Plum butter made in the slow cooker results in a rich, flavor fruitful spread ever so slightly nuanced with the almond notes of the plum pits. There is a great shift happening. The mornings are cold and dewy, although the…
Set aside a little time now, and can up some apple pie filling for amazingly fast, future desserts. Recipe for a perfect pastry crust included! I think my husband resolved to make me his wife the first time I made…
Use the bounty of your tomato harvest to make some delicious slow cooker homemade ketchup that even the kiddos will love! Perhaps, your kids are like mine – and everything is better with ketchup. Perhaps it is just an unquestionable…
Just be prepared to make more than one batch of this perfect canned salsa! You won’t want to ever be without a few jars in the pantry! The first thing that I ever learned to can, and can well, was…
Peach-y, caramel-y, vanilla-y, this slow cooker peach butter is so good. The fact that it is an incredibly easy canning recipe too can be our little secret! Sometimes you make something so incredibly good that you are almost ashamed to…
Cherry Chipotle BBQ Sauce is sweet, smoky and satisfyingly spicy. Created with tart pie cherries, this bbq sauce is best paired with pork! To tell you the truth I have never been good at that thing called balance. Especially during…
Blueberry Lavender Jam combines some of the best flavors and scents of summer, to be preserved and revisited throughout the year. Here is an embarrassing story… When I was about four years old I politely declined a peanut butter and…
Whoever said that jams need to made of entirely of fruit? Red clover & pineapple weed make for clever wildflower jam with surprising caramel apple flavor! I declare this the year of the wildflower jam! Truth is, I have been…
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Devon
