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…
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…
Strawberry Lemon Jam
It’s jam making season! The first one we make is strawberry! I use an awesome pectin called Pomonas Pectin. It allows you to use no-low amounts of sugar, unlike any other form of pectin. I purchased it on-line in a larger amount. It lasts for a long time, so it’s much less expensive to purchase it…
Garlicky Pickles
If you’ve had homemade pickles, you know there’s nothing like them. The store bought ones can’t hold a candle to these! These pickles are slightly spicy, and full of flavor, and have a nice kick to them.You must make these! The best cucs for making pickles are gerkins. We’ve had an amazing fall, so, even though…
