Do you want even the biggest beet skeptic to eat her beets? This old fashioned pickled beets recipe will make even your pickiest kids love beets! The truth is, I don’t think I ever ate a beet before I was 14 years old. My mom didn’t like them, and what she didn’t like, she didn’t buy. Simple as Keep Reading
How to Make and Freeze Pumpkin Pie Filling
Harvesting pumpkins or looking for what to do with that jack-o-lantern pumpkin you picked up? Here's how to make and freeze pumpkin pie filling! Having your pumpkins stored as ready-to-go filling will make your fall baking quick and easy this year! Fall’s here, and as cliché as it is, that means Keep Reading
Cinnamon Pear Jam Recipe (with canning instructions)
This easy jam recipe gives you all the sweetness of pears, combined with the spice of cinnamon for a flavor-packed jam you will adore! We may be too far south to grow apples, but the pears send us the same signals that fall is near, and combine with the same flavors to fill our pantry shelves with Keep Reading
How to Make Pickled Jalapeños
Are you growing jalapeños? Here’s how to make pickled jalapeños - it’s so easy! This year, we planted quite a few peppers and tomatoes, all in two rows. Sadly, one of those rows, not more than six feet from the second one, shriveled up and died. But fortunately, the jalapeño plants were all in the Keep Reading
How to Make Chipotle Peppers
That’s right! You don’t grow chipotle peppers - you make them! And it’s an easy process if you have a wood grill or smoker. Here’s exactly how to make your own chipotle peppers. Did you know that pepper names change when they’re dried? For instance, Poblanos become Anchos. Here’s a handy list: One Keep Reading
Old Fashioned Bread and Butter Pickles
Looking for a good old fashioned bread and butter pickles recipes? Better yet, want pickles that stay crisp even after you can them? This is your recipe! Every spring, I plant a few cucumber plants. Just a few - in my mind anyway - but we always seem to end up with literal bucketloads Keep Reading
Blackberry Freezer Jam Recipe
Blackberry season is here, and here's the blackberry freezer jam recipe you need to preserve your harvest - without even cooking! I loooove making jam. I always have. And of course, like any red-blooded human, I love eating it too. The problem is, it’s usually more sugar than Keep Reading
Homemade Pickling Spice
Why buy when you can make? This homemade pickling spice recipe is super, super easy, and fantastic to have on hand for all your brining needs. If you know me, you know I’m a fan of making my own food. I even make my own ingredients for my food when I can. A few weeks ago it was home-canned chili Keep Reading
How to Can Chili Beans
As a homeschooling mom, convenience is important to me, but so is cost. That’s why I’m so excited to share how to can chili beans with you - cost effective, and easy to make a big batch so that you can have convenient cans of tasty beans on hand for weeks to come! I’ve eaten beans my whole life. I Keep Reading
Spiced Pear Sauce Recipe With Canning Instructions
This spiced pear sauce recipe takes the idea of fruit sauce, and gives it a glam makeover with fall spices that balance all the warmth and comfort of fall with the fruity sweetness of pears perfectly. How lame would you think I was if I said I watch tv shows while peeling large amounts of fruit? Keep Reading