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Scones
We have really been enjoying scones lately. We eat them just about every week. This morning it was pumpkin spice scones. I do make a few changes to the recipe (2 cups wheat flour and no raisins), but...
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Apple pie filling
The neighbors let us pick apples from their trees on Wednesday. So far, I’ve canned 14 pints of apple pie filling (recipe from my Ball canning cookbook), and there’s still plenty of apples left. I’m...
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Canning tomatoes
Today I was able to can 7 quarts and 4 pints of tomatoes. It probably doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s more than I thought it would be. It was quite the surprise to discover that there was enough...
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Wasted pickles
I wasted an entire batch of sweet icicle pickles yesterday morning. I’m still a bit frustrated about it. The pickles were on the second to last day of the brining process, until I flung glass into the...
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Making Christmas cookies
We made Christmas cookies last night. Samuel kept telling me over and over again, “Thank you for letting us make cookies. I had SO much fun!” The boys got a bit sugar sprinkle happy. I didn’t mind...
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Just wondering here. . .does anyone do much freezer cooking? I’d like to start doing more, to get food put back for when this little one arrives. I’m just not sure what to put up, and am a little...
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Here are some of the ideas I’m considering to put up for when baby comes. A lot of it will be determined by space in the freezer as we just downsized to a much smaller one. I’m also thinking to just...
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Apple pie
On Monday, I made an apple pie. It looked all right and tasted pretty good. The crust was a complete flop though. I tried a new recipe from Allrecipes.com – just searched for pie crust and selected...
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YUCK!
I was washing dishes last night and happened to read the lid of this cookie dough container. Look closely. Shelf life: Frozen: 1 year Refrigerated: 6 months Room temperature: 21 days 21 DAYS? What is...
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Random updates
The garden has been going crazy. A friend from church came over last week to help me can tomatoes – we got 24 1/2 quarts canned that day. That was a very tiring day but I’m SO thankful for everything...
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