This a handy index for best preservation methods for your given goods. Listed and linked are the foods that fill our needs through the cold months, foods we’ve been able to grow or gather as a family that were left over. Some foods I had… Read More
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Fruit Bars with Fall Preserves
Jams from fall still stock the pantry, and this recipe utilizes any to satisfaction. Aside from grill glazes and jam on bread, food creativity with tasty preserves can grow to be a challenge by spring. This recipe makes jam or jelly canning in the autumn… Read More
Valentine’s Cookies with my American Girl ~ Made Bright with Beet Extract
She came skipping up, her American Girl Magazine in hand and a bright smile on her face, full of ideas for valentine’s day, and a plea to make particularly bright pink carnation cookies. Agreement was quick, seeing that the recipe would make excellent valentine favors for… Read More
Rhubarb Crisp ~ Anytime, Anywhere
Rhubarb chopped and frozen from last year’s harvest comes out for its regular rave reviews in this delicious anytime, anywhere recipe. Though one might rightly argue that crisp is designed to be a desert, with sugar content really rather low for treat terms and fruit and oats… Read More
Good Morning Good Muffin ~ Rhubarb Wakeup
Morning muffins with tangy barb, so easy, so tasty, and they are a joy to make. Speaking on that sentiment, The Joy of Cooking’s opening quote affirms precisely how I feel while baking and writing: “Joy’s soul lies in the doing.” ~ William Shakespeare When the children and… Read More
Cookie Classics
Long ago I swore off cookie and candy baking because of one unescapable reality: I could happily live on these foods alone. There are only two qualifiers that call for such activities; one, if it’s the holiday season and two, just for the kids. Currently… Read More