Collecting the Moments

Starting with the most recent and going back to July 12th, here are the preservation pictures for 2015 Our larder as of August 28th, ...

This cake is dense like a brownie and it’s light sweetness and chocolaty flavor masks the beets and blends them in with no iron-ish afterta...

This year was so hot….  Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but seriously…  this summer was SO hot!  And hot summers mean TOMATOES.  ...

Another year, another cherry season!  Cherries are almost done now, so it is time to put up cherry pie filling!  This is the recipe I ...

I am not sure what about canning is in my blood.  When I finished building the pantry, I openly told people I may not can this year.  I said...

This years food preservation list is extensive already.  I’ve been working in all my free moments to put up food for the winter and my littl...

Yep!  That’s right folks, it’s canning season again.  When that free food starts rolling in I just can’t help myself!  I have to put it away...

I am buried…  In apples that is!  I have two laundry baskets full sitting in my kitchen and I am trying to start our school year, and Don’s...

I smell: white bean & sausage soup cooking on the oven with kale, onions, herbs, and carrots in it.   All from the garden. I see: ...

I scored on 40lbs of strawberries for free that were about to turn.  I decided to take them and make as many bags of frozen berries as I c...

These jars should be worth about $20 each.  lol…  these peaches were a different variety than I normally get.  I got the deal from Zycon, ...

These onions have been so satisfying!  To braid them I followed along with this video on how to braid garlic… it worked out great! I co...