I’m on ‘staycation’ this week. It’s becoming a yearly tradition, though it’s really less about taking a break from routine and more about the fact that my birthday is right next to the 4th of July and I’m not actually using a full week of vacation by taking it…
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It seems I’m suffering from a bit of cabin fever lately. Those strawberries, though out of season, were on sale 3 pounds for $5, and it seemed like a perfect remedy for the winter blues. Dried strawberries are so good. I always wondered how anyone ever decided “strawberry” scented things actually…
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I’ve been having way too much fun with this dehydrator. The latest adventure: banana bread fruit roll-ups. Over the last couple of months I’ve been changing my eating habits and cutting out a LOT of the wheat products. Not entirely, of course, because seriously if I ever give up homemade…
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Back around the holidays my parents gifted me with my very own NESCO Snackmaster over the holidays, and my wonderful husband (who knew ahead of time what my parents were doing) gave me a book on dehydrating to go with it. I’ve wanted one for a while now, so of…
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$24, 1.5 hours, and 54lbs later… I have an epic amount of canning to do. So far I’ve finished 7 jars of applesauce. I don’t think I even used half of a bag. I’m working on another batch of applesauce (I go through it like crazy over the winter!), but…
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The pungent scent of vinegar and onions waft through the air. The stove gently ticks and creaks as my thrift store canning pot processes my latest project. It’s been a long time since I’ve preserved anything, and every time I come back to it I wonder why I took any…