Roasting Green Peppers This summer we tried roasting green peppers from our garden over a fire in the backyard. They were delicious! When the first frost threatened, I picked every last pepper in the garden and brought in a half bushel of them. A couple weeks ago we fired up the…
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Homemade Tomato Paste
Make Your Own Tomato Paste The tomatoes are still ripening in my garden and I’ve been cooking and canning my own spaghetti sauce for the last week and a half. The latest batch of tomatoes wasn’t large enough to make a full canner of sauce, so I processed tomato juice…
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Canning Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Having your own homemade spaghetti sauce on hand is a great feeling in the winter. You can purchase tomatoes by the bushel or grow your own to make this delicious sauce. Try raising your own herbs, garlic, peppers, and onions to flavor the sauce, too. Once you’ve…
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How to Dehydrate Apples for Storage
Dehydrate Apples for Easy Storage Sometimes we have more apples from our Azure Standard order or from a friend’s tree than I can use all at once. I like to make homemade applesauce and old-fashioned applesauce cake, plus I also enjoy slicing them up to dehydrate apples for winter. You…
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Too Many Zucchini?
Do You Have Too Many Zucchini? I have more zucchini than I need right now, although they were rather slow coming in this year. Now I’m busy making zucchini bread, zucchini cake, stuffed zucchini; and shredding and freezing them to use this winter. Are you feeling a little ovewhelmed by the…
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Summer Squash Pickles
Brine Cured Summer Squash Pickles I enjoy having extra produce from my garden all summer. It reduces our grocery bill, increases our nutrient intake, and tastes great…what a deal! Sometimes I have so many veggies ripening that we can’t use them up fast enough. Canning, dehydrating, and freezing are great…
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Using Summer’s Harvest
What Are You Harvesting? I love having an abundance of fresh veggies in the summer. There is such a sense of satisfaction when your entire meal is home raised! I hope you are harvesting lots of fresh food from your homestead too! My beans have mostly been munched to the…
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How to Make Brine Cured Dilly Beans
Making Brine-Cured Dilly Beans My Mom cans a batch of delicious Dilly Beans every year and my family loves them. I think I like them better than canned dill pickles, to be honest. While we really enjoy the canned recipe, I’ve started making brine-cured dilly beans from my own fresh…
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Turnips Roasting Over an Open Fire
See also, Making Broth on Your Wood Stove. Turnips from Trogg’s Hollow We have a great CSA, Trogg’s Hollow, down the road a piece from our house. Momma Marcy and Farmer Trogg, the owners and operators, are a friendly couple making their business in locally grown farmers’ markets and Community…
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How to Make Blueberry Jam
Use these step by step instructions to make your own delicious blueberry jam from fresh or frozen blueberries! Great in winter!
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How to Make Jam from Frozen Fruit
Make jam from frozen fruit all year round! You can freeze the harvest when you don't have time to process jam and jelly, then make your preserves later. Or make jam from storebought frozen fruit!
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How to Forage for and Use Wild Apples
Can You Forage for and Use Wild Apples? Have you ever seen an abandoned apple tree with fruit and wondered if they are edible? The short answer is yes, they should be safe to eat. I’ve been using wild apples as a food source since I was a kid and…
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Fresh Pack Garlic Dill Pickles Recipe
These garlic dill pickles have a zesty garlic flavor that is delicious on sandwiches or burgers. They are canned for pantry storage for the winter.
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How to Make Brine Cured Pickles
Making Brine Cured Pickles Curing foods in brine is an old-fashioned way of preserving them without refrigeration. A salt solution is used to cover the food and keep it from spoiling. Brine cured pickles were a staple in many homes. I remember my Grandma M making large crocks full of…
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Fresh Strawberry Pie Easy Recipe
This fresh strawberry pie recipe is easy and delicious! No need to bake, use a graham cracker crust for a scrumtious dessert!