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From the garden to the pantry all in a single afternoon.  Dill pickle spears are our family's favorite way to preserve the cucumbers we grow each summer.  After a 5lb harvest this weekend, it was time to break our the canning kettle and put up some pickles!

Dill Pickle Spears

From the garden to the pantry all in a single afternoon.  Dill pickle spears are our family’s favorite way to preserve the cucumbers we grow each summer.  After a 5lb harvest this weekend, it was time to break our the canning kettle and put up some pickles! My dill pickle recipe is a little different …

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It only takes a little time, effort, and know how to change this humble weed into a golden, honey flavored jelly. Dandelion Jelly is now a family favorite!

Dandelion Jelly

  A weed is anything that grows where you don’t want it to.  Years ago, we were trying to have the perfectly manicured suburban lawn.  Lush and green without any weeds of any kind.  After spending a single season ripping out everything that was undesirable, and trying to get the grass to thrive, we realized …

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This month, our challenge focuses on salt preserving. After considering a handful of options, I decided to try my hand at this homemade vegetable soup base.

Vegetable Soup Base

I am really enjoying the monthly projects during the Food In Jars Mastery Challenge!  This month our focus was supposed to be on salt preserving a fruit or vegetable.  I have made preserved lemons before, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to try something new.  I wanted to cure olives, but they …

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Homesteading Goals for 2017. Through gardening, food preservation, and a lot of DIY we are teaching our children to be self-reliant and we are working together as a family to have the things we need.

Homesteading Goals for 2017

Homesteading Goals for 2017 Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.  For our family, it’s a way of life on our little 1/4-acre in the middle of suburbia.  While there is still a lot we rely on others for, there is a lot we can do for ourselves.  Through gardening, food preservation, and a lot of …

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Have you ever tried a recipe just because it pushes you out of your culinary comfort zone? I plan on doing a lot of that this year, starting with marmalade. Blood Orange Marmalade is a delicious sweet tart fruit spread, that you are sure to enjoy on its own or in savory recipes.

Blood Orange Marmalade

Have you ever tried a recipe just because it pushes you out of your culinary comfort zone?  I plan on doing a lot of that this year, and its all thanks to the Food In Jars Mastery Challenge.  Each month, I will be participating in a culinary challenge.  Something that builds on the food preservation …

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