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Fresh From Florida: Citrus Marmalade Recipe #canning

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Fresh From Florida Citrus Marmalade    Back in September when I wrote about our move to this house I mentioned that I would be sharing more recipes in the Fresh From Florida series.    Renting a house with a mature back yard orchard is a dream come true. Unfortunately the citrus trees do not get [...]

Do you use a food dehydrator? #food

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National Can It Forward Day Live Streaming Demos

I’m not sure how I missed this little tid bit of information the other day but for those of you who will not be attending a canning party on August 13th. Or those of you who have never tried canning but want to see what it’s all about  can go to the Fresh Preserving website [...]

So what is Can It Forward Day August 13th 2011?

Can It Forward 2011 Saturday August 13th, 2011 is National Can-it- Forward Day! Canning and putting by food has become very popular once again. A simple Google search for canning recipes will find an astounding 5,740,000 million search results. Searching on just the key word canning will bring a whopping 32,000,000 million results. Needless to say canning [...]

How To Make Refrigerator Dill Pickles

Kirby Cucumber

Have you ever made your own pickles? I have been dreaming of making my own pickles for about a year now. I planted some kirby cucumber plants and harvested a couple of small ones the other day. I only had three  but I was determined to try a recipe I found for refrigerator pickles on my [...]

Reminder Canning Chat Thursday 6/16 8 pm est @ebates

I’ve been a little under the weather this week with a nasty head/chest cold but wanted to remind you all that I will be hosting the Preserving The Summer Harvest Live Chat on Thursday  6/16 at 8pm EST in the Savvy Living Community, sponsored by Ebates on The Blog Frog website.       My co-host will be [...]

Peach and Jalapeño Pepper Jam

Peach and Jalapeno Jam   Peach and Jalapeno Pepper Jam Peach & Jalapeño Pepper Jam 3 ½ lbs peaches 3 medium jalapeno peppers 7 ½ cups sugar 1 pouch liquid pectin ¼ cup lemon juice 1 – 2 tablespoons butter or margarine Makes 4 pints Prepare your jars and lids accordingly. If you have never [...]

Do you do any canning,freezing or dehydrating?

By Arlene author of Flour On My Face I love making homemade jams and jellies. I will freeze corn when it is at a awesome price and I have played around with dehydrating. What about you? Do you put up food in any way to try to save money on your food costs? Visit the [...]

Lovely Delicious Pear Vanilla Jam

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Lovely Delicious Pear Vanilla Jam   I have been making jams for a very long time. I say jams and not jellies because I don’t think I have ever actually made a batch of jelly. I love nice thick and chunky jam so that is what I make. Nothing in the world can compare to [...]

Florida Fresh: Carambola and Strawberry Jam

Carambola and Strawberry Jam Carambola or Starfruit and Strawberry Jam I may have mentioned somewhere on line, either on twitter or my facebook page that my husband has been pestering me to make some carambola and strawberry jam.  Honestly I can’t believe that it left such an impresssion on him the first time I made [...]

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