Canning

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…

Simple syrups are so easy and fun to make. They make great flavorings for iced tea, cocktails, flavored sodas, and home brewed kombucha. There are many types of homemade simple syrups you can make. So far I have made ginger, lilac, and strawberry simple syrups. This recipe is for rhubarb simple syrup. I think you…

I am a huge fan of raspberry jam. It is one of my favorite kinds of homemade jam. I was so excited this year that my raspberry patch finally produced enough raspberries to make some homemade raspberry jam. While looking for new jam recipes to try on Pinterest, I found a recipe for canning raspberry…

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…

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…