ramsey Farms

Homemade Ranch Dressing on Our Lettuce, Carrots, & Radishes

In the past two weeks, I have been busy in my kitchen! Which is pretty usual. I love concocting delicious things for my family and friends to eat and wonderful healthy alternatives of bath & body products. Let's see in the past few days, I have...

• Made hand soaps, deodorant, sunblock, body wash, and shampoo! I've been experimenting with the recipes and ingredients for all of these and have some fabulous updates to share soon.
• Ranch Dressing with homegrown onion and herbs for all those carrots and radishes we’re picking! It is the best ranch dressing my mouth has ever tasted!
• Homemade ketchup using a blend of herbs and seasonings including those we grow right here! This is not the same recipe that I mentioned in this blog previously. This has a delicious flavor that is somewhat reminiscent of cocktail sauce without any lumps. 

  

  Ketchup in progress

  
  

  

  Smooth, blended ketchup
• Homemade mustard using yellow mustard seeds, beer, and my own secret blend of herbs. Next on my condiments list is mayo!
• Hot and spicy vinegar and some rosemary-infused vinegar. 

• Chicken broth that smelled so yummy it felt like Christmas or Thanksgiving up in the house! 

Frozen stash of chicken bones & veg scraps

Broth simmering

• Pita bread - soft and fluffy pita bread! It's perfect for stuffing with salad, leftovers, covering in peanut butter and honey, plain, or anyway you like it!
• Speaking of peanut butter. I asked my family yesterday why have we never made our own peanut butter?! They looked at me kind of strange (hey, I'm used to their looks of bewilderment) and well, I'll probably be making some peanut butter next week! 
• Coming soon: Peach Honey Sangria Slushies! Sounds like a little bit of Georgia Heaven!