Canning and Preserving

Great Last-Minute, Homemade Christmas Presents

Great Last-Minute, Homemade Christmas Presents

Most of these homemade Christmas presents on this list are things that members of my family will be getting this year. A lot of them I have been working on throughout the year, but you can make them in a day quite easily. Or even just an afternoon. So if you have...

Apple Jam with Cinnamon – Pectin Free

Apple Jam with Cinnamon – Pectin Free

Ever wanted to make your own apple jam? Yep! Another apple post. I know soooooooooooooooooooooooo many people are all about the pumpkin this time of year. And pumpkin is ok. Not knockin' it. But I am all about the apple. I LOVE apples! It's like the first "thing"...

Easy Apple Butter

Easy Apple Butter

Easy Apple Butter Recipe When I started telling my friends about how we go to the u-pick apple orchard every September here (all two years so far), I got lots of questions. “What kind of apples do they have?” “When do you go?” “When are you going?” “Do they have...

Easiest Smooth Homemade Applesauce

Easiest Smooth Homemade Applesauce

As I finish off my little nightly bowl of Grandma’s homemade applesauce, I am writing another applesauce post. Yes, I know! Why, oh why, do you need another homemade applesauce recipe when I already gave you the perfect one? Well, let me tell you. I accidentally...

Easy, Chunky Homemade Applesauce – Grandma’s Recipe

Easy, Chunky Homemade Applesauce – Grandma’s Recipe

A long, long time ago, my parents got divorced. I was 11, turning 12 when my dad and I moved in with my grandma during the week. (I stayed with my mom on the weekends.) Although it sucked to have my parents split up, I got a wonderful opportunity to live with my...

Apricot Jam Recipe (Vegan, Gluten Free and Pectin Free)

Apricot Jam Recipe (Vegan, Gluten Free and Pectin Free)

Awesome Apricot Jam Summer is going so fast. Too fast! The Little Man is going back to school in just a few weeks. (He starts a little sooner than the rest of the country. I don't know why.) AND, he's in first grade this year. Ugh! I can't handle that. Well, I guess I...