Guys, it didn’t occur to me that when I started posting recipes that meant I was going to have to post my SECRET recipes. This is painful, but this time of year I basically prepare for Christmas and those preparations involve my secret Christmas recipes. This weekend I made some…
canning
Read More
If you saw the apple butter pie or plum butter posts, you probably are getting the message: fruit butters are easy to make even if you’re super busy. I was at the grocery store the other day and saw that pears were on sale. So clearly I was required by…
It’s definitely time to get started on my homemade Christmas gifts for the year. Up first is this plum butter! When I told my mother I was making plum butter she just kept saying “Ew!” over and over again. I’m not sure why. Plums are delicious, so plums cooked down…
You may have noticed there aren’t a lot of recipes on here that use peppers. There are two excellent reasons for that: I loathe them. And it turns out, I’m pretty allergic to them! One of the few positive results on my skin-prick test that didn’t bring me to tears!…
Since my sweet banana peppers turned out to be mislabeled hot banana peppers, they haven’t been picked as much as I had hoped. Usually my peppers just get eaten straight off the plant by my mother when she comes by to visit, but she doesn’t do that when they’re this…
We’re finally having some fall-like weather here in Virginia, so it’s definitely apple picking time! Some girlfriends and I went up to Carter Mountain Orchard outside of Charlottesville the other day. I always say I love apple picking, but here’s the thing: unless you’re buying a metric shit-ton of apples,…