Apple-Mint Jelly with Fresh Mint
A few years after I got married, Grandma had me come over so I could learn how to make jelly. Hubby especially likes her Apple-Mint Jelly, so that was on the top of my list. I was surprised to find...
View ArticlePickled Jalapeños
I love pickled jalapeño slices. I unabashedly pile them onto ballpark nachos, put them on hot dogs, chop ‘em up and mix them with various condiments to use as spreads or dips, etc. There’s just...
View ArticleGot Tomatoes? Easy Tomato Sauce for Freezing
So. I went on vacation. It was quite lovely actually–we went to Washington D.C, then I went on to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob houses, then spent a few days in Pittsburgh....
View ArticleSlow Roasted Garlicky Tomatoes
You didn’t think that tomato season was over did you? I assure you it is not. Well, it almost is–at least at my house. I learned a trick a long time ago that if you slow your watering down after the...
View ArticleThe Big Tomato Payoff
Heirloom Tomatoes-Bird Back 40Break it Down! Stop! Tomato Time!Is your garden like mine? Heirloom tomatoes coming out of your ears? It is that time of year for us heirloom aficionados. Long after the...
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Pomegranate Jelly
Pure sweetness in a jar! Top your favorite toast, muffin or biscuit with this Pomegranate Jelly and you’ll smile with delight the whole day through! If you’ve got the winter blues, one taste of this...
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Christmas at Casa de Party
Here are a couple of pictures of our house, still decorated (mostly so I can remember where everything goes next year). We have weird lighting in our house, with mostly... Find more posts like this one...
View Article15 Signs That You’re a Crazy Canner
Sure, it all starts innocently enough. You have a bumper crop of strawberries and figure it can’t be too hard to make some strawberry jam. (FYI: strawberry jam is a gateway drug.) Then–before you know...
View ArticleMel’s Zingy Jam (Plum Cardamom)
Companion photo to last week's still life with all the plums. It took me a while to boil the plums down to jamminess, and I opted not to use pectin, although near the end of the process I did add some...
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