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…
Canning & Preserving
Preserving the harvest by canning, freezing, dehydrating, storing in a root cellar, or other methods.
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…
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…
3 Ways to Preserve Peppers
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Take advantage of the summer bounty and preserve peppers to enjoy all year. If you don’t grow your own peppers, consider purchasing in bulk from local growers at your farmers market. In 2016 when I originally wrote this post, our summer was a hotter and dryer than usual. That year, the rainfall averaged well below…
3 Easy Ways to Preserve Zucchini
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Are you sick of Zucchini yet? After you have baked, sautéed, stuffed, and grilled about as much as you can stand, here are three ways to preserve zucchini so you can enjoy the summer harvest bounty over the winter months. Zucchini….It’s the crop that keeps on giving. It is easy to become overwhelmed by…
How To Can Chicken Stock
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Chicken stock is a must have pantry essential for many recipes, including soups, stews, gravies, and stir-fry. Skip the store bought cartons and make and can chicken stock instead. Benefits of Making and Canning Homemade Chicken Stock Better Flavor: When you make your own chicken stock, you can choose fresh, quality ingredients that can give…
How to Freeze Potato French Fries
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Whether you grow your own potatoes, purchase in bulk from the farmers’ market, or snag a great deal at the supermarket, a day of prep can fill your freezer full of potato French fries ready to bake or air fry quickly for meals. Potatoes have been relied on for centuries as a great crop for…
Spiced Apple Jelly Recipe (No Added Pectin)
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This spiced apple jelly recipe livens up the plain apple flavor with some traditional pairings including lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. After tasting the tart and sweet flavor combination of crab apple jelly, the jelly I made from regular apples tasted bland to me. The abundance of this year’s apple harvest allowed for a little…
Granny’s Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
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These bread and butter pickles have a crisp texture and a balanced sweet and sour flavor. The sweet and tangy crunch is irresistible. “I love pickles!” Kevin said as I planned the garden soon after moving to our property. With this in mind, I planned on growing a bunch of pickling cucumbers. I was not a…