We’ve got two “cool” drink ideas for those hot summer days! It is super easy to make the Patriotic Layered Drink and Cranberry Fizz. Your guests will be impressed (even though there’s nothing to it)! These recipes were originally created by Yesterday on Tuesday! Patriotic Layered Drink We used our Handled Mason Jar...
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Put your preserves to work and make a mouthwatering sweetheart dessert that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day! Print Sweetheart Pies Ingredients Pie crust Pie filling Jars (we used 4oz jars) Instructions Simply make a pie crust and cut out circles to fit the bottom of your jar. You can use a biscuit cutter or a...
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It’s officially holiday gifting season and we are crushing on these adorable DIY Mason Jar Cookie Kits from CanningCrafts. Who wouldn’t love to gift or get these adorably festive Cookie Mason Jars? Perfect for teachers, friends, and anyone on your list who loves cookies! Not to mention the fun you’ll have putting the kits...
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If you’re a couple of years into your herb garden, you’ve likely realized that there are some herbs that you just can’t keep up with. Some of them – like our Thyme, Oregano and Savory – faired very well over the winter, had expanded their growth area and were bursting with new growth. I...
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Strawberries were so plentiful and delicious this year that I found myself arriving home with flats of those glorious berries several times. We enjoyed strawberry shortcake for bedtime snacks, for breakfast, sometimes as an actual dessert and of course, a good amount of strawberry jam was put away for another season! We had some quartered berries...
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Chocolate Chip Protein Bites So, the timing of this post is quite good for our household…as the last weeks of school are now upon us, and between concerts, field trips, end of year school projects & events, the normal stuff of work, and a daunting new project, I find I’m living with this constant sense...
Read More > Several years ago we added a small patch of Blackberries – the thorn-less variety – to our little patch of the world. As it turns out, the kids don’t eat them out of the patch quite like they do the raspberries, so I actually get more opportunity to preserve some! Whenever I have the...
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Last week, we shared a recipe for this amazing Black Cherry Shrub and were so floored by the ease of making them and pleased with the flavor results that we’ve tried a few more variations. That Black Cherry version that we made spent some time on the stove in order to speed up the ...
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