This past week involved a glorious four-day weekend. It’s hard to go wrong when there are all of those work-free days available. I spent them hanging out with family, puttering around the kitchen, starting a new crochet project, and appreciating many of the joys that my little corner of New Jersey has to offer.
Read More: TWiP: Local flavorTag: jam
Small-batch jam-making
We visited the farm today. We saw some chicks, fed some ducks, bought some fruit… You may remember I’ve mentioned in the past that my bread machine has a jam cycle? It makes roughly 2-3 cups of jam per batch, which means that I can keep a little bit for myself in the fridge, and […]
Read More: Small-batch jam-makingFoodie for the summer
Something about the appearance of the first local strawberry every year puts me on a local / organic / sustainable food and green-living kick. Ideally, I’d like to think along these lines all year round, and I do try, but it’s just so much easier when the farmers markets open up and the fresh local […]
Read More: Foodie for the summerIn a jam
I had my first experience with canning today. I’ve made small batches of jam before in my bread machine, but they needed to remain refrigerated and only had a 2-month shelf-life. I don’t know about you, but I don’t go through jam very fast, and would much prefer to have a supply that I could […]
Read More: In a jamThe kitchen’s a mess again
You see, there was this strawberry… And I couldn’t very well just leave it sitting there, looking at me, could I? Not when there was pectin in the cupboard and, next to that, a box of shiny new mason jar lids. I just had to give in to fate, tie on my trusty apron, and […]
Read More: The kitchen’s a mess again