Canned potatoes can be baked, fried, boiled, and even turned into soup. And for some reason, potatoes are more delicious after canning than in some fresh potato recipes turn out! And adding herbs and onions to the potatoes makes them even better. This is an easy raw pack method to get 7 pounds of potatoes … Continue reading Herbed Potatoes with Onions | Pressure Canning, Raw Pack, Potatoes in Water
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Pork n’ Beans | Pressure Canning Red Kidney Beans with Bacon & Tomato Sauce | 7 Quarts
Pork n' beans come with many names and can be made several different ways, but around here we tend to treat them like BBQ beans and keep things simple. This recipe avoids excessive sugar, no molasses, uses basic pantry items like your favorite bacon, red beans, diced tomatoes, and some spices to make that sweet … Continue reading Pork n’ Beans | Pressure Canning Red Kidney Beans with Bacon & Tomato Sauce | 7 Quarts
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Canning Strawberry Jam | Low Sugar, Pectin, Fresh or Frozen Berries | Water Bath Canning
Strawberry jam is a pantry staple for our house, and canning your own is thankfully easy enough. In fact, I haven't bought storebought jam in years because all you need are 3 basic ingredients, some pectin, and a couple hours slotted away to make a batch. That said, I have learned that we prefer a … Continue reading Canning Strawberry Jam | Low Sugar, Pectin, Fresh or Frozen Berries | Water Bath Canning
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Canning Cranberry Juice | Water Bath Canning, Raw Pack Method
Cranberry juice is one of those fruit juices that holds a punch in health benefits: it contains plenty of antioxidants, vitamins, and polyphenols that help the heart and body. It's easy enough to find cranberry juice in the stores, but it's even easier to make it at home with fresh, frozen or even homegrown cranberries … Continue reading Canning Cranberry Juice | Water Bath Canning, Raw Pack Method
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Freezing Cinnamon French Toast | Vacuum Sealing | High Egg Count Recipe [Video]
My favorite way to preserve extra eggs is to make them into "non-egg" recipes: waffles, muffins, pancakes, and in this case delicious cinnamon French Toast. Duck eggs in particular, are great for baking due to their higher fat and protein content and are my preferred egg to use in recipes like this. Here I will … Continue reading Freezing Cinnamon French Toast | Vacuum Sealing | High Egg Count Recipe [Video]
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Homemade Red Pepper Flakes | Dehydrating Cayenne Peppers | Air Drying
Cayenne peppers are an easy pepper to grow, even for us northern gardeners; they are prolific, grow on the smaller side, and are generally disease and pest free. AND they are incredibly easy to preserve, which lends itself to an easy and inexpensive way to stock up your spice cabinet with homegrown, organic red pepper … Continue reading Homemade Red Pepper Flakes | Dehydrating Cayenne Peppers | Air Drying
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Chocolate Blueberry Scones | Using Dehydrated or Freeze Dried Berries
Scones are a simple from scratch dessert to bake at home, and a great way to use up dehydrated (or freeze dried) berries, homemade jams, or other fruit preserves from the summer. Scones are treated as a dessert around here, but they are lower sugar than most other desserts leaving us with less guilt, and … Continue reading Chocolate Blueberry Scones | Using Dehydrated or Freeze Dried Berries
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Garden Veggie Calzone Recipe | Pizza Crust from Scratch using Yeast, included
Calzone with Homemade Pizza Crust Recipe | Garden Veggie This recipe was inspired through the wonderful cookbook Serving Up the Harvest by Andrea Chesman. Her pizza dough recipe is perfection, and when I am taking a sourdough break, it's the one I use at home. Although, here for the calzone, I find it easier if … Continue reading Garden Veggie Calzone Recipe | Pizza Crust from Scratch using Yeast, included
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Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Lemon Thyme
Wherever a cherry tomato can go, so can these delicious, marinated ones; salads, pasta, sandwiches, or even just eaten plain. Easily done with storebought or homegrown garden ingredients, it's a fast recipe that spruces up any meal with its sweet and vinegar flavors. Here I go into tools you need, ingredients, and instructions to make … Continue reading Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Lemon Thyme
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Pumpkin & Avocado Pasta Sauce | Savory Pumpkin Recipe with Homegrown Pumpkins
Move over pumpkin breads, here is another recipe to use up a pumpkin in a savory way and sneak in some extra nutrients with the avocado; a rich, creamy pasta sauce! Between the pumpkin and avocado, this comes out to be a smooth, mild pasta sauce that sticks to the noodles well and can easily … Continue reading Pumpkin & Avocado Pasta Sauce | Savory Pumpkin Recipe with Homegrown Pumpkins
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Roasted Pumpkin & Carrot Soup | Savory Pumpkin Recipe with Homegrown Pumpkins
Pumpkins are packed full of nutrients and should not be overlooked for savory dishes. This recipe is aimed to use up a fresh pumpkin (we can always hope one of our homegrown ones), along with some staple pantry ingredients to make this creamy, grilled cheese approved soup. Here I go into tools you need, ingredients, … Continue reading Roasted Pumpkin & Carrot Soup | Savory Pumpkin Recipe with Homegrown Pumpkins
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Simple Banana Bread Recipe | Double Batch
Everyone needs a banana bread recipe that isn’t hard to make. There is just one secret ingredient to insure you don't have a dry banana bread here (that's yogurt). Here I go into tools you need, ingredients, and instructions on how to make the Double Batch of Simple Banana Bread Banana Bread Recipe | Easy … Continue reading Simple Banana Bread Recipe | Double Batch
The Cottage Vegetable 