Salmon Pie is a seafood version of the classic French-Canadian Tourtière, a traditional meat pie enjoyed throughout Canada and New England on Christmas Eve. If you grew up in a French-Canadian community and enjoyed meat pie as part of your Christmas Eve and New Years Eve food celebration, you may also had salmon pie. In…
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3 Ways to Dehydrate Apples for Food Storage
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Drying apples is a great way to preserve the fresh fall harvest. Here are three ways to dehydrate apples for winter food storage, including air-drying, oven drying, and using a food dehydrator. While fall apple picking is a fun activity for family and friends, it may be overwhelming when you come home with so many…
Homemade Sun Dried Tomatoes
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No sunshine required to make these homemade sun dried tomatoes. Drying tomatoes is a great way to preserve the harvest and save storage space. 20 pounds of tomatoes will reduce down to about one pound of sun dried tomatoes. Drying intensifies and sweetens the tomato’s flavor making sun dried tomatoes an ideal snack if you…
Good Old-Fashioned Pickled Dilly Beans
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Old-fashioned dilly beans are zesty pickled string beans simply flavored with dill, garlic, and spicy pepper flakes. I remember the first time I tried dilly beans. It was at a cookout with friends who were astonished that I had never had them. At their urging, I pulled one of the beans out of the jar…
3 Ways to Dry Peppers for Food Storage
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Whether you found a great deal on peppers at the farmers market or harvested a bumper crop of chiles, you can turn that bounty into a shelf stable pantry staple that will add lots of flavor to your meals. Here are three ways to dry peppers for food storage. Got peppers? Drying is an excellent…
5 Ways to Freeze Zucchini
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Ah zucchini… It’s the crop that just keeps on giving. Here are five ways to freeze zucchini so you can enjoy the harvest bounty well into winter. If you grow zucchini in your garden, you understand how prolific it can be. It is easy to go from nothing to basketfuls of zucchini in a matter…
Grilled Garlic Scapes
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This grilled garlic scapes recipe adds a layer of sweet smoky char to the mild garlicky flavor, and then enhances it further with a simple dusting of sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Love garlic? Then you will love the light garlic flavor of the seasonal garlic scapes. Grilling is such an easy way to…
Garlic Scape Lemon Balm Pesto
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This garlic scape lemon balm pesto is a slight twist from your regular pesto. This recipe combines garlic scapes with lemon balm for an early garden fresh variation. Spoon this pesto on pasta, seafood, and even sandwiches. Pesto is extremely versatile. In fact, I rarely stick exactly to a recipe. Instead, I tend to wing…
How to Dehydrate Onions for Food Storage
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Are your onions getting soft? It is easy to dehydrate onions so they last longer for food storage. Turn your onions into dehydrated onion flakes, minced dried onions, and onion powder. I grow a lot of storage onions that keep in my cool basement for winter. Sometimes, we don’t use them up before they begin…
Easy Slow Cooker Chili
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You can’t go wrong with this hearty slow cooker chili recipe. Since the chili simmers in a crock pot all day, it is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is also ideal for bringing to pot-luck meals, office parties, game day, and neighborhood barbecues. Ingredients for Slow Cooker Chili This slow cooker chili is one…