My favorite time of year is here!!!! Apple season!!! There is nothing like going apple picking on a crisp fall day. Loading up your cart with fresh apples, and your belly while you pick! We go to an awesome local farm called, Blackman Homested Farm. They’re a low-spray farm and utilize integrated pest management (IPM)….
Maple Peach Jam
Peaches are in full swing, and preserving them is an easy thing to do (although easier once the free-stone peaches come into season). Like tomatoes (see this post on preserving tomatoes) you need to skin peaches if you’d like to use them for straight up canning or jam. Our kids love peach jam! I use…
Dehydrating Tomatoes & Preserving the Season
It’s tomato season!!! I wish there was some way to prevent them all from coming in at the EXACT SAME TIME!!! AHHH! Since I grow a ton, dehydrating tomatoes and preserving the season is a great way to reduce costs and be able to enjoy locally grown tomatoes year round! While they won’t be as…
Garden Fresh Foodie Cinnamon Apple Sauce
Apple sauce from a store?! No way! You can make apple sauce and it is SOOOOO much tastier than anything you could ever buy. It’s so easy to make that I made it with a kitchen full of high schoolers in under 30 minutes! Yes, way! All it takes to make apple sauce are some…
How To Dry Apples Without Preservatives
Do you have a dehydrator (if you don’t-see note* below but, you should totally get one!)? Do you have apples? Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s dry some apples! If you look at a lot of info on dehydrating fruits, it’ll tell you that you have to add sulfites. In fact almost all dried…
