canning

Preserve the natural crisp flavor of pears to enjoy year round with these home canned pears.
Preserving

Everything You Need for Home Canned Pears

  It’s time to store some fruit for the winter. OK, we’re in the 21st century, but if you’ve never canned anything before, I think you’re missing out. Canned pears are one of my utmost favorite home canned products. This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you click on and make […]

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Add a little club soda to this home canned grape juice to celebrate all the holidays this season.
Beverages Preserving

Home Canned Grape Juice

 Fall is here, and it’s my favorite time of the year to start putting up produce. Canning fruits are one of the easiest ways to save produce to eat throughout the year. This home canned grape juice is fabulous with a little club soda. This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if […]

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Home Canned Cherry Jelly. Spread it on toast, or pour it over your Sunday Roast. However you serve it, you'll love having this stocked in your pantry.
Preserving

Cherry Jelly

In honor of Utah’s Pioneer Day, I wanted to share this extremely SIMPLE recipe for Cherry Jelly with you today. If you’ve never heard of Pioneer Day, it’s a good bet you don’t live in Utah and you’re not a Mormon. I happen to be both but have only ever celebrated since moving back to Utah. […]

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Preserving

Strawberry Jam and Strawberry Curd

  When someone posts on facebook that Walmart has Strawberries for 88cents I don’t waste any time in heading out and grabbing some. Our store is notorious for running out of things fast, especially when it’s on such a great sale.  Once I had the kids out the door to school, I headed over to […]

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Pomegranate Lemonade
Beverages Preserving

Pomegranate Lemonade Recipe

Holidays are upon us! Have Pomegranate Lemonade on hand to add to a little sparkling beverage and you’ll always have a delicious special drink to share. One night, while I’m putting the kids to bed, Mark receives a phone call. When I come out, he tells me someone is coming by with some pomegranates. Cool, […]

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Food of the World Preserving

Polish Plum Butter

  We headed to Nana and Opah’s house this weekend, and the first thing I noticed when we walked in was the abundance of plums. They were everywhere. Buckets, bowls – you could hardly see their table due to the plums. Throughout the weekend, my mom had neighbors stop by, and she’d send them back […]

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Raspberry Rhubarb Jam #FoodieFriday

About a month ago Jade Louise Designs posted this stunning photo and recipe for Raspberry Rhubarb Jam. Sounded absolutely delicious, and since I had a huge bush of rhubarb growing in my backyard I knew I had to try it out. I made a couple alterations though using some of my freeze dried raspberries. Since […]

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Dill Pickles #FoodieFriday

Cohosted by Diane at Simple Living and Eating.  Welcome back to Foodie Friday. A big thank you to Tammy for guest posting a recipe last week. We had so much fun at my mom’s family reunion. Hiking at Arches National Park, Swimming in Moab, and bidding pennies against each other for random stuff at the […]

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Preserving Zucchini #FoodieFriday

I don’t have a recipe for you today, because I have been busy busy busy in the garden trying to preserve everything I grew this year.  What you see in the above picture, that’s just the first crop of Zucchini. Since those were picked, I have twice more picked around the same amount. It’s safe […]

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Getting kids to eat and enjoy Vegetables

I received product to review. All fresh produce, cute kids who enjoy vegetables, and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links, that help maintain this site.   I love gardening!  Fresh produce picked straight from the ground in your own backyard is something special.   My kids don’t particularly enjoy vegetables, but having them […]

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