Roasted Peppers

Back over the summer, I went on a canning binge. I canned salsas and jams, pickled cauliflower and onions, and also did a few jars of roasted peppers. I’d never done them before, so I was sort of worried–I love roasted peppers, and we go through jar upon jar of them, but there are a [...]

No-Peel Tomato Salsa

Part of the massive canning spree a few weeks ago was putting up about nine pints of salsa. Really mild salsa, since Maura is still resistant to things that she feels are “too spicy”, but salsa nonetheless.
My initial plan was to try to can corn and black bean salsa, but since I don’t have a [...]

Maple-Spice Applesauce

Last weekend, we went berry picking at Pioneer Trail Orchard, which–for those of you who are local–is out in Hiram.
The plan was to pick three pints of raspberries and a few apples. Somehow, that turned into five pints of raspberries and twenty pounds of apples. I’m not the only person who has this happen, right? [...]