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Mixes in a Jar Book Announcement
I am excited to announce that my newest book, Mixes in a Jar – Delicious Recipes for Storing Year-round Gifts and Easy Meals is now available! You can order your copy on the Mother Earth News site.
Best Gifts for Gardeners, Food Preservers, and Makers 2021
Each year I pull together a list of best gift ideas for the gardeners and food preservers in your life. This year, I am including other Makers too. We all have something in common; a love of “doing it ourselves,” of making something with our own hands. A sense of...
How to Dry Vegetables in the Oven
Slow Roasted, Dehydrated Tomatoes
If you have an excess of half-ripened slicing tomatoes, you may wonder what to do with them. They seldom ripen on the vine, and even if you bring them in to ripen on the windowsill, they lack sweet summer tomato taste.
Altering Your Canned Salsa Recipe
It’s salsa canning time! The time of year when tomatoes, peppers, and onions are fresh and plentiful. But canning books don’t include many creativ
Four Bean Salad Recipe
Combine green and yellow string beans, kidney beans, and garbanzo beans with a tangy dressing for a quick summertime salad.
Canning Jar Lid Shortage: What to do?
The covid-induced shortage of canning jar lids has stretched into 2021. What are our options when we can’t find enough new lids for all our canning projects?
Mediterranean White Bean Salad Recipe
This Italian inspired white bean salad is simple to prepare and a welcome picnic dish.
Semolina Tomato Zucchini Yeast Bread
It’s that time of year again – zucchini season. I have been following the Mediterranean example and using zucchini in everything; zucchini pie, stuffed zucchini, zucchini pickles, even zucchini brownies. But still, the zucchini keeps coming.
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