Don’t miss: Avoiding the Back to School Wallet Pinch (by me) at Blogher.com ~~~~ This is the time of year when people get busy canning garden produce.  Just in case you’re looking for a few good easy canning recipes, here are some of the recipes and videos I’ve shared over the years. Mary Ostyn:...
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(Gluten free) Preparation Time: 30-40 minutesServes 6 1 large sweet potato, cubed 3 cups water Bring water to boil in a large pot. Peel and cube sweet potato, adding to the water once it comes to boil. When water returns to a boil, turn heat down to medium, and let potatoes simmer for 10-15...
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Oh, I love main-dish salads in the summertime, especially ones that use the lovely garden produce that is easily found at this time of year.  Even better if the recipe calls for crab…
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When you pick 15 cabbages in one morning, it’s a pretty sure bet there’s all manner of salad in your future. Recently I made a great Thai Pasta Salad that was inspired by the recipe here on Casual Kitchen, one of my very favorite cooking blogs.  The salad is perfect on a hot day,...
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It’s begun already. Earlier it seems than most years. I’m awash in zucchini. I vowed to pick them tiny, I really did. It’s so much easier to pick/eat/give away 6-inch zucchinis than 18-inch monsters.  But then we went camping and came back to plants that had gone berserk in our absence.   John and I...
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OK, here’s another recipe I tried from The Berry Bible.  If you already have berries, this is very affordable. It is elegantly delicious, and it comes together really quickly.  I modified it just a bit.  Most notably, I didn’t have fresh lemons, so I used bottled lemon juice and orange zest.  I rounded half-tablespoon...
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…how I got from “I’m not cooking” to this.
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We’re just moving into berry season on our three acre micro-farm.  Yesterday my 5 and 8 year old daughters spent half an hour picking (and eating) raspberries.  Not many actually made it inside, but I felt pretty special when they graced me with half a cup of berries, complete with a note that said,...
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Thanks to all of you who volunteered for a budget makeover!  In just 24 hours I heard from two dozen families, so you are not alone!  I will be contacting the family I’ve chosen in the next day or two, but I’ll keep the emails of everyone who contacted me just in case I...
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