Apple Smoked BBQ Sauce
Apple Smoked BBQ Sauce is smoky, sweet savory, and delicious! Add it to your barbecue menu for summer cookout season! A couple years ago, I participated in the Food in…
Read more2 Minute Homemade Mayonnaise
Tired of failed homemade mayonnaise or the painfully slow one-drop-at-a-time method? Then try this super simple recipe—just drop all the ingredients in a jar and blend with a stick blender. …
Read moreHot Pepper Jelly. Plus (Surprise) Syrup. Oops.
My first jelly. Hooray! And (for better or worse) another example of how an “oops” can become a win. I set out to make Hot Pepper Jelly and (eventually) ended…
Read moreCitrus or Mushroom Flavored Sea Salt
There are sooo many things that have been on my “to do” list for ages. Which is why I like Marisa McClellan’s Food in Jars Challenge. Some people (me!) just…
Read moreStep by Step Home Cured Gravlax (Salmon)
It’s month two of the Food in Jars Canning Challenge–and I’m still psyched. This time I’ve made Home Cured Gravlax (Salmon). If you’re not familiar with gravlax, it is…
Read moreCherries in Red Wine
I just got back from a great event—the American Cheese Society conference, in Des Moines, IA. In addition to lots of great cheese, there was fine charcuterie and other specialty…
Read moreHoliday Spiced Orange Curd
Every December I get organic oranges from one of my CSAs. For a Wisconsin CSA, it’s a surprising bounty–and this year I am going to preserve some of the freshness…
Read moreStalking the Wild Grape
Join me on a fun adventure foraging for wild grapes, then turning them into grape juice. Free all-natural food–how good is that! Found food. As in food you find–right out…
Read moreRamp and Wild Mushroom Compound Butter
If you haven’t tried Compound Butter, a mixture of quality butter and additions like herbs and truffles, you are missing out on something delightful. Brimming with flavorful add-ons, compound butters…
Read moreSweet Pickled Cranberries
Sweet pickled cranberries are a fresher tasting alternative to cranberry sauce. Suitable for canning–or simply refrigerate. Do you know what’s lurking in the back corners of your refrigerator? I dare…
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