Category Archive

Canning And Preserving

A Simple Hot Pepper Sauce

I have a confession to make. I’m getting tired from processing the garden.  This is a fabulous place to be, because it means that I’ve been getting a decent harvest this year...

Onions For The Freezer

This is the first year that I have successfully grown regular onions in my garden.  I’ve tried in years past, but always from seed, and I never got nice bulbs at the...

Oven Dried Cherry Tomatoes

For years I’ve been dreaming of the perfect cherry tomato garden.  YEARS!  I have long wanted cherry tomatoes in every color so that I can have bowls of a beautiful rainbow to...

How To Freeze Zucchini

It’s that time of year!  The time of year where zucchini growers can be found on every street corner begging for people to take their over-sized vegetables.  Most people will happily take...

Pickled Peperoncini Peppers

Oh my, these are good!  These are SO good!  Even better when I look at these jars and realize that I grew these peppers, as well as the garlic flavoring the brine....

Re-Post: Our Favorite Peach Salsa

Dear Tummy Treasure readers, I’ve never done this before, but today I’m republishing an older blog post.  I’ve been working my way through a bushel of peaches, and this salsa is as...

Canning Season Declared Open

So this happened the other day. We totally lucked out and caught the opening day at our local strawberry patch.  We lucked out even further and motivated ourselves to head over early...

Thankful For Home Canned Soup

When I decided to break into the world of pressure canning, I was very nervous about doing so.  After canning my salsas, jams and fruits for years, I just couldn’t ignore the...

And You Thought Canning Season Was Over!

Leftover week is going quite well so far.  Last night I made a delicious pot of soup using leftover crudite veggies, turkey, wild rice and frozen corn on the cob.   Lunch the...

Whirlwind Preserving Season!

Wow! My kitchen has been fairly non-stop for a good month or so.  Every spare moment I had was spent preserving this or that.  Jams, jellies, salsas, tomatoes, peaches, pickles, pears, cherries,...

Green Tomato Pickles

Cold arrived early this year in the Tummy Treasure gardens.  Though our first REAL cold day seems to be today, the ripening in the garden seemed to all but come to a...

Time To Put The Canner Away?

It could be. Though, I said that at the beginning of October, and since then I’ve put up nearly 25 quarts of tomatillos, tomatoes and assorted green tomato pickles.  So who knows...