Food Preservation

In my home, sugar is the spice of life. It is our guilty pleasure. Sweet tea, cookies, baking, cakes with frosting, sweet carrots, endless homemade sweets, and treats. Mary Poppins got it right, a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down – no matter what ails you. We love our sugar! As a disabled […]

Freezing eggplant is a great way to store some of the season’s harvest – and to get a head start on your meal prepping this fall. Even if you plan to cook your eggplant after thawing it out, freezing is a great way to prevent food spoilage, and to extend the bounty of your harvest

Making a stockpile of survival foods to last up to a year. Step by step instructions on stockpiling for 3 days, 3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, and a year. We make car insurance in the hope that we may never need it, but when we do it will save us from financial

Who doesn’t love pickled vegetables? I know I do! But I sometimes get bored eating the traditional types of pickled vegetables, like cucumbers, onions, peppers, and beets. I want to try something different! Pickled eggplant is not only delicious – and a great way to use up all of that extra eggplant from the garden

There’s a saying among farmers and homesteaders in my area that goes something like this – don’t ever leave your windows down or doors unlocked this time of year or you may find your car filled with zucchini. For anyone who has raised and harvested squash varieties, it’s laughable because at harvest time the squash

Since apples are abundant in the fall, they are usually at great price. Knowing how to preserve apples for winter use is a great idea to save money and have apples all the time! