Homemade Tomato Powder
Since I was a little girl, one thing my mother taught me was to try and use as much of any produce from your garden […]
Canning
Canning Cakes
Alright, so this ‘canning’ method falls in the try it at your own risk category. The USDA have stated that there is no safe way […]
Canning Tomato Juice
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes you can grow a whole lot of them but when it comes to harvesting time you will have a lot of problems, […]
Canning Black Beans
Are you ready for yet another canning adventure? If my mind serves me right the last time we canned was when we were canning pickled […]
Canning Peach Pie Filling
Don’t you love nice ripe juicy peaches? I do, I do, but what I don’t love is that their shelf life is usually very short. […]
How To Freeze Fresh Kale
Show me one gardener who does not love growing kale in their garden, and I will show you a fake gardener. LOL. I am just […]
Canning Flour
Yep, you read that right, we are going to be canning flour today. I hadn’t done it myself until recently. I have successfully oven canned […]
How To Make Canning Salt
Canning is one of those activities that have become almost a weekly thing in our kitchen, especially during the gardening season. We can everything over […]
Canning Strawberry Pie Filling
Oh my, those juicy strawberries. They are always nice to have especially if you have grown your own strawberries in your garden. However the problem, […]
Canning Rhubarb
As we slowly creep towards to that time of the season when one starts to ponder how they are going to store all this produce, […]
How To Dehydrate Peppers
Almost every season we have always grown some bell peppers in our garden. Lately we have started having a lot more surplus, we should perhaps […]
Canning Minced Fresh Garlic
Most people would prefer to just use dry garlic or even the homemade garlic powder we occasionally make in our kitchen. However, dried never quite […]
How To Freeze Zucchini
It happened this winter, when I ran into this soup recipe that needed fresh zucchini that I really wanted to make but had to postpone […]
Homemade Strawberry Freezer Jam Recipe
Jam is almost a staple for my daughter Kylie, she cannot have her toast in the morning without jam on it. I have made homemade […]
How To Freeze Mushrooms
Today I decided to focus on one of my favorite cooking ingredients… Mushrooms. In the past we looked at how to grow oyster mushrooms , canning […]
Canning Cilantro Lime Enchilada Sauce
One of my favorite things to make are enchiladas. I also prefer to make a homemade sauce for them, rather than opting for one from […]
Canning Homemade Marinara Sauce
Oh nice, another great use for all those tomatoes that I grow in my garden every year. Of course we already oven dry some of […]
Canning Strawberry Honey Jam Recipe
Don’t know what to do with all those fresh strawberries this summer? Well after you have grown your strawberries in your diy strawberry ebucket, instead […]
Canning Ground Beef And Sausage
At first look, it may look like we are canning two different types of meat. However, if you really think about it the two are […]
Canning Homemade Chili With Beans
If you make any homemade chili recipe, you should know that it is almost impossible to make small batches of it. If you dare do, […]