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Two years ago, the idea of canning pears was a revelation.  My parents have a pair of pear trees in their backyard, and year after year, they’d get picked, many eaten, but many discarded once they got overripe.  I was flipping through my trusty and indispensable Ball Blue Book when I spotted the section [...]

Pronounced keen-wah, quinoa is something that I only pull out every once in a while, and that’s a shame, because it is a nutritional powerhouse, and it’s super quick to cook.   Quinoa is a grain with the rare properties of being very high in protein- this makes it a great choice for vegetarians and [...]

Let’s make some jam today, shall we? First, gather your berries and then you want to gather everything you need before you even begin.  Here are some of the things you need:

A boiling water canner.  This is non-negotiable, as the inversion method of jam-making is not FDA approved and may not be [...]

My apologies to all my loyal Tummy Treasure fans as I’ve been trying to get back in the blogging groove.   We’ve had a very busy several weeks here, and now are finally officially enjoying summer vacation.  Hitting the drive thru a few days a week just doesn’t make for exciting blogging fodder, but I [...]

There are few things that get my appetite stirring like roasted vegetables.  I love them, and just can’t get enough of them.  One of the best parts about roasted vegetables is that the combinations are limited only by your imagination.  You can use any blend of vegetables you wish, the one thing you need [...]

My apologies for the lack of posting this week.  It’s been a combination of a lack of something exciting to blog about, and an obnoxious cold that’s wormed it’s way into the household.  Just when we thought we’d made it through another cold season, it had to come and stir things up a bit…

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First though, my apologies.  I mentioned something cool and exciting coming out of my kitchen today… unfortunately, I didn’t realize the process I was undertaking was a multi-day process, so you’ll just have to bear with me and wait-and-see.  If it all works out, it’s going to amaze me, that’s for certain!

Digression over, [...]

Well, my original intention had been to try and do a Back To Basics post about once a week, but this just seemed like to good of an opportunity to pass up. There really aren’t many food items as adaptable as a basic meatball.  Why, with just one meatball recipe you can make spaghetti [...]

Sometimes when I blog, write a recipe, or even talk about food, it doesn’t occur to me that someone may not know what I am talking about.  When I did a cooking demonstration at the beginning of the month, it never occurred to me that the group of women there had never seen, eaten, [...]