This tomato salsa recipe for canning is packed with tomato, peppers, onions, and just enough spicy tingle to tickle your taste buds. Open a jar any time and enjoy with tortilla chips or with your favorite Mexican inspired meals. Many of us begin a vegetable garden with dreams of preserving the harvest dancing in our…
Canning, Preserving & Food Storage
Small Batch Sweet Cherry Jam Recipe
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This chunky, low-sugar cherry jam is delicious slathered on toasted homemade bread, swirled in yogurt, or drizzled over ice cream. Less sugar lets the natural fruit flavor shine. Cherry season is fleeting. Fresh cherries are only available for a short time. Each year, I try to eat my fill, and then capture the delicious, flavor…
Pickled Garlic Scapes Recipe
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If you enjoy pickles and garlic, you are going to love the flavor of these pickled garlic scapes. If you grow hardneck garlic you are in for a treat because the plant provides two harvests. Several weeks before the garlic bulb is ready for harvesting, it sends up a flower stalk. The stalk grows upwards,…
Cherry Sweet and Sour Sauce
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This sweet and sour sauce recipe can be made from fresh cherries and pineapple or bottled juice. Delicious with chicken, pork, vegetables, noodles or rice. Cherries are only available for a limited time during the year. When they reach my local grocery store, I like to capture the flavor and preserve them into a freezer-friendly,…
14 Crops for Winter Food Storage
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Take advantage of your local farmers’ markets and farm stands in the fall and stock up on these locally grown crops for your winter food storage. If you have an area in your basement, crawlspace, or garage that stays cool all winter long, you can make use of these cold spots to keep storage crops…
Honey Sweetened Concord Grape Jelly
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Make and preserve your own homemade Concord grape jelly! Concord grapes have a slightly tart, musky flavor but can be transformed into a delicious grape jelly with a little sweetening. This old-time favorite is sweetened with honey in this recipe. Concord grapes are behind the flavor of grape jelly traditionally used in peanut butter and…
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 farmer’s market. It’s been a great year for growing peppers in the home garden here in New England. Like the rest of the east coast, rainfall…
Small Batch Chokecherry Jelly from Foraged Fruit
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This small batch of chokecherry jelly uses only one pound of foraged chokecherries. It is a perfect balance of tart and sweet resulting in a jelly that tastes delicious on homemade bread and pairs well with poultry dishes. The natural range of the common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) tree includes much of southern Canada and northern…
How to Harvest and Dry Herbs for Storage
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There are many ways to dry herbs so that you can enjoy them all year. Learn when to harvest and how to dry herbs to preserve their essential oils for the greatest flavor intensity and medicinal properties. There is nothing better than the flavor and aroma of herbs harvested fresh from the garden. I really…
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, cloves, and allspice. The unrefined, rich taste of pure cane sugar combines well with the spices turning a bland jelly into one that wakes up the taste buds when slathered on homemade biscuits or toast. Perfect…