This Dandelion Jelly features the subtle flavour of the flower with this incredible jewel coloured jelly. First flowers of the season My 3-acre yard is a carpet of yellow in the spring which I have come to love. With numerous beehives across the road, I have come to appreciate the first flowers of the season.…
Category: Canning
Grape Jelly
This Grape Jelly is easy to make and celebrates the best of the season. I was lucky enough to work alongside and make a new friend this past year who had an incredible harvest of grapes from his zone 3b garden. Successfully growing grapes in a colder growing area is possible when you have a…
Pickled Beans
These Pickled Beans is a fantastic recipe that you make by the jar and perfect if you are just wanting a small batch. A few weeks back I received a few crates of gorgeous green beans at work. The first of many shipments in the coming year. During my coffee break, of which I am the…
Sun Gold Kiwi Jam
This Sun Gold Kiwi Jam features the best of the season. Tropical Flavours My favourite fruit is anything tropical. There is something to be said about the rich sweetness that you find in a kiwi, mango, pineapple or passion fruit. I was very excited to create something spectacular when a call out from the team over at Zespri…
Canned Smoked Whitefish
Canned Smoked Whitefish is a spectacular way to preserve this seasons catch. This is a topic close to my heart that started in an effort to preserve the biggest harvest I ever had from my garden. It was the summer of 2001 and I had a 4000 square foot garden over flowing with fruits and…