Our friends at Pomona’s Universal Pectin wanted to share a recipe from their book Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin by Allison Carroll Duffy (Fair Winds Press, June 2013). This recipe for pear-cranberry conserve will be the perfect addition to scones on Christmas morning, and it can moonlight on your cheese platter later that day too. Allison...
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(Updated – July 27, 2020) If you’re looking for things to do with cucumbers, we have the answer! Large cucumbers are often hard to transform into crispy pickle spears and are often quite seedy, but still have much potential! I recently had some very large cucumbers. My initial plan was to pickle them, but...
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We are pleased to introduce our guest blogger, Sarah Mock from Savoring the Good. Sarah has some excellent tips and creative ways to save money around your home. One way she saves, is by preserving her own food. Today she is teaching us how to use every ounce of goodness from our CSA share,...
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Father’s Day is coming up…and we set out to find a DIY project for Dad that would be useful, fun, kid friendly, frugal & easy to personalize. It can be pretty tricky to find that perfect Father’s Day gift or DIY project…but I think we’ve landed on a favorite! Grilling season has officially arrived...
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Our family friend, Carla, made some Cranberry-Rosemary Vinegar to give to teachers, co-workers, and other friends this Christmas. We shared a picture on Facebook and many of you wanted to hear more about how she made it. Carla snapped some pictures when she and her kids made the next batch, and she was kind...
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