Combine fresh strawberries with orange juice or orange liqueur and ground cardamom for a bright, tangy strawberry jam recipe. Spring means it's time to jump back into canning for another season. Big, red, beautiful strawberries have been on sale locally for the past few weeks. so I grabbed a few pounds (ok, more than a Combine fresh strawberries with orange juice or orange liqueur and ground cardamom for a bright, tangy strawberry jam recipe.| Seed to Pantry
Asparagus, pea pods, and other green veggies lend springtime flavor to cheesy, lemon pasta. Winter is reluctantly loosening its grip, while spring barrels in – leading to longer, and slightly warmer days. In my kitchen, that means it’s time to cut back on soups and casseroles, and welcome lighter, brighter fare like pasta, green veggies, Asparagus, pea pods, and other green veggies lend springtime flavor to cheesy, lemon pasta.| Seed to Pantry
#post_excerptEasy lemon tea cake can be made low fat or whole grain. Tart and sweet, it’s the perfect snack with a cup of afternoon tea.| Seed to Pantry
#post_excerptBut which products will you offer for sale? Should you offer lots of different varieties? Or stick to just one product? Luckily, there is an easy way to make this decision.| Seed to Pantry
Ditch the soda! Shrub recipes, like this pomegranate-grape version, are lip-smacking, thirst-quenching, and easy to make. This winter my husband and I participated in Dry January. It only took a couple of days to realize that we missed our evening glass of wine. It wasn’t so much the wine itself that was missing, but the Ditch the soda! Shrub recipes, like this pomegranate-grape version, are lip-smacking, thirst-quenching, and easy to make.| Seed to Pantry
What is the best method for dehydrating garden-fresh food? Should you dry in the sun or in the oven? Use a dehydrator or try one of the new home freeze dryers? Gardening and preserving the harvest go hand-in-hand. Once seedlings are lovingly coaxed into producing plants, our thoughts turn to preserving the bounty. While freezing drying food is the oldest, easiest, and least expensive preservation technique. But there is more than one way to dry or dehydrate your food bounty. Which method shou...| Seed to Pantry
It’s always interesting to take a look back and review the year. It was the year that you made pickles! ...most popular posts are about pickles and pickling.When the pandemic started, we turned our efforts to sourdough and baking. But 2021 turned sour – as in pickles! It’s always interesting to take a look back and review the year. For me personally, 2021 was a busy year filled with writing two books, followed by a serious health issue. Thus, I didn’t add| Seed to Pantry
#post_excerptIt's finally here! My brand-new book, Water Bath Canning, is officially out in the world for you all to read and enjoy.| Seed to Pantry
Each year I pull together a list of best gift ideas for the gardeners and food preservers in your life. This year, I am including other Makers too. We all have something in common; a love of “doing it ourselves,” Each year I pull together a list of best gift ideas for the gardeners and food preservers in your life. This year, I am including other Makers too. We all have something in common; a love of “doing it ourselves,” of making something with our own hands. A sense of self-suffici...| Seed to Pantry
Turn dehydrated potatoes plus chopped ham into an easy, cheesy, potato scallop casserole. Recently, I found a bag of dehydrated sliced potatoes hiding in the pantry. I had dried this particular batch while testing recipes for Mixes in a Jar. The bag wasn’t full, there were only about 2 cups of potatoes, but that Turn dehydrated potatoes plus chopped ham into an easy, cheesy, potato scallop casserole. Recently, I found a bag of dehydrated sliced potatoes hiding in the pantry.| Seed to Pantry
