Dandelion Jelly

dandelion

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.…

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Grape Jelly

Valiant Grapes

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…

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Homemade Applewood Smoked Back Bacon

making applewood smoked back bacon

This homemade applewood smoked back bacon is easy to make with readily available pork loin. Once you make back bacon you will never buy the over priced stuff again. With a $25 pork loin and a simple bacon kit you can easily have over $100 worth of the most incredible back bacon you have ever…

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Homemade Vanilla.

making vanilla at home

This homemade vanilla is easy to make with high quality ingredients. There are so many reasons why you should make your own vanilla. Its easy. Too easy to NOT make. You get a nice big bottle!   (if you bake as much as I do, this is a good thing.) It looks very cool on your counter!!!…

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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…

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