by Renee Pottle | Aug 29, 2018 | Canning and Preserving, Dehydrating, Instagram
Macerate peaches and then dehydrate them for chewy goodness and a perfect lunchbox snack. Every summer I dehydrate a few peaches. Usually I slice, treat in lemon juice so they keep their color, and then dry till crumbly. This method works great if you want to... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 28, 2018 | Candied, Canning and Preserving, Instagram
Turn fresh summer peaches into candied bits for later fruitcakes and other baked goods. Candying fruit is basically a process that replaces the water in fruit with sugar. Sugar keeps the fruit from spoiling, a preserving method that has been around since ancient... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 22, 2018 | Canning and Preserving, Instagram, Jams
Peaches plus apricots plus honey combine for a desert-island worthy jam! What are your three desert-island foods? The three foods that you can’t live without? The three delicacies that cure a bad mood, soothe hurt feelings, and brighten your day? My desert-island... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 21, 2018 | Canning and Preserving, Instagram, Jams
I can’t let anything go to waste, which I how I came up with this fruit butter concoction of mangoes, apricots, and peaches – sunshine fruits! August – perhaps the most perfect time of the year. Locally, instead of lions and tigers and bears (oh my!), August brings... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 14, 2018 | canning, Canning and Preserving
Now is the time to can ripe summer apricots, peaches, berries and other fruit. August – when summer fruits are at their best. This week at the local Farmer’s Market I found lipstick-red strawberries, plump blueberries, sweet (not mouth-puckering) blackberries,... 
by Renee Pottle | Jul 17, 2018 | canning, Canning and Preserving, Instagram
Don’t overcook your delicious homemade jam – count on one of these 4 methods to successfully check the jam setting point. Making jam or jelly with prepared pectin is supposed to be an easy project. Add the pectin, bring to a boil, boil for 2 minutes and voila!...