Tips For Making Strain-Specific Edibles At Home

Love strain-specific edibles but have a hard time finding them? You are not
alone! As people learn more about the variety present in cannabis’ many
strains, many find that only some of these options give them the effects
they are looking for. For those strain-sensitive patients who prefer
edibles, this can present a challenge. It’s not always easy to find the
strains you need locally, but it can be almost impossible to find them in
edibles. Since most edible companies leave the strain a mystery (or mix
many strains together) it is hard to find specific strains when you need
them.

Making edibles at home is a great way to bypass the problem but edible
recipes can get complicated. Most people don’t want to labor over a pot for
hours, constantly checking that the temperature is still in the perfect
zone. If you have had a hard time making edibles at home, here are five
shortcuts to simplify this tasty task:
* Use a Magical Butter Machine*

Edible bases can be tricky to make, and usually involve a long infusing
process where the temperature needs to be just right. The Magical Butter
machine really simplifies this process. You put your decarboxylated
marijuana and your butter into the machine and push a button. Two hours
later, your perfectly infused butter is ready to go. Since it can help make
many common bases like butter, oil, glycerin, honey, and alcohol, the
Magical Butter machine can simplify almost any edible recipe.
*Cook the Weed Right In*

Infused oils aren’t the only way to make an edible. If you want to skip the
process of making a base and get right to making your edibles, try these
recipes that use the flower itself. Do you ever vape your favorite strains?
This delicious pesto recipe turns the left over flower in your vape into a
culinary experience. Or try turning your cannabis into canna-flour, with
this zucchini bread recipe. The recipe teaches you how to grind up your
preferred pot into a powdered form that can be baked right into your
favorite treats.
* Eat it Fresh*

You can skip the cooking altogether by eating raw cannabis fan leaf. This
not only simplifies your process, but you can also gain the benefits of the
plant’s unaltered natural compounds like THCA. The most popular method for
consuming the raw plant is juicing it. The juice can be mixed with other
fruit or veggie juices for flavor and can be frozen in ice trays to
preserve for later. Still, some skip the juicing all together and put the
leaf straight into their salad. The high is fairly different from infused
and decarboxylated edibles so you might also find that different strains
work well for you fresh than when consumed other ways.
* Use Concentrates*

Another great trick for making quick edibles is using cannabis concentrates
instead of flower or trim. Any decarboxylated full-melt concentrate can be
mixed into oil, butter, honey or any other infusible base without needing
as much time or heat as it would if you were infusing in trim or flower.
This can drastically cut time and difficulty of the recipe. Check out this
recipe for BHO-infused pumpkin seeds which explains how to decarboxylate
your full-melt and mix it into an oil. Once you know how to decarboxylate
full-melt concentrates, you can mix them any other infusible base just as
easily. Kief can also a make great addition to your edibles. This recipe
for crystallized ginger covers the ginger directly in kief, no need for
infusions.
* Find the Right Flavor*

Have you ever made an edible only to find that cannabis flavor didn’t blend
well with the way the recipe tastes? Don’t fight against the flavor, find
the right recipe for your favorite strains. Expert edibles chefs like Jessica
Catalano have made this easy by offering strain-specific edible recipes.
Catalano has already done the hard work of figuring out what culinary
treats will blend with what strains. Love the effects from Diesel strains?
Try this recipe for NYC Diesel hummus wraps. Want to use a lemony sativa
like Super Lemon Haze? Try these Super Lemon Haze lavender cupcakes. Prefer
a heavy indica like Hashplant? This Hashplant cinnamon roll monkey bread is
already perfectly balanced for the flavor. Listen to the experts and you
won’t have to worry about making a tray of cookies that ends up tasting
like a skunk.

Making edibles can be complicated, but following these tips and recipes,
they get a whole lot easier. Time to stock up on your favorite strains and
try out a recipe or two. You may be surprised with how simple it is to
create these delicious and medicinal treats.

*TELL US, *have you ever made edibles at home?

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