Category Archive

Canning And Preserving

Freezing Blueberries

The single easiest act of food preservation you could ever do is freeze your own blueberries.  You know how you go to a farmstand or a Farmer’s Market and you see those...

Jamming Season

So for the next little while, I’ll probably be going through old photos I have taken over the last several months and sharing different recipes and such.  Hopefully I’ll have some new...

Apple Pie Filling

One of the new recipes I tried this canning season was a recipe for Canned Apple Pie Filling.   I absolutely love the idea of pie filling, but I have never purchased a...

An Attempt At Organization

Yesterday was an impromptu jamming day.  I had originally planned on spending the day finishing up our camping laundry and getting things put away from vacation, but then the e-mail came in. ...

Sauerkraut: Nourishing Traditions Style

Here I was, all excited and proud of myself because I kicked off the month of February with a bang as far as posting frequency goes.  And then the Super Bowl was...

Can You Stand Just One More Salsa?

I think this is the last one, anyway.  I wanted to make sure I shared about this fantastic salsa for a few reasons.  One, being that it is extremely delicious- it has...

Jalapeno Salsa

I’m really excited about this one today, because it’s freshly made, and it’s a result of the produce in my garden. The other day I went out to pick some mini bell...

Zesty Salsa

I  promise, I’m almost done with the salsas- just two more to go after this one! This salsa is your basic, straightforward salsa that comes to us, once again, from the Ball...

Mango Salsa

Of all the salsas we made at SalsaFest 2010, this was the most unique.  Again, it didn’t meet our criteria at all- it didn’t use any of the tomatoes that we were...

Spicy Tomato Salsa

This salsa we made utilized a product that I’d never really used before- dried chilies.  I’ve only ever used them in curries, and then I used just one or two dried chili...

Spectacular Peach Salsa

I was going to save the best for last, because this salsa was the real surprise of the bunch, not to mention the most stunning one to look at visually.  But I...

An Overdue Post: SalsaFest 2010

I have been a bad food blogger as of late.   September has found me so remarkably busy, that by the time I have the time to sit at the computer and compose...