All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘canning’
Small Batch Rosemary Lemon Sea Salt
Sea salt infused with lemon and rosemary makes a great addition to chicken or lamb dishes. I also like it in grain dishes like quinoa and since I’m eating mostly vegetarian these days, it’s fun to have it to spice up a salad or a roasted veggie dish.
Read MoreMy Famous Pickled Golden Beets with Ginger and Star Anise
Today I’ve shared a recipe on the My Own Ideas blog for my famous pickled golden beets with ginger and star anise. The brine is sweet with just a hint of the spices, a beautiful compliment to the earthy golden beets. Check out the full recipe and all the other great recipes & ideas on the My Own Ideas blog.
Read MorePeach Brandy Preserves
Ingredients: 6 cups peaches 5 cups sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 x 250ml jar Seville orange marmalade (aha! The secret ingredient!) 3 cinnamon sticks 1/2 cup brandy Directions: Blanch peaches by dunking them in boiling water for 30 seconds, then transferring them into a bowl of ice water. Peel of skin and remove pit. Rough chop the peaches and …
Read MoreZucchini Relish Recipe
Please welcome guest blogger, Lindsay Jewell from My Own Ideas, who joins us today to share this colorful zucchini relish recipe. I can’t wait to try this one myself! ~ Everyone who grows zucchini plants knows that when the season is at its peak it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the volume of your harvest, and to forget how much …
Read MoreTarragon Pickled Beets
Here is a small batch of pickled red beets that will be gone in a flash. If you choose to make enough to stock the pantry, they taste even better after a few weeks.
Read MorePickled Radishes
There just aren’t enough recipes with radishes. They are just about the most fun veggie out there but they are completely under-appreciated. Radishes are easy to grow, go from feed to food in a month, have gorgeous red (purple/pink/white) globes hidden under the soil, and they add just the right spicy kick to summer food. Many times we only use them in early spring as they are …
Read MorePreserved Lemons Recipe
If you haven’t yet tried preserved lemons, now is the time. Primarily used in Moroccan cooking, this unique salty citrus flavour quickly makes an amazing dish out of chicken or fish and adds lift to sautéed vegetables or beans. This recipe has only two ingredients, so choose them wisely. Organic lemons are the only ones I ever use for preserving as the rind will have less …
Read MoreHomemade Bourbon Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Did you know that British Columbia is the 3rd largest producer of cranberries worldwide? BC produces about 17 million kilograms of cranberries annually on about 50 family farm operations. Just a short drive away from Vancouver there are cranberry bogs that you can check out. They are just beautiful in mid-autumn when the bogs are flooded and all the ripe cranberries float to the top of the bog, get corralled in, and are …
Read MoreFreebie: Brand-Spanking-New Canning Labels
Since many of us out there are so interested these days in turning that summer bounty into jams, jellies, pickles, and sauce, I thought it would be a good time to create some new canning label templates you can download and print for free. Ta da! Templates: Garden Therapy 2 Inch Canning Labels Polka Dot Garden Therapy 2.5 Inch Canning Labels …
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