by Laura Macklem | Jun 9, 2013 | Canning |
Canned pineapple is something I find to be rather expensive, so I’m always scouting a good deal. The last time pineapples went on sale for 99 cents, I bought several. Normally, I dehydrate and freeze pineapple, and I’ve also canned pineapple chunks. This...
by Laura Macklem | May 28, 2013 | Canning |
I recently bought a bunch of cucumbers at the farmer’s market for 13.8 cents each. I was planning on making more dill pickles with them, till I remembered I hacked down most of my dill plant making my 7 quarts of dill pickles a couple weeks ago. I decided to...
by Laura Macklem | May 11, 2013 | Dehydrating |
My daughter and I have never liked raisins. They are too sweet. But when I got a recent deal on grapes, I decided to try making raisins. My first deal was 99 cents a pound for green grapes at Aldi. My second deal on grapes was twice as good – – 50 cents a...
by Laura Macklem | May 2, 2013 | Main Dishes |
Not to brag, but I feel like this is rather brilliant. Boil-in-the-bag slow roasted chicken? Oh yes, it works, and the chicken tastes just as good as it did coming fresh out of the oven. I’ve been doubling recipes as much as I can, and freezing half for another...
by Laura Macklem | Apr 28, 2013 | Desserts |
My husband’s side of the family was just in town this weekend, so I had nine people to feed. Besides my daughter’s birthday cake, I wanted to offer a dessert, but was very short on time. My solution was this quick to prepare, slow cooker rice pudding, a...
