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Spiced Apple Jelly Recipe (No Added Pectin)

These Cocktail Meatballs with Cherry Barbecue Sauce are slightly sweet with a little bit of smoky heat kick you will love. An easy appetizer that is perfect for parties, game day, and potluck meals.

Cocktail Meatballs with Cherry BBQ Sauce

This Italian Salsa Cruda is a great way to enjoy ripe summer tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, and fresh Italian herbs. It is perfect for bruschetta, tossed with pasta, or spooned over grilled meat or fish.

Italian Salsa Cruda

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Granny’s Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe

This smoky, rich flavored cherry barbecue sauce can be slathered on virtually any type of meat, including chicken, pork, and beef.

Cherry Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Grow chives all year even when the garden is under snow. See how to divide and pot up chive plants to bring indoors for winter.

Grow Herbs Indoors: Potting Up Chives

These mini slider buns make fantastic appetizer sandwiches, such as mini burgers, pulled pork sandwiches, and even breakfast sandwiches. See how to bake your own slider buns from scratch.

Homemade Mini Slider Buns

This simple roasted salsa verde recipe is easy to make. Roasting the vegetables adds a delicious smoky flavor and mellows the acidity of the tomatillos. Enjoy this tomatillo salsa with your favorite Mexican dishes.

Roasted Salsa Verde

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How to Can Green Chile Peppers

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13 Quick Growing Fall Vegetables

This is a super easy crockpot white bean chicken chili recipe that is filled with flavor. In this recipe, chicken is seasoned with Mexican spices, combined with white beans, onions, garlic, green chilies, and slow cooked all day. The flavors mingle into a delicious mild chili.

Crockpot White Bean Chicken Chili

Dried beans do take time to soak and cook. But you can prepare them ahead of time in large batches and store them in the freezer. Visit for tips on cooking dried beans on the stove, in a crockpot, and using an electric pressure cooker.

3 Ways to Cook Dried Beans from Scratch