Make your own canned plum sauce for recipes and as a condiment on meats and Asian dishes. It's super easy, tastes delicious, and make a fun gift.
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A step-by-step photo and video guide to show you how to make minced garlic at home that can last for weeks. It's a trick often used in restaurants.
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I love baking little lemon pie tarts and seeing lemons return to our stores in the spring is a welcome sign of the warm weather that follows. Canning lemon pie filling is a quick and easy way to make a refreshing treat for the summer BBQs and last minute bonfires invitations the warm weather brings.Ingredients:Makes approx 6 pints or 3 quarts • 12-14 Lemons • 7C White Sugar • 9C Water • 1C Clear JelDirections for Cooking:1. Lemons: peel, cut into chunks and blend lemons in a food processors/blen
Freezing tofu is the secret to achieving a more meat-like texture. Learn how to do it the right way, from freezing it to thawing it.
Learn how to make a single jar of jam, a weekly ritual that will make the most of your fruit purchases.
Arugula is a wonderful spicy herb (it's also called roquette). Learn to preserve arugula by freezing arugula into olive oil cubes. Preserve arugula is easy, you can freeze arugula by following these tips
Very simple homespun ingredients, but look at the intricate spicing on this: that's where the magic happens. Yield: 4 x half-litre (1 US pint) jars
Here is an excellent resource to learn what foods can and cannot be frozen. There are also useful tips on make ahead freezer meal planning.
Learn ow to freeze desserts! You can freeze cheesecake, pie, cookies, bars, brownies! Learn which ones freeze better than others.
Blanching is such a scary word, an intimidating word, but really when it comes to carrots it just means boiling. Whew! Boiling is much less intimidating than blanching, who doesn’t know how t…
Learn how to freeze Greek yogurt in just a few simple steps! Our guide will show you how to store this healthy food without sacrificing its texture or flavor.
Did you know there are over a dozen ways to preserve eggplant? Really! I'll give you step by step instructions for each method!
Enjoy the convenience of having minced garlic ready and pre-measured whenever a recipe calls for it. This is an easy method for mincing and freezing garlic in teaspoon portions.
Learn how to freeze eggplant and avoid wastage. Discover effective techniques for preserving your bountiful eggplant harvest.
Ghee is a healthy fat that can be enjoyed during GAPS Intro and by many people with dairy sensitivities.
A reader e-mailed me with this question, "Do you know how to freeze homemade Indian food for future use? Till now, I have been making fresh meals but now at times I feel the need to have something ready and hate to go to restaurants." To freeze or not to freeze? I don't have much experience with freezing Indian meals. It is because my weeknight meals take barely 20 minutes of hands-on time to make. Cooking every evening from scratch fits in well in my schedule. But it is certainly worthwhile to know what Indian (and other) meals freeze well. It comes in handy in various situations when you simply don't have the time to shop or cook but need the comfort of a meal at home. Freezer-ready meals are also a thoughtful gift for friends and neighbors who are dealing with a new baby, recovering from surgery etc. Freezing ready-to-eat Indian dishes Idlis freeze beautifully. Popping them in the microwave results in soft idlis that are as good as new. Curries containing beans and with a tomato-onion base freeze well, like chana masala (chhole) and rajma. Freezing for faster meal prep: Meera has an excellent post on freezing sprouts so that nutritious usals, sprout pulaos and curries can be made without planning ahead. I sometimes soak and pressure-cook 2 or 3 times the amount of toor dal I need for one meal. Then I freeze the rest in small containers. This is especially useful when making vegetable-heavy sambar or thin rasams where only a modest amount of toor dal is needed for one batch. Making curries is a snap if you have the frozen curry base or masala paste on hand. Anita writes about freezing vegetables, and about freezing steamed koftas for almost instant kofta curry. Do share your own experience with freezing Indian food. Any successes or cautionary tales we could benefit from? Apart from Indian food, I like to freeze Rolls of cookie dough, ready to slice and bake Egg whites Over-ripe bananas Whole wheat tortillas (which double as rotis in my home) Nuts and flours, especially in the summer when these can get rancid quickly in the St. Louis heat Freezer-friendly links, a baker's dozen: Large batch of pancakes for the freezer, Bulk freezer breakfast burritos, Easy chickpea freezer patties, Freezer burritos, Stock your freezer: tips and tricks, How to host a soup swap to stock your freezer with a delicious variety of soups, Single portion vegetarian frozen meals, Freezer jam, Freezer pickles, Tomato sauce for the freezer, Homemade bouillon for the freezer, Revelations of the kitchen freezer, Fill the freezer menu. Know Thy Freezer (or the contents thereof, anyhow) There's no point stocking the freezer if we forget what's in there- so keeping a well-organized freezer is essential. In fact, writing this post is making me run to my own freezer and clean it out and restock it. An empty freezer is not such a great thing either- freezers are most efficient when they are at least two-thirds full. Needless to say, overstuffing the freezer does nothing for efficiency. Dale's TalesSpeaking of freezing...
