Preserving
How To Blanch Tomatoes
How To, Preserving, Savory, canning, tomatoesIn this tutorial, you’ll learn how to blanch tomatoes. Blanching tomatoes loosens their skin for easy peeling so you can can or freeze them for the future! Is your garden bursting with tomatoes? Mine seemed to get a slow start, but now...
How to Can Tomatoes
How To, Preserving, Savory, canning, tomatoesIn this tutorial, you’ll learn how to can tomatoes from your garden to preserve them. This guide explains both the tools and technique for home canning. Once you have blanched your tomatoes, now is the time to can them. Canning doesn’t r...
How To Make Basil Garlic Salt
How To, Preserving, Savory, UncategorizedBasil garlic salt is an easy way to preserve your basil and add extra oomph to your cooking all year long. Plus it makes an excellent hostess gift! For me, basil is the flavor of summer. I love making tomato and basil pizzas on the grill...
How To Make Homemade Applesauce in the Slow Cooker
How To, PreservingLooking to make more of your own food? Making homemade applesauce could not be easier with the help of your slow cooker! I first started making homemade applesauce as a way to feed my baby. She was starting to eat solids. It was right ar...
Preserving Summer: Freeze Extra Berries
Preserving, blueberries, freezing, summerIt’s summer and the berries are delicious. I frequently get over zealous and buy way too many berries for what we can consume. When that happens, I just spread them out onto a rimmed cookie sheet, freeze for an hour (flash freeze) and ...
Uncle Al’s Sweet Pickles
Preserving, canning, picklesThis summer, I decided to grow a garden. For the past four summers I have attempted unsuccessfully to grow a container garden. But this year, I put it in the ground. And miraculously, it grew. One of the things I had to have was pick...
