A good friend brought me a bucket of Italian Plums she gleaned and so I needed to figure out what to do with them. So it seemed jam was what I was focusing on this week. I had realized it was September and I had not canned a single jar of jam. Now I have… Continue reading Lower Sugar Plum Jam
Category: Preserving
Lower Sugar Pear Jam Recipe: A Homemade Healthier Spread
I had various pectin brands around the house, so I decided to make a quick batch of pear jam, that was lower sugar (if you make traditional jam with grocery store pectin, it can be 7 cups sugar for a batch, this way I only used 3 cups. Which was still high for my taste,… Continue reading Lower Sugar Pear Jam Recipe: A Homemade Healthier Spread
Packing Your Freeze-Dried Items Like The Pros
It's National Preparedness Month - and part of that is getting emergency food ready. I had a goal for a long time, and it was to be able to pack my freeze-dried meals & ingredients in commercial grade bags, where I could seal the bags for long-term storage, with the ability to have a zipper… Continue reading Packing Your Freeze-Dried Items Like The Pros
Dehydrating Kale and Making Green Powder
It’s been a bountiful year on the homestead for kale production. Cold wet springs lead to greens growing well, and once the sun showed up mid summer, the heat kicked off the growth. I have 3 varieties this year going on our land on Whidbey Island in Washington State. We face the Salish Sea so we… Continue reading Dehydrating Kale and Making Green Powder
Freeze-Dried Salsa: Making and Using It
We love our Harvest Right freeze-dyer and have had it running quite a bit this year. From carrots to pumpkin pie, to noodles and candy, we just love seeing what will freeze-dry in it. We grow a lot of peppers, onions and tomatoes on our homestead, and yearly I water bath can at least 100 pint jars… Continue reading Freeze-Dried Salsa: Making and Using It