As I type this, I’m eating breakfast in bed. My breakfast? Freshly made pear sauce — fragrant and smooth and delicately-flavoured and just scrumptious! I’m spooning it up straight out of the jar, because I plan on eating the entire thing! Fresh pear sauce is so yummy. It’s just like applesauce, but…pear. And have I…
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Everything is Coming Up Beets! (Easy Mennonite Pickled Beets)
Given that it’s fall, root vegetables are having their moment. My local grocery store had 10 lb bags of root veggies on sale for $1.97 last week, which is the best price you’ll find all year. So I? Bought 30 lbs worth. That’s right — 30 lbs of delicious root veggies! Ten pounds each of carrots, onions,…
Canning Pumpkin: From Gourd to Gourmet
Things I have canned in the last year: lemon curd strawberry-cranberry jam strawberry-rhubarb jam strawberry-peach jam wine jelly limoncello (ok, so I didn’t can it, but I did keep it in a can! Does that count?) pickled beets pickled mixed vegetables and now…PUMPKIN! That’s right, I’m in the middle of making my own pumpkin pie,…
Making the Most of Leftovers: Easy Pickled Vegetables
Given that I’m not a morning person, I usually prepare the day’s lunches the night before. Tonight I was making Thai spring rolls, and had some sliced green peppers left over. And given that I have a waste not, want not philosophy when it comes to food, you know I had to use them up…
Waste Not, Want Not: Leftover Wine to Jelly!
I have to admit, I’m not a big drinker. I know the thing in edjumacated social media is to be all, oh my gosh, the wine, I love wine, I want wine, I need wine, give me wine, etc. etc. I like wine. I do. But I’m just not a big drinker. My sweet tooth permeates…