by Renee Pottle | Sep 20, 2018 | Canning and Preserving, Instagram, Jams
Combine late summer white peaches with sparkling wine for a Bellini-type jam. Do you hang on to summer as long as possible? I sure do. Although autumn brings its own charms, I love summer, and especially love summer fruit. So, when the Washington State Fruit... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 5, 2018 | Basics, Grow Your Own Food
Turn your luscious peaches into year-long treats with these peach recipes. Jam and Other Soft Spreads Honey Peach Apricot Jam Spiced Peach Butter Homemade Peach Butter Peachy Plum Preserves Peach Butter Old Fashioned Peach Preserves Sunshine Fruit Butter Pickled,... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 30, 2018 | Instagram, Real Food, Sourdough and Other Fermented Foods
Make your own kombucha at home using fresh, seasonal peaches. Once or twice a year I make a big batch of kombucha. Don’t get me wrong, I drink kombucha all year – but usually I purchase a commercial brand at the grocery store. When summer peaches are at their... 
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...