Today is October 1st and it is the beginning of the unprocessed challenge. Well let me start off by saying that on a normal day, I eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies and very little unprocessed food. BUT I love my unsalted pretzels as a snack. I tried all day long not to eat […]
This years garden was not the best for us and many others. Ours started off just fine, then all of a sudden everything just stopped. Quite depressing for anyone who likes to grow their own food. We still have some peppers left that are doing ok, but everything else is done. We dug up our […]
When my hubby and I were first married I worked in a grocery store and I just took it for granted that I could buy something for dinner before leaving work for the day. Then I changed jobs and started shopping somewhere else. At that time, I started shopping once a week at a store […]
When someone gives you produce or any kind of goods for that matter, always be gracious and thank them. When our neighbor gave us tomatoes we were just that, gracious. I knew that there wasn’t enough to can, so we had a few fresh and the rest that were sitting there I decided to put […]
I love blueberries in my oatmeal and just to eat fresh as a snack. But what is really good is a blueberry syrup over pancakes on a cold winters morning. I had been wanting to can some for the winter but I hadn’t had the time to go pick some. I have always wanted my […]
I have been a little busy in the kitchen. Canning season has arrived and I am thoroughly enjoying it! I am not sure if it is the satisfaction of lining my shelves with the finished product, or that I know my family will enjoy the fruits of my labor this winter. Canned strawberry jam! It […]
Yesterday my daughter and I went berry picking. Strawberry picking to be exact. It has been very hot and humid here and we had rain in the morning, so we thought that we should pick in the afternoon between storms. There wasn’t very many people picking and I thought that there wasn’t much left, but […]
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