A Fun Family Frugal Blog
Here in the north east peaches are ripe and ready for picking. There is nothing I love more than a fresh, ripe, rosy peach. The juice running down your arm as your teeth sink into the sweet flesh as you lean over the sink to catch the juice. Who wouldn’t want to preserve this yummy [...]
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The first week of July I had a visit from Paul Kuehnel of the York Daily Record/Smart Magazine to photograph me canning salsa. The photographs were for an article I was quoted in for the Smart Magazine September/October issue written by Sarah Chain. I was honored to be contacted by Sarah for the article. (look on page [...]
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Here is my video tutorial on how I make pickled beets. I am using a striped beet in this tutorial but a dark beet works just as good if not better. Ever hear of ‘red beet eggs’ or ‘pickled eggs’? This is the red beet part of that equation. Enjoy and let me know what [...]
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This year I was able to find tomatillo plants and they LIVED! Small victories people. So when the tomatillos looked like the ones I find in the grocery store (with the dried papery shells) I picked as many as I could find and set off to make salsa verde. Pictured above is a heavy 4 pounds [...]
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Pumpkins are in season! There is chatter once again that there will be a shortage this holiday season on canned pumpkin. You can avoid the search at the store by freezing your own pumpkin NOW! Super simple. Super healthy. It just takes a few steps and you are all set. Step 1. Wash your pumpkins [...]
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Yesterday was the day. The day to make apple sauce. When I say ‘day’ I mean DAY. This is not a 20 minute process. In fact I think in total I spent 8 hours. From cutting to cooking to milling, bagging and cleaning. My feet hurt. My back hurt but my house smelled like heaven [...]
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Well, the tomatoes are here and ripe. That means it is time to pull out every recipe in the book to use them. What!? Your recipe book has run our of tomato recipes? What!? You want to preserve this summer fresh yumminess that you just harvested. What!? You want a nice hostess gift and/or office [...]
Yeah for canning! Today is National can it forward day. Well tomorrow is too but today is the big demo day. Click on the Ball Preserving website for a live stream of demo all day today. Safety is paramount and these demos will show you step by step the correct way of preserving your summer [...]
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