preserving

Making paprika seasoning from scratch. I did it !!!    I made paprika using peppers from my own garden.  The Peppers These particular seeds, SWEET PAPRIKA,  came from William Dam Seeds. [E13E559B-BCCB-4340-88BF-C7DC9E34B400.png] There is another v

how to make your own plum sauce [DDCA0A10-DA35-41C5-AD44-D01C767F2A44.jpeg] https://homesteadian.com/projects/4-operation-plum-sauce The plums actually came from my neighbours. He has a tree that is simply loaded with fruit every year.  This year,

What to do with leftover potatoes? Preserve them. We recently had a big family get-together and I made lots of potatoes … and I had lots of potatoes left over.  There is no way that Rick and I could eat all of them before they started going bad, so

Preserving milk before it goes bad My mom had some milk that she wasn’t going to use up, so I freeze-dried it!  How to freeze-dry milk • I poured the milk onto trays (with the trays already in the freezer) and let it freeze. I could have put it dire

Frost has arrived and there are a lot of green tomatoes… but you don’t have time to can them. [FC032FB9-E01C-495D-B483-05F03EB586E8.png] I have all of these green tomatoes but I also have a long list of things to do and I don’t want to spend the day

Storage of freezedried food [Longterm_storage_of_freezedried_food.PNG] I was recently asked how I store my freeze-dried food. This is my process. My Storage Options I have two options that I use to store the food that I have preserved through the f

When you don’t feel like cooking, open some jars of freezedried food. [Cooking_with_freezedried_and_garden_veg.PNG] After covering the Hoophouse with plastic, today, I just didn’t feel like having to cook something.  Making a Meal from Freeze-Dried

Cooking with home-canned pears [Preserved_pears_crumble_dessert_recipe.PNG]  Preparing the Pears Let’s get started:  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F 2. Butter (heavily) baking pan. I chose to use my large cast iron pan, to bake the pear crumble 3. I op

Save time in the kitchen by making double batches and preserving one for the future.  [Saving_time_in_the_kitchen.PNG] I woke up in the middle of the night with my mouth watering, thinking about that delicious pear crumble that I made the other day.

Cooking like grandma means cooking from scratch [Cooking_from_scratch.PNG] My grandmother, the one that I knew, had a family of twelve to feed on a daily basis. And - she did it in the 1920’s and beyond. Just imagine that. Now, I don’t remember

[Preserving-foods.PNG] I love my vintage cookware. … and I love my modern gadgets. I was watching a video the other day and the cook was using an electric pressure canner. I was excited and intrigued. Back in the day when I was learning about pr

As soon as I saw that they now make electric/digital pressure canners, I went shopping online!! The first couple of canners that I saw were for about  $700 Canadian and so it went on my wish list for “some day”. I told Rick about them and he said “