If you read recipes for salsa, you might notice three things....tons of ingredients, lots of chopping, and a lot of work involved. In something that should be relatively easy! I modified a recipe out of Preserving By The Pint, and tripled the recipe to make 6 pint jars (the concept of the book is great… Continue reading Canning Blender Salsa
Category: Gardening
Urban Homesteading: Growing Wheat
So a story came out of a simple request from Walker. A certain little 6-year-old, this Spring, saw us transferring 25 pound bags of Soft White Wheat berries and wanted to know....could he plant them in his garden bed, and would they grow? Well, I had no clue. So we told him he could have… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: Growing Wheat
Pasta Primavera
Summer is here when I can walk out back and harvest most of dinner out of our gardens. The zucchini, 2 colors of beans, 2 colors of tomatoes, basil, and the garlic came from the garden. Picked 30 minutes before we ate, it was so fresh. Days like this make all the work worth it.… Continue reading Pasta Primavera
Canning 101: Basil Tomato Pasta Sauce
Last year I made this recipe for the first time, and oh...6 pint jars was NOT enough. It isn't a quick recipe by any means, but it is so worth it. The flavors are so fresh. You will never want to buy commercial pasta sauce after you make and try this. So far I have… Continue reading Canning 101: Basil Tomato Pasta Sauce