Peaches, have such a great flavor and are so very delicious when they are in season. But what if you have a hankering for a juicy, flavorful peach out of season? You may have to be content with a pithy, subpar peach in the off season. But if you know how to can peaches, you […]
Canning Pickles and Why I Should Read More Carefully
For the last two weeks I have made it a goal of mine to get some pickles canned. I usually just do up a jar or two of pickles as I harvest cucumbers from the garden. But this year we had a cucumber failure. None of our plants survived. Since I wasn’t going out to […]
Freezing and Drying Celery
Celery is one of those vegetables that can contain pesticides if not purchased organically grown. So when I spotted a deal, a while back on organic celery hearts for just $.25 a package, I snatched up 4 packages. In hindsight I should have grabbed much more if I would have remembered how easy it is […]
Freezing and Dehydrating Zucchini
This time of year, is the time of year that you might go to leave your home and find a long green vegetable at your door step. Zucchini plants seem to produce quite prolifically so chances are you are going to be offered some if you have a gardening friend or neighbor. Today I’m sharing […]
Preserving Our Garden Bounty, Canning Green Beans
Well, these beans weren’t exactly from our garden. A couple of weeks ago I had my friend give me a call offering home-grown green beans. Well, how could I turn that offer down. Free food is always something I will receive, after all if we can’t use it, I can always share with the neighbors. […]
Refrigerator Garlic Dill Pickles
I was looking for a recipe for some refrigerator dill pickles as I had another couple of pounds of cucumbers out of my garden. I saw this recipe over at Food.com and thought I would give it a try. I did change the recipe a little to have more vinegar and I used cider vinegar […]
Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles
Do you like pickles but don’t know how to can? Here is a great recipe I make when I just have enough cucumbers out of my garden for a quart jar of pickles but not enough to can. If you have not had bread and butter pickles before they are more tart than sweet pickles but […]
Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
A while back I made this jam. I found the recipe at Simplest Things. By roasting the strawberries it gives this jam a more intense flavor. Here is the process I used. I changed the recipe just a little to my liking. Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Ingredients 6 cups cut-up Strawberries 2 cups cut-up Rhubarb 2 […]
