Nothing beats the taste of blueberry lime jam on homemade toast in the middle of winter. This recipe has a hint of lime in it, which is so refreshing.
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Prudent Pantry: Preserving Kale
My garden is full of kale right now and despite the fact that we’ve been enjoying kale salad and dried kale we are not able to eat it all. So I decided to freeze some. This is a very simple process. Select your kale that you want to freeze. Pick early in the day soContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Preserving Kale”
Prudent Pantry: Homemade Sore Muscle Salve
Several months ago I was reading the ModernAlternativeMama blog, and came across this recipe for making your own sore muscle salve. As gardening season was coming up I bookmarked it just in case I might want to make it at some point. After too many days of working in the garden fighting the weeds IContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Homemade Sore Muscle Salve”
Pressure Canning Chicken Stock
Pressure canning chicken stock should always be cooked ready for serving, then poured into a clean, hot Mason jar, leaving a one inch head space.
Prudent Pantry: Elusive Sour Cherries
Sour cherries grow in Vermont but their season is very short. They also seem to be a fruit tree that is easily affected by the weather. As a result some years there is not any fruit produced. Our local orchard where we usually go to pick sour cherries did not have a harvest this year.Continue reading “Prudent Pantry: Elusive Sour Cherries”
Prudent Pantry: Freezing Strawberries
I still have strawberries coming in from my garden. As much as I enjoy strawberry jam I only want to have so many jars in the pantry for consumption and gifts! We’ve been enjoying the strawberries for dessert and for breakfast and I still have some left. What to do? I decided to freeze aContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Freezing Strawberries”
Strawberry Fig Jam
ur strawberries may be small but they are bursting with flavor. One of my favorite jams is this delicious strawberry fig jam.
Rhubarb, Date and Apricot Chutney
Rhubarb, Date and Apricot Chutney recipe uses dates, apricots and ginger. The dates and apricots give a rich flavor to the sweet-sour taste of rhubarb.
Rhubarbeque Sauce
My favorite way to enjoy rhubarb is by making Rhubarbeque Sauce! It is a wonderful sauce that is perfect on grilled chicken or pork.
Prudent Pantry: Quick, Nutritious and Delicious Dinners!
When I first started writing my blog, devoting Thursdays to talking about my pantry I thought I would write about what is in my pantry and why to keep a well stocked pantry. Since then I have realized that the term “prudent pantry” can mean so many things. It can mean living a prudent lifestyle,Continue reading “Prudent Pantry: Quick, Nutritious and Delicious Dinners!”
Nancy on the Home Front 