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Peach pickle recipe – tarting up the sweet
I’ve gotten past a bit of a peach aversion. It’s not that I disliked peaches. I loved eating slurpy peaches over the sink with the juices dripping down my chin, or in the backyard with the garden...
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Oven dried tomatoes in olive oil
How were your tomatoes this year? I’ve had better years. Like the year I harvested 100 pounds, thanks to my neighbor Al, who has a farm stand and gave me his extra starter plants. And then for my...
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Shrubs: tart, sweet, drinkable fruit
The year 2012 has become my year of the shrub. It’s a method of preserving that dates to colonial times, although it’s new to me this year. Shrub is such a funny name for this delectable concoction...
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Peach-cilantro, plum-balsamic, nectarine-fennel jam, oh my
You know how you start a project and it turns out to be something else altogether? My latest canning bonanza has been just that. I was invited for a return engagement as a Canbassador for the...
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Strawberry thyme jam recipe
Not long ago, preserving was my new boyfriend. Every time we got together I was all fluttery and excited. By now, preserving and I have been going steady for some time. Like true love, it’s even...
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Homemade yogurt recipe
Do you make your own yogurt? I know, I know, with great yogurt available everywhere, why bother? There are great choices from Stonyfield Farm, and Traderspoint Creamery and Organic Valley both make...
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Strawberry shrub soda, and other homemade soda recipes
by Janine MacLachlan Just in time for our nation’s red-white-and-blue holiday, I have a ruby-red bevvy suitable for flag waving. And yes, it’s also good with vodka. Delicious either way. It’s a fizzy...
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Preserving Washington peaches: shrub love lives on
Last week a case of oh-so-fresh peaches arrived at my door, courtesy of the good people at Washington State Fruit Commission and Sweet Preservation. I’m flattered that they asked me to make a return...
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Peach “almost-salsa” recipe
I mentioned that the Washington fruit growers sent me goodies – a full case of peaches, and later another case of peaches and nectarines. Deliciousness ensued. Over the years as a Canbassador (I...
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August = Preserving in the Heartland + a new Ball Blue Book
Oh friends, these sultry days make my heart sing. Typically I’m a fan of autumn, with my sugar maple in its yellow glory, friends wearing chunky sweaters at the campfire after apple picking. Since...
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