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Garden to Jar

My maternal grandmother made this lovely savoury chutney.  It was a favourite growing up, eaten with Saltines and sharp cheddar.  My three siblings and I could go through a jar in seconds flat so our mother only brought them out on special occasions. There somehow became this rite of passage. You had to love chutney […]

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Jam and Pickles

The Zesty Blueberry & Booze jam got rave reviews. With Mackenzie taking home half of the production from yesterday there was nothing else to do but make another batch. In recreating the recipe from yesterday I realized that we may have shortchanged the amount of Disaronno in the first batch. That was definitely rectified in […]

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Blueberry Jam!

The title says it all. Thank you to Briarlea Kitchen for wonderful berries. The taste is out of this world and so much better than anything else I have ever tasted. In preparation for the jam making, last night there was a taste test of possible flavour combinations. With friends over for supper, dessert came […]

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Radishes Galore

We’ve been eating radishes from our garden for about 6 weeks now, staggered planting is the key. But I overdid the last seeding and we ended up with way more than we could eat or give away. Plus they were getting too big and slightly woody. What to do? Freezing, canning or pickling. Spoiler alert […]