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Blueberry lavender jam canning recipe. Easy recipe for beginning canners.
Last week I visited a lavender farm for the first time and it was so fun. After trying lavender lemonade, I was excited to find other recipes to use my freshly harvested lavender. One of the next recipes I tried was this recipe for canning blueberry lavender jam. This recipe is a basic recipe for…
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This apricot jelly is easy to make and a great alternative to apricot jam. Includes easy step by step canning instructions for beginning canners.
I love making jam, I have been making all types of homemade jams for many years (strawberry rhubarb jam is one of my favorites). It’s only been the last couple years that I have tried making homemade jelly Jelly takes a couple more steps to make than jam, but if you are not a big…
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Recipe for the best apricot barbecue sauce. Easy recipe for beginning canners. This tangy barbecue sauce goes great with chicken and pork.
I am always on the lookout for good barbecue sauce recipes. I recently purchased a big box of apricots and started looking for recipes to use up all my apricots. Seeing that apricot barbecue sauce recipes are popular on Pinterest right now, I decided to come up with a version of one of those recipes…
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If you like Orange Julius, you will love these easy frozen Orange Julius bars. A great summer popsicle recipe for the whole family.
When I was a kid I loved going to Orange Julius at the local mall. It was also fun to make Orange Julius drinks at home and we made them all the time for a special treat. I still have the cookbook that Orange Julius recipe was in! Recently I ran across this recipe for Orange…
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Easy lavender lemonade recipe made from fresh lavender flowers.
I know using lavender in recipes has been popular for quite awhile, but I guess I missed the boat. Lavender grows well where we live in southeastern Washington state, and we have a couple of beautiful lavender farms we can go visit to harvest fresh lavender. I decided to try this easy lavender lemonade recipe…
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Recipe for canning strawberry rhubarb pie filling. Easy recipe for beginning canners.
I love this time of year. My garden is growing great, and strawberries and rhubarb are now in season. There are lots of great recipes you can make with strawberries and rhubarb. I canned some strawberry pie filling a couple of weeks ago, and last week I tried canning strawberry rhubarb pie filling for the…
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Easy recipe for canning strawberry pie filling. Easy recipe for beginning canners.
It’s strawberry season again! If you are fortunate enough to get to pick or purchase a large amount of fresh strawberries, you are probably wondering what to do with them all! There are many strawberry canning recipes you can try. This strawberry pie filling canning recipe is very easy and you will be sure to…
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Strawberry equivalents and measures.
It’s strawberry season! I used to always buy my strawberries at the grocery store. You can often find good deals on them at the store, but I wanted to buy a larger quantity, so I decided to go looking for a farm where I could purchase them in flats. Fortunately there are a number of…
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Easy step by step recipe for making raspberry freezer jam
I just love fresh raspberries. It’s taken me years to get my raspberry patch to the point where I can grow enough raspberries to actually make delicious recipes like this raspberry freezer jam. Raspberry freezer jam is super easy to make. Not a canner? Then this is a great option for making homemade jam without…
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Easy recipe for southwestern black bean and corn salad.
I am always looking for new salads to try to take to summer barbecues and family birthday parties. Potato salads and pasta salads are always a hit, but I was looking for something new and decided to try this easy southwestern black bean and corn salad. This salad is really easy to make. It’s very…
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