Each year for Christmas, my aunt Evelyn brings Apricot-Pineapple Jam to add to the ham. When I got all of these free Apricots last week I knew that I wanted to make my own version of this jam. I wasn’t 100 percent happy with the recipes that I found because all of them called for […]
Strawberry-Fig Jam
My canning series continues today with a recipe for Strawberry Fig Jam. Last year I made a ton of Fig Jam; however, Brad didn’t like it and thought it was “boring” so this year I decided to modify the recipe to add strawberries. Here is the recipe that I used: Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups Chopped […]
Canning Apricots
Friday Afternoon Brad picked up 20 pounds of peaches and 20 pounds of tomatoes. Since Apricots are at the end of their growing season, we got 40 pounds of apricots free! We have been munching on them; however, there is no way that we can eat them before they go bad so I’ve been looking […]
Homemade Vanilla Extract & Vanilla Sugar
Who is ready for CHRISTMAS!! I’m sure I just got a few groans while reading that. Last year, I made my own Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Sugar to use as Christmas gifts. If you are interested in doing this, now is the time to get started. These two items are one of the simplest homemade […]
How to find your pictures on Pinterest
Do you ever wonder if other people pin items off your blog or website? There is a super easy way to find what images from your site have been pinned to Pinterest. To find images from your site that have been pinned, type this into the address bar: http://www.pinterest.com/source/ For example, to find what has […]
Key Lime Chicken
Earlier this week, I posted about making Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade Concentrate from some super cheap strawberries that I found. During the same trip, I found bag of Key Limes for $1.69 and I knew that there was potential for some sort of amazing recipe. The Key Limes also reminded me of Brad and my trip […]
Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade Concentrate
A couple days ago Brad had a quick job to go do in Federal Way; I was desperate to get out of the house so I went with him. There was a little grocery store next door so I went to get a couple items. The first thing I saw when I walked in were […]
Cherry Pie Filling
We are finally finished processing all of the cherries that I bought a couple weeks ago. The last recipe that we made was cherry pie filling. I am looking forward to using this pie filling in the winter when the sky is dark and rainy to remember that summer is coming and it will be […]
Rum Soaked Canned Cherries & Molasses
Last Thursday, Brad picked up 35 pounds of cherries from Valicoff Farms. I got 15 pounds of Rainier and 20 pounds of Bing. We have frozen a bunch of the Rainier and have been munching through them but we needed to get these things preserved quickly. Last night, Brad and I started canning some of […]
Geocaching Essentials Found On Amazon
Have you ever tried to Geocache? Brad and I started doing this in high school (back before GPS units were inside our phones). I haven’t gone on a geocache in quite some time, but I think Brad and I might need to hunt our brains for the username/password we used and head out to go again! […]