Preserving

I don’t know about you but sometimes I plant more tomatoes in my garden then I can possibly deal with come September (especially during years when there is a baby…

Peach Salsa ½ Cup White Vinegar 1 Cup Loosely Packed Cilantro, finely chopped 6 Cups Peaches: Pitted, peeled, chopped 3 Tbsp Liquid Honey 1 ¼ Cup Red Onion, diced 1…

Freezing Corn Picking corn at its ripest can be difficult. Corn is ready to pick after the ears have completely filled out. You can tell when the ears are filled…

Strawberry Balsamic Jam * 7 Cups  (2lbs) Strawberries; washed, hulled, quartered 5 Cups Granulated Sugar ½ tsp Butter 5 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar Place quartered strawberries in a large stockpot. Bring…

Pressure Canned Tomatoes Bottled tomatoes fall right on the boundary of needing to be processed in a pressure canner. Regular tomatoes can safely be processed in a boiling water canner…

Bottled peaches are a staple at our house. They are a great compliment to any breakfast and the kids love them for an after school snack. Peaches are an easy…

This jam is so YUMMY! It reminds me of a Dairy Queen Banana Split Blizzard~ 3 ¼ Cups Ripe Strawberries, crushed 1 ½ Cup Ripe Bananas, mashed (about 3 bananas)…

I have had many people ask me why the rules of preserving food are so specific. Our ancestors preserved their gardens as a necessary form of survival while we ‘put…

Kiwi Strawberry Freezer Jam * Everyone loves strawberry jam but adding a bit of beautiful green Kiwi can make it all the better. Kiwi Strawberry Freezer Jam is equally as…