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Zesty Dill Pickles: A New Classic Recipe
Don’t be going and getting too impressed after I tell you this but…I did win 1st place at the county fair with these Zesty Dill Pickles. I just want you to know that when you’re deciding if you want to try it or not. 😆 After trying many different pickle recipes over the last several years, this zesty dill pickles…
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How To Easily Make Pressure Canned Green Beans From Your Garden
Green beans are one of the easiest vegetables to pressure can because you don’t need many ingredients! Grab your green beans & canning salt and you will be ready to go. Green beans are one of the first pressure-canned recipes I tried a few years ago and we’ve been enjoying green beans from the garden ever since. Read on to…
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Strawberry Rhubarb Jam-No Pectin Recipe
Strawberries & rhubarb are the perfect pair for pies, crumbers, jams, and more. I loved making this super easy strawberry rhubarb jam this year with no pectin. The fewer ingredients, the better! Amiright? When the rhubarb starts popping up in Northern Illinois it is one of the first signs of spring. After our long winter, those green leaves are such…
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Preserve & Savor: Pressure Canned Chicken Soup Made Simple
I love this chicken soup recipe because it is flavorful and really easy to put together. The best part about pressure canning your own chicken soup is that you are aware of each ingredient that goes into it and there will be no surprises. No artificial ingredients or preservatives! You can add veggies from your garden or farmers market and…
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Lilac Jelly Recipe with your Sweet Lilac Blossoms
Lilacs mean spring to me and I cannot get enough of their sweet smell! I knew I wanted to make lilac jelly. Last year after the lilacs were all done in my area, I saw someone post a recipe for a cake with lilac blossoms. My mind was blown because I did not realize lilacs are edible! Fast forward to…
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How to Make Homemade Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling
I don’t know about you but my family LOVES strawberry rhubarb pie and crumble. We usually have a lot of it during spring and summertime and then when rhubarb season is over all the fun stops. A few years ago I learned about Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling. Since then I started making these delicious summer homemade pies all year…
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How to Make Cran-Raspberry Jam using Cranberry Juice
I searched and searched to find a Cran-Raspberry Jam recipe that didn’t use whole cranberries to start. Is it such a crazy idea to not want chunks of cranberry in my jam? Or maybe I couldn’t find any cranberries (which was the case when I was making Christmas Jam just after Thanksgiving this year). Or perhaps I had already purchased…
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How to can Blueberry Pie Filling to use all year
This year is the first year that I’ve canned pie filling (or anything actually 😛) and I will be canning pie filling from now on! A friend gave me some canned apple pie filling and then I made blueberry pie filling and it has been awesome to have it these past few months. I’ve made pies, bars, turnovers, and crisps…
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The Best 3 Ingredient Black Raspberry Jam Recipe & The New Love of Your Life
Black Raspberry season was in full swing in late June in Northern IL so we took full advantage! Black raspberry bars, jam, and pie all made an appearance. We still have about 7 cups of berries in the freezer too that we can’t quite decide what to do with. I might see another pie in the future, or maybe some…
