by Renee Pottle | Aug 13, 2015 | Canning and Preserving, Dehydrating
Don’t lose your dried fruit to insects or mold. Make lasting dried fruit using these 5 easy steps. There’s a little more to drying fruit than simply drying it. But…. not a lot more! If you have ever had a batch of dried fruit mold or get infected by... 
by Renee Pottle | Jun 13, 2015 | Candied, Canning and Preserving
Candied cherries have real flavor when made this quick and easy way. Every year I make candied cherries for fruitcake season. The process is usually long (see this older post). The cherries are candied, and they don’t have that fake neon color that you see in... by Renee Pottle | Nov 11, 2014 | Canning and Preserving
How to make your own candied citron and candied quince. It’s almost fruitcake season. Whoa………stay with me! The word “fruitcake” often sends people running, but homemade fruitcake is sweet, tangy, and delicious. Of course, that is... 
by Renee Pottle | Jan 31, 2013 | canning, Canning and Preserving
As I have mentioned before, I am a thrifty Yankee at heart. I still adhere to the guiding principles of reduce, reuse, recycle. If I don’t need it, I don’t buy it. If I can make it myself, I won’t purchase it. Which brings us to the fourth good... 
by Renee Pottle | Dec 9, 2012 | and sweet treats, Real Food
Fruitcake, much like Brussels sprouts, has received a bum rap over the years. And for pretty much the same reason. Because somewhere along the line, what was a wonderful, flavorful product became an overcooked, over processed mess whose only relationship to the...