Food Preservation: Canning, Freezing, Dehydrating & Food Storage

I often wondered how to dehydrate garlic scapes - which are the stems that come up from garlic plants and flower.    

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. I was given photos of the goat meat from Horner's Butcher Block and Cafe in Marion, Indiana. There was no monetary compensation. All opinions are my own. Freezing goats meat is an easy - and quite common way to preserve it until you are ready to eat it, especially …

This orange-cranberry vinegar and marinade recipe is easy to make, easy to can and tastes great! Perfect For The Holidays Two of the main fruits one thinks of around the holidays are oranges and cranberries. These flavors - alone or combined - seem to compliment other foods that are generally on the holiday menu. Combined …

Learning how to dehydrate cherries was essential the first year I had a large enough harvest off my pie cherry tree to do more than just snack on them.  

This strawberry freezer jam is super easy to make and the addition of the pineapple gives it a unique, unexpected taste. Making it while strawberries are in season makes good sense but if you froze strawberries or even canned them you could use those in place of the fresh strawberries. Another option is to buy …

This Cinnamon Chocolate Mint Fruit Cocktail recipe is ideal to use up some of your extra summer fruit or to combine some of the fruit you have already preserved to come up with something a little different.   If you are like most cooks, you will find that after making your recipe there is extra produce left especially …

Canning blueberries - or any fresh seasonal produce - is a great way to save money on groceries - and while you will spend a good amount of time washing and preserving, all that work will pay off in the end especially when you are eating or baking with your own home canned blueberries in the …

It is so easy to learn how to make raisins in a dehydrator.   Let's face it, raisins taste good and when you have an abundance of grapes, turning some of those grapes into raisins by dehydrating them just makes sense. You can eat raisins by the handful or put them into other foods such as oatmeal cookies. …

Raspberry vinegar was the first flavored vinegar I learned to make. The Story Behind The Raspberry Vinegar Recipe The reason for that was I wanted to make Raspberry Pork Chops and I needed raspberry vinegar. Up to that point, I had never tried a flavored vinegar. In fact, I had never ate a raspberry. The …

Cherry season is here and one of the best ways to preserve them is by using a cherry canning recipe. After making two cherry pies, I really needed a different way to use up my pie cherries. I like unusual canning recipes that let my imagination run wild - both when creating them and later …

If you grow stevia in your garden, it is super easy to make your own stevia extract. What Is Stevia? Stevia is known for its super sweet leaves which can be used in place of sugar. Some people do not like the “plant” taste or seeing the leaf in their drinks, desserts, etc., so there …

    Hey, I don't know about you, but for me, summer is sure a busy time and anything that I can make ahead and have on hand is a real life saver at times. Chocolate pudding is one of my all time favorite desserts - not to mention a scrumptious midnight snack! Here is an awesome recipe …