by Laura Macklem | Jan 5, 2016 | Breakfast |
I just said a sad goodbye to the last of my holiday company. I had family come and go for 18 days straight. While I didn’t cook a big breakfast every day, I wanted to greet my guests a couple of mornings with a hot breakfast. I had experimented with many recipes...
by Laura Macklem | Dec 18, 2015 | Side Dishes |
I recently got two deals on sweet potatoes. One was 35 cents a pound, and the second deal was 28 cents a pound. I sold a good portion of the first batch, but kept all of the second batch, which was 40 pounds. How I wish I would have bought yet another box, but maybe I...
by Laura Macklem | Dec 9, 2015 | Fermenting |
I accidentally bought 67.5 pounds of cabbage. A vendor showed me a giant box of cabbage and told me it was $10, and looking at the enormity of the box, clearly it was a good deal. I didn’t know the exact calculation until I hauled it home, weighed the cabbage,...
by Laura Macklem | Dec 2, 2015 | Canning |
This Thanksgiving, my pressure canner gave me so much freedom in regards to dealing with turkey leftovers. Normally, I’m putting together casseroles and soups for the freezer using turkey, making my family eat turkey days, and cooking turkey stock for hours upon...
by Laura Macklem | Nov 28, 2015 | Canning |
One of the most fun things to pressure can, is soup. The tricky part is, unlike stove top soup, you can’t adjust seasonings while simmering, because it cooks while canning. Although, in my first attempts at soup canning, I pre-cooked the dish, then canned it,...
