A category for canning pickles, jams, tomatoes, fruit, and vegetables.
There are two major types of canned tomatoes, canning tomatoes fresh and whole sometime called raw packing which is what I am about to show you, and stewed tomatoes which are cut and cooked before canning. I prefer to raw pack when canning tomatoes. Canning tomatoes does not take any special skills but it does…
For certain recipes like this Bread and butter Pickles Recipe you typically see headings like Old Fashioned, Classic, or like Grama use to make. I am not sure how to feel about that, because this Grama is making and sharing pickles I first made as a teenage wife in the 70s. This recipe is simple,…
This saskatoon berry sauce recipe is small enough to make for a quick family treat, cook up the berry sauce in 20 minutes and drizzle over ice cream. Add a vanilla cookie and it becomes a quick and easy berry dessert fancy enough for company. Saskatoon sauce is one of the easiest berry sauce recipes…
Picking, Cleaning, and Freezing Saskatoon Berries Saskatoon berries are one of my all time favorite berries. People in the USA can call them juneberries. Other names are pigeon berries, service berries,shadbush, amelanchier but us western Canadians proudly refer to them as saskatoons. They are the same size and shape as a large blueberry, they’re sweet,…
Of all canned pickles I think the recipe for old-fashioned dill pickles is the easiest to make pretty much everyone’s favorite pickle. Who hasn’t eaten a dill pickle? Now that Hubs is retired and eating at home most of the time, I’ve dusted off all my old fashioned pickle canning recipes. Its been awhile since…
This homemade sweet pickle relish recipe is so good, doesn’t have any food colouring, uses local water and freshly locally grown cucumbers and onions. If you have never canned relish before you will be surprised how easy it is. This recipe is large but you can make it smaller and store it in the fridge…
You will often see either dill pickled carrots or dill pickled bean recipes online. I have always made them together as Dill Pickled Carrots and Beans. If you haven’t tried dilled carrots or dilled beans before your missing a simple and healthy homemade treat. If you prefer you can make just dilled pickled carrots, or…
Have you ever tried making apple butter? Apple butter is a delicious spreadable apple puree that is cooked down until thick. This apple butter recipe is amazing amazing on waffles, pancakes, oatmeal, scones or even toast. Gather some apples or crab apples from your yard, the farmers market, or I bet a neighbour will gladly…
