Easy recipe for jalapeno cornbread.
Corn bread is a quick easy side dish to go with fall and winter soups and stews. If your family likes things a bit spicy, then they might enjoy this jalapeno corn bread. You can use fresh jalapenos or this is a great way to use some of the pickled jalapenos you canned this summer.…
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Easy canning recipe for apple butter made in your crock pot. Can it or freeze it for later.
Canning apple butter is something I look forward to every year. I love apple butter! I have seen lots of recipes for making it in the crock pot so I thought I would give that a try this year. In this recipe you make the apple butter in the crock pot! Crock pot apple butter…
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Easy common sense tips for slashing your grocery bill. Learn what this mom of five has learned about saving money on groceries.
Frustrated with your grocery bill? Even the thought of spending a lot of time tracking grocery prices from store to store gives me a headache. I know a lot of people who keep detailed notes of every grocery item they regularly purchase and routinely note the price fluctuations at the grocery stores they frequent. I…
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Easy recipe for blackberry muffins. Make homemade muffins from fresh or frozen blackberries.
It’s blackberry season! I love going to pick wild blackberries every August. There are lots of places to go pick blackberries around where we live. If you are lucky enough to get your hands on some fresh blackberries, you will definitely want to give these blackberry muffins a try. They are really good! Moist and…
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Canning pickled brussel sprouts. Everything you need to know to get started, including step by step canning instructions for beginning canners.
Our family has been growing a garden for the past couple of years, and one of the vegetables we have enjoyed growing is brussel sprouts. All of my kids actually like brussel sprouts! Hard to believe, I know. I also enjoy making pickles every summer, and I recently saw a recipe for canning pickled brussel…
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Now that it’s summertime and everything is blooming, you might see some striped insects buzzing around your garden. But while yellowjackets may not be a welcome sight, honey bees should be. That’s because their presence is actually essential for our own survival. Did you know that we can thank bees for one out of every…
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Easy recipe for canning pickled red onions to enjoy in salads an on sandwiches all year round.
If you’ve never tried canning pickled red onions before, then you really have to give this recipe a try. It is SO easy. Some canning recipes take hours to prepare and are still worth all the effort taken to prepare them, but this recipe literally takes minutes to make. This is the first year I’ve…
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Recipe for peach crumb bars. Easy recipe for enjoying summer peaches.
It’s peach season again! A couple of years ago we planted a peach tree in our backyard, and we have been really enjoying having fresh peaches from our tree every summer. I’ve been trying out different dessert recipes using peaches. These peach crumb bars are delicious and easy to make. Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick)…
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Easy recipe for lavender tea bread, a delicious quick bread to make for summer tea parties.
I have been having a lot of fun experimenting with lavender recipes. Last month I visited a lavender farm for the first time and I have been looking for new lavender recipes to try ever since. My most popular recipe so far has been my lavender blueberry jam recipe (you definitely want to give that…
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Recipe for making and canning pickled cherry tomatoes. Add pickled tomatoes to pasta salads or eat right out of the jar! Easy recipe for beginning canners.
I love cherry tomatoes. I look forward to growing them in my garden every year. They taste so much better than store bought tomatoes.The only problem is that they don’t last very long, and if you don’t have a way to preserve them you can’t enjoy them all winter. These pickled cherry tomatoes are really…
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