If I were living on a farm I might feed my veggie peelings to the goats or the hogs. If we didn't live in bear country, or if it wasn't the middle of winter, I might toss them in the compost bin. Instead I save my scraps to feed my worms and they, in turn,
Category: Recipes
Granola
When we moved into our new home last year we were blessed to have my husband's brother and his wife come and help us. Andrea, I learned, is a kitchen organizer extraordinaire and I think of her often when I reach for something in one of my kitchen cabinets or drawers that is stored in
Turkey Soup Time!
I've cooked a lot of turkeys over the course of my life and the carcass of every one of them has ended up in a soup pot. Now that Christmas is behind us and we've had (more than) our fill of turkey leftovers it's time to repeat the tradition. This year our son provided a
Canning – Cranberry Jelly
I don't know about you but I'm finding it hard to believe that it's Christmas week already. Tomorrow we will celebrate with part of our family, then on Christmas Eve day the rest of the crew arrives to spend Christmas with us. It's a special year, and the first time in seven years that we
Butter Tarts
Before I retired I never dreamed I'd be spending as much time in the kitchen as I am. During the years when I was working preparing meals was a chore at the end of a busy day that I dreaded, and the thought of baking anything rarely crossed my mind. Yet over the past ten months
Cheese Crackers
Somewhere along the line I lost my rolling-pin. Well, I don't imagine I really lost it, I suspect it was a deliberate choice on my part to part company around the same time I decided to pass the baton for baking and decorating Christmas sugar cookies to my daughter. I know I gave her my
Canning – Black Pepper-Rosemary Apples
One of my goals with canning this year is to create a pantry filled with things I can use to pull together a meal over the winter. I found this recipe in the Better Home and Gardens Canning magazine and it seemed perfect to use with a pork tenderloin or pork chops. In fact, I
Canning – Apple Butter
When I asked Gerry to pick up some apples so I could make sauce I didn't expect him to bring home fifty pounds of apples! I'm glad he did though, as it afforded me an opportunity to try a couple of new recipes like this one for apple butter. Apple butter is new to me.
Flower Cheese
Saturday About three years ago I read a post about a beautiful flower cheese on author, illustrator, gardener, and all-around inspirational woman, Sharon Lovejoy's blog. I filed that post away in the recesses of my mind with a plan to make a flower cheese of my own one day. At the time I was a novice
Canning – Tomato Soup
I didn't plan on canning tomato soup but when my sister-in-love sent me this recipe I couldn't resist picking up 25 pounds of tomatoes at the farmer's market on Saturday and trying it. Sure glad I did because it's delicious! It's the freshest-tasting tomato soup I've ever had and couldn't be easier to make. Yield:
Canning – Spaghetti Sauce
It's September and tomato season is rapidly coming to an end. We've been enjoying the season's bounty and eaten a good number of, in my opinion, the most delicious fruit of summer. While we've enjoyed many tomatoes from my garden freshly picked and sun warmed, I've also used them in sandwiches, sauces, and other supper-time