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Category Archives: Preserving
Easy to Follow Steps to Make Pumpkin Butter
I have never tried making pumpkin butter before, but wanted to try. I love the internet – you can find anything and everything. I was surprised to find that you can not can pumpkin butter the same way that you … Continue reading
Yummy Orange Goop!
Fall to me means cool days and even cooler evenings and spending more time in the kitchen preparing hearty, comfort meals. I love squash, pretty much any kind and so does Stella, but I think her favorite is pumpkin, so … Continue reading
Posted in Preserving, Recipes
Tagged cooking pumpkin, freezinf pumpkin, pumpkin recipe, sugar pumpkin
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Rich, Dark and Creamy – Apple Butter
To look at a jar of applesauce and a jar of apple butter is like looking at day and night, but you can’t make apple butter without starting with applesauce. Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of applesauce – … Continue reading
Easy to Make Homemade Apple Sauce
Apple sauce making started first thing Sunday morning and ended on Tuesday evening, my counter, stove, floor and myself were all in a constant state of sticky. Wednesday was spent cleaning the kitchen and all the utensils, putting them up … Continue reading
Who Needs Potato Chips – Grab Some Apple Chips
I have been busy for 3 days preserving all the apples that were picked on Saturday. All my time has been spent on apples, with the Stella detours during the day, walk to school, pick up from school, stop at … Continue reading
Papple – Pear & Apple Jam
As I have mentioned earlier, last weekend we went pear and apple picking. I made apple crisp, apple, cinnamon buttermilk pancakes and pear sauce, but still had some pears and apples leftover. I decided I would make pear and apple … Continue reading
Holy Cow – What Do You Do With 27 Pounds of Pears?
We went pear picking last weekend and had about 27+ pounds of pears – what to do? Pear sauce, just like apple sauce but with pears. I had never made pear sauce before, but have made apple sauce – so … Continue reading
Beautiful, Scrumptious Peaches
So what to do with 15 pounds of peaches? I had thought that I would freeze some and make peach jam, but as it turned out I froze most of them and we have been enjoying fresh peaches in desserts, … Continue reading
Posted in Preserving, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged lavender, peach, peach turnovers
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Razzle Pazzle, Raspberry & Plum Jam
Last night I tackled the plums and raspberries that were picked on Saturday. I washed the plums and raspberries (which were only half of what we brought home – Stella decided to indulge for dinner). First was … Continue reading
Oh, Delicious, Juicy… Fruit!
Great day! Before 7am I had watered the gardens, walked the dog and had 2 loads of laundry on the line then it was out the door a little before 8am. Drove an hour and a half north of where … Continue reading
