I have zero groove, but let me tell you, I do a happy dance when I eat homemade salsa. I haven’t made much canned salsa in the past, sticking with fresh Pico de Gallo instead. This year, with an abundance of tomatoes, it was time to make some salsa….and it is YUMMY. Here is my…
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Zucchini Herb Scones
This year I only planted 1 zucchini plant and thank goodness! We love zucchini, and this year we actually have been keeping up with the vegetable. Though, that could be because I have had some pollination problems, but still, glad we aren’t randomly dropping them on neighbours doorsteps and running before they can tell us…
Asian Cucumber Salad
Summertime we find that most of our meals focus on a salad and protein, usually BBQ’d. I was getting bored of the proteins and salads we had been having and found a Tandoori marinade at the grocery store. I decided that some BBQ’d tandoori chicken sounded delightful! So, I bought the marinade and had to…
The Remake – Strawberry Jam
Strawberry jam has been on of my go-to canning recipes that I make either once a year or sometimes every other year depending on how many other jams I have made. Well, it is that time again, where I need to make another batch. This one is slightly different, since I decided to mix the…
Rhubarb Leather
I shared the first steps in this process in my post “Rhubarb Stewie“, which made some delicious stewed rhubarb. It was more than we needed, so I continued to process some of the stewed rhubarb into the next delicious rhubarb recipe – Fruit leather! Ingredients 4 cups stewed rhubarb 1 medium ziplock back of strawberries…
Rhubarb Stewie
One of the very first things we harvest every year from our garden is rhubarb. Generally I make pies, or crumbles with the rhubarb, but I do have another few favourite recipes as well as a new one that is going to become a summer staple. Last weekend we had to take a break from…
Brie Basil Tomato Gooeyness
My mom is to credit for bringing this recipe into my life. First the recipe, then I will tell you about this recipe in the chit-chat section at the end. Ingredients: Brie cheese (full round – any size) Tomatoes (any kind – cherries have a nice aesthetic) Fresh basil Garlic Salt & pepper Olive oil…
Presto Pesto!
We planted A LOT of basil this year and were rewarded with small bushes in some areas of super fragrant and happy basil plants. We enjoyed it in quite a few dishes throughout the summer, but now that it is fall and the plants were starting to show that the colder weather was having an…
Amaretto Update
Back at the end of July we experienced Apricotageddon, which resulted in a lot of new apricot recipes. We are going through the jam quickly, but we have 33 jars, so it’s not a concern. Seriously though, lots of apricots, which means we had lots of apricot pits. Most I threw out but after a…
Zucchini Garden Salsa
Another great option for any zucchini you have that you just don’t know what to do with. Our house smelled so good when this was cooking that we had to keep one jar out of the canner so that we could immediately consume it. INGREDIENTS *Makes 8 pints 10 cups zucchini (grated or small chunks)…
JK Building The Dream 