It was a busy weekend, full house, lots of company and an unexpected gift! Friends came over for dinner Saturday night and brought us a basket of plums from their trees! They were beautiful and perfectly ripe. Knowing we wouldn’t be able to eat them all I consulted my favorite canning book; Small Batch Preserving,Continue reading “Prudent Pantry: An Unexpected Gift”
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Prudent Pantry: Blueberry Vinegar
With such an abundant crop of blueberries this year I’ve been looking for new ways to use the blueberries. We’ve got frozen blueberries in the freezer, blueberry muffins in the freezer, we’ve enjoyed blueberry crisp, and blueberry lemon bread not to mention the delicious blueberry lime jam in the pantry. Now to try something newContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Blueberry Vinegar”
Prudent Pantry: Drying Your Herbs, Avoiding Waste!
If you are like me you have an abundance of fresh herbs in your garden, perhaps more than you can use. What do you do with the surplus? I do what gardeners and cooks have been doing for years – dry the surplus! By drying my herbs now I can store them and use themContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Drying Your Herbs, Avoiding Waste!”
Prudent Pantry: Storing Eggs
When trying to figure out the best way to store your eggs the first thing to find out is where are your eggs coming from? Do you purchase them from the store or from a local farmer? Or do you have your own chickens? If you purchase your eggs from a local grocery store alwaysContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Storing Eggs”
Prudent Pantry: Is My Baking Powder Fresh?
How can you tell if baking powder is still fresh? Perhaps you’ve had this container of baking powder sitting in your pantry for a while. How can you determine if it is still fresh and ready to be used in your next baking project? Place ½ teaspoon in a small bowl, add ¼ cup ofContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Is My Baking Powder Fresh?”
Prudent Pantry: Clean, Sparkling Fruit!
Many of you may have seen this fabulous tip already. It’s an easy way to clean your fruit without any chemicals! All you need is some vinegar! Fill your sink with water and add one cup of vinegar. Stir. Add all your fruit and soak for ten minutes. The water will be dirty butContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Clean, Sparkling Fruit!”
Prudent Pantry: Salt in the Pantry
Salt is one of those items you can find in anyone’s pantry. There are several varieties of salt; table salt, kosher salt, rock salt, sea salt and seasoned salt. Table Salt – is fine grained and usually contains iodine. Kosher Salt – has a coarse texture, no additives and is prepared using methods approved forContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Salt in the Pantry”
Frugal Tips: Keeping Cool
This summer sure has been hot and humid. Usually the weather in Vermont is very pleasant, we might have a few hot days, but for the most part you have hot days and cool nights. This year has been a lot wetter and hotter than normal. How can you keep your house cool without installingContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Keeping Cool”
Prudent Pantry: Cleaning with Vinegar
There are some changes with the On The Home Front schedule! Usually I post about my pantry on Thursday, but I am moving the Prudent Pantry to Mondays. It’s always a good idea to check your pantry at he beginning of the week. Thursday will be devoted to the Home Acre Hop where you canContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Cleaning with Vinegar”
Prudent Pantry: Got Rhubarb?
Yesterday I picked what I think will be the last of the rhubarb harvest. Rhubarb enjoys cooler weather and we have definitely moved into the hot days of summer. I have a rather large pile of rhubarb sitting on my counter and the question is what to do with it? I will freeze some toContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Got Rhubarb?”
Nancy on the Home Front 