Canning

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…

If you’ve never tried canning pickled red onions before, then you really have to give this recipe a try. It is SO easy. It is one of my favorite easy canning recipes. Some canning recipes take hours to prepare and are still worth all the effort taken to prepare them, but this recipe literally takes…

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…

How to Make Rhubarb Simple Syrup   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…

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…