One of the best ways to get weeknight pasta dinners on the table in a hurry is to have a stockpile of heat-and-serve sauces stashed in the freezer. Here are some of our best recipes for make-ahead pasta sauces.
With its savory custard and flaky crust, this brunch classic feels fancy, and it's surprisingly easy to make.
Kumquat jam is a great way to use an otherwise tart fruit. It makes a beautiful presentation and is perfect for your morning toast or an exotic treat.
Bagels are one of those go to meals that are simple, yet so delicious, especially when paired with the right food. You can get super creative with them and that’s what makes them so amazing, aside from tasting really good. So a question I get a lot is what
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We had a fabulous melon season. Lots of very high quality melons were grown on our farm. But, sadly, not all the melons were sellable so when life gives you too many melons you eventually make jam (and freeze them as well but we already discussed that here on this blog). I have had this melon jam idea in my head for a couple of years now but until a few weeks ago I did not get around to making such a jam.But faced with a growing amount of beginning to fester must be used ASAP and I already have filled the freezer with more than enough frozen melon I needed to do something so I looked around the web for a good melon jam recipe and found...none. Not a single melon jam recipe out there. I did find a couple preserve recipes but I had no interest in putting slices of melon into jars filled with a simple syrup. I wanted a real spreadable jam. So I had to invent a recipe which I did. Fortunately the pectin box had a basic recipe for all jams which is 4 cups fruit, 4 cups sugar and pectin (and maybe some lemon juice). Since I had both regular pectin and low/no sugar pectin (and a lot of both) and a lot of melons I experimented. I found the best results with the low/no sugar pectin and around 6 to 7 cups of fruit an 2 cups of sugar. It had the best flavor, sugar to fruit ratio and set up well. The jam made with regular pectin always set up poorly, even when I paid attention to measurements and used exactly 4 cups of fruit, sugar, etc., etc.. I I used Organic sugar and regular cane sugar and found little difference in taste or how well the jam set up. For flavoring I used salt and vanilla extract along with 1/4 cup of with either lemon or lime juice plus a TBL of butter which originally I used to keep the foaming to a minimum but used more butter because it added great flavor so here is the master recipe 4 to 7 cups fruit processed to a smooth foam in a food processor (use only 4 if using regular pectin) 2 to 4 cups sugar 2 TBL vanilla extract 1 TBL butter 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 lime or lemon juice 1 pkg pectin Prepare according pectin direction than fill hot jars that have been boiled for at least 10 minutes. put on lids and rings and than put in a hot water bath for 15 minutes. Remove from canner and put on a clean towel and let cool at least 12 hours. When cool remove rings, write on lid or label what's in the jar and the date and put in a cabinet.
Cumquat jam - a really easy recipe
This is not what I wanted to post today…I really wanted to post some jam I made with fruit that is abundant in the farmer’s market these days, but the pictures are not ready. See, with…
You can freeze hamburger buns for up to 3 months without worrying about freezer burn, but to protect them from getting soggy or drying out upon thawing,
Reduce waste and make fewer trips to the grocery store with these simple strategies for healthy, sustainable eating.
In this guide, you will find everything you need to know about freezing eggplant slices. You'll find step by step directions on how to freeze eggplant and some tips to make the freezing process easier.
Learn how easy it is to freeze plums and get some ideas for what to do with the frozen plums. They are perfect additions to sweet and savory recipes.
The garden has been producing well this year for some things - eggplant in particular. I show how to freeze eggplant for use in the winter.
Sauerkraut was traditionally prepared in the autumn and then stored fermented all winter long in a cellar where the earth temperature kept it cool but above freezing. People would consume it while …
One of my favorite appetizers is breaded mushrooms. They are just perfection; crispy and golden brown on the outside but juicy on the inside. But, eating out with 5 people (3 of whom consistently …
This recipe for home pressure-canned beef Stroganoff comes from the Ball home canning company.
I have been hoarding a platter of yellow quinces on my desk for the past few weeks, not because these knobbly fruits are especially beautiful to look at but rather as a source of deep olfactory pleasure. Tantalized by their fruity-floral aroma of pineapple, pear, and roses, I was almost convinced that cooking the quinces would be a shame … until I got them into a pot and onto a spoon.
We almost completely missed the pick-your-own season this year. We were just too busy, and when we weren't busy it was far too hot t...
Guide to Freezing Hummus Can you freeze hummus? If you make your own hummus, I am pretty sure you want to know if it is possible to freeze it. This might be very important for those of you who have made a super big batch and want to enjoy it
I think my favorite thing about living in the Los Angeles area are the farmers markets. My son loves them, too! I have an adorable conversation saved on my phone of him saying “farmers market…
Your family will love these homemade freezer meals. Whether you're cooking for your family or you're looking for an easy freezer meal for new moms
Enjoy homemade Chinese egg rolls anytime you want with our step-by-step guide to freezing them properly.
