Post Tagged with: "Preserve It!"
Fall Flavors: Harvesting Horseradish
Horseradish is not a vegetable I was expecting to write about (or try) any time in the recent past or near future. However, when MyVeronaNJ’s own Virginia Citrano told me that her horseradish was ready to be harvested, I’m sure my eyes lit up. At least it felt like they did. I was up for [...]
Preserve It! Thai Dipping Sauce
I have never made my own dipping sauce before. Typically I’m happy with what already comes in a jar. While this is not my first Preserve It! recipe for the season, it was my first adventure into preserving this year. I wanted to get started earlier, but it was just too hot in my kitchen. [...]
Preserve It! Spaghetti Sauce
Through the fall and winter, spaghetti and meatballs is a staple in our house. My kids love it and let’s face it, it’s an easy meal, whether you make it yourself or buy everything already prepared. In my preserving adventures, I decided it was time to really make my life easier. Rather than just can [...]
Preserve It! Peaches
Wow. Peaches in a jar from my own kitchen. Without a doubt, canned peaches from the store look pretty and taste good. But this year I had two reasons for trying to make them on my own. The first reason was my texture issues, which this year reside with tree fruit. Specifically apples, peaches and nectarines. [...]
Preserve It! Ginger Grapefruit Rhubarb Preserves
Once I became comfortable in the jam/jelly/compote space, I really started having some fun and part of that included exploring other people’s Web sites, recipes and ideas. A chef friend of mine told me he believes that with any kind of cooking, once you learn the basics, the rest of it follows along pretty easily. He was [...]
Preserve It! Lemon Vanilla Jam With Cinnamon
I like lemons and I love vanilla. As I was looming through early recipes and finding new websites with options, I came across a recipe for a jam with lemon and vanilla. It sounded totally different and since I was still in a cinnamon “frame of mind” I also thought adding some cinnamon to [...]
Spice It! Preserve It! Make Jam
I’ll admit it. I was afraid of making a mixed berry jam. Then I was inspired. Then I was frustrated. Seems like a lot of emotion for something I could easily pick up in the store, I know, but don’t forget about the challenge. And, that is where I was both determined and totally sucked [...]
Preserve It! Pickled Beets
I was at Matarazzo’s farm stand in Caldwell buying up all the apples I could to make and preserve applesauce when I started perusing the beets. I learned that beets are “coming up” and now is the time to buy. One of my favorite items in a salad is beets, but for some reason I [...]
Preserve It! Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin puree is easy to make at home. Verona, NJ food writer Tracy Bermeo shows you how.
Preserve It! Basil
I thought for sure that after two weeks away at the end of the summer I’d come home a to dried up herb garden. I was wrong. Either there was rain while we were away or I owe my neighbor for watering. I came home to a plethora of basil and mint. The mint, I [...]