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Even More Tomatoes To Make Tomato Sauce

After putting up 37 jars of diced tomatoes we were on to tomato sauce.  We figured that we would do a small batch of sauce as an immediate go to – after all these tomatoes we figured we weren’t going … Continue reading

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Tomatoes, Tomatoes Everywhere – Canning Diced Tomatoes

My cousin and I decided to can tomatoes together this year – thought it would be better than doing my our lonesome.  We decided on 3 flats – the kids could play and we could can and it would not … Continue reading

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Dilly Beans!

It is so much fun canning with other people!   A friend came over with a whole lot of beans from her garden -so we decided to pickle them or another name for them is Dilly Beans.  I have Dilly Beans … Continue reading

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Pickled Beets

As I have said many times in my beet posts – we LOVE beets in our house.  I have never been a big fan of pickled beets and I think is was more fear than dislike.  While at a lunch, … Continue reading

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Bread and Butter Pickles

Stella loves pickles – I mean she really LOVES them.  She could easily eat a whole jar in one sitting!  While she was away I decided I would try my hand at making some bread and butter pickles for her … Continue reading

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Peanut, Peanut Butter..Jelly, Grape Jelly That Is!

Now that you have made your fresh grape juice – you are ready to make some grape jelly!  We were so in the groove as we were making the grape jelly that I forgot to take many pictures – but … Continue reading

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Make Your Own Grape Juice

I thought the process of making grape juice would be more complicated than it actually was.  I am not a huge fan of grape juice or juice for that matter – but every once in awhile I do enjoy a … Continue reading

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Pickled Grapes?

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post – a friend needed to clean out her freezer of a past grape harvest – and we were looking for other things to do with the grapes besides juice and jam (those … Continue reading

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Honey-Spiced Peaches

Peaches, peaches everywhere.  I am peached out!  I sliced and froze them, baked with them and we ate them whole and in ice-cream – but there were still some left – what to do?  I didn’t want to make jam … Continue reading

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I Made My Own Tomato Sauce!

Do you ever have one of those moments when you think of something and then wonder why and how it took you so long to think that?  I had one of those moments last Wednesday.  Wednesday night is the night … Continue reading

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