How to Remove a Tomato Skin If you grow tomatoes or love going to the farmer’s market, at some point you’ll find yourself with more tomatoes than your family can eat. This is where How to Remove a Tomato Skin will come in very handy. I love going to the local farmer’s market during the…
Tomato Jam Recipe
Tomato Jam Recipe I was introduced to a tomato jam when I was in Seattle at the beginning of the year. I had ordered a healthy breakfast and it was an egg white omelet with poblano peppers and tomato jam on top. Trying just this one recipe I was instantly hooked. Later that day I…
Pickled Green Beans
Pickled Green Beans We love to can! We do many, many recipes and canning green beans was next on the list. So we came up with these awesome Pickled Green Beans. Do you like them spicy? We like them a little spicy but you can temper the heat to what you enjoy. Just add as…
Blueberry Rhubarb Jam
Blueberry Rhubarb Jam Do you have a backyard full of rhubarb and never know what to do with it? This year we made delicious Blueberry Rhubarb Jam without any Certo or pectin. This keeps it very simple. Rhubarb thickens gorgeously when cooked so no need to add anything to make it gel. This receipe is…
Quick Pickled Onions
Quick Pickled Onions I love pickling and these Quick Pickled Onions could not be simpler to make. Pickled onions are a quick fix to making sandwiches, burgers, tacos, burritos, salads and more even better! I just can’t get enough of them. We love making canned tomatoes every year and also love trying out new recipes. Quick…
Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Don’t you love a great farmers market? I could spend days there with all the fresh produce. I have made a refrigerator pickle recipe before but had left the cucumbers whole as they were the small ones. This time I found lovely fat cucumbers at the market and wanted to slice them and…
22 Preserving and Canning Recipes
22 Preserving and Canning Recipes These 22 Preserving and Canning Recipes are the best!! Preserving and canning has been around forever. When food was scarce it was nice to have something at hand from the growing season. Pickling has taken on a new resurgence in the culinary world. Restaurants are very proud of their…
Refrigerator Pickles
Refrigerator Pickles I have never tried to make Refrigerator Pickles before, have you? What a great, quick idea!! I saw some pickling cucumbers at the farmers’ market but didn’t feel like getting into canning quite yet. They had a small bag for sale and it was a perfect amount to do refrigerator pickles instead. Nothing…
Simple Easy Homemade Canned Tomatoes
Simple Easy Homemade Canned Tomatoes Simple Easy Homemade Canned Tomatoes, yup this is very doable! Have you tried canning tomatoes before? We have done it many times and I love using my own tomatoes, in soups, stews, sauces and more all year long. This is why today I am going to show you how to…
Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa
Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa We have been doing a lot of canning as of late and we love it. We have made for years Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa but this year we went out on our own and did our own recipe. Nothing like a homemade product as opposed to store bought. Adding in our…