Now that I have a solid three years of regular canning under my belt (not counting growing up around a mom and a grandmother who canned a lot of food, or the years living on my own when I occasionally made jam), I’ve started to get a pretty good repertoire of favourite “must-make-next-year” recipes to…
Tag: preserving
Bread & Butter Pickles
Growing up there was always a constant supply of pickles of every kind available on the table, with every meal. If my mother wasn’t making them, my grandmother was definitely keeping us well stocked. If I remember correctly, my mother made mostly dills, as well as pickled beets, while my grandmother made a bit of…
Pickled Chioggia Heirloom Beets
It’s the time of year when there is a distinct lag between when I do something and when I can actually get it posted to this site. There is a lot of maintenance now on the garden. Every year about now I begin to second guess if I could handle more veggie gardens, despite how…
White Wine & Herb Jelly
Well if today is any indication, winter is practically upon us (what the hey?? SNOW??). But I have a couple more canning tricks up my sleeve. A few years ago I made a white wine and herb jelly which is really lovely for using as a glaze on roasted meats, or to serve with a…
Me = guest star on Ecoholic TV!
This just in – fresh picked video on how to can your own salsa at home, starring yours truly…ME! NOW magazine doesn’t allow me to embed the video (grrrr!!!) so have a visit to the NOW Ecoholic TV cast page and watch! Enjoy!!
Eat this Heinz!
I was watching an episode of Jamie at Home the other day and was totally inspired to make my own ketchup as a way to use up a big bag of frozen cherry and yellow pear tomatoes I had from my garden. It’s getting to be the end of the season, for real, with real…