by Renee Pottle | Sep 10, 2014 | Canned or Preserved Fruits and Vegetables, Canning and Preserving
Canning is a good way to preserve late harvest fruit. Every summer I can a few jars of mixed fruit. It’s the grown-up version of that childhood treat, fruit cocktail. Earlier this summer it was a combination of early peaches, apricots, cherries, and mango. The... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 29, 2014 | Fermenting, Real Food
Fermenting your own fruit vinegar from scratch is an easy and fun project. Homemade vinegar is one of those unusual but easy projects that the whole family can get behind. All you really have to do is stir and wait. What could be simpler? I have posted before about... 
by Renee Pottle | Jul 28, 2014 | Canning and Preserving, freezing
It’s hot, and that means peaches are lush, ripe, and plentiful. Welcome To The Mid-Columbia My husband likes to tell this story: We moved here to the sunny, dry, Mid-Columbia region almost 20 years ago from beautiful (but cold!) western Maine. We left Maine on... 
by Renee Pottle | Dec 24, 2013 | cakes, Instagram, Real Food
It might be a little late (the story of my life), but I received a request for this yummy fruitcake recipe and thought I would share with everyone. Although fruitcake improves with age, a little known secret is that fruitcake is also delicious the day it is made. And... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 26, 2013 | Canning and Preserving, Instagram, Jams
The triple digit heat has finally abated, just in time to get back to canning summer’s harvest. We have two peach trees and most of the fruit from the Red Haven tree went into the freezer. But the last of the peaches went into this batch of old-fashioned...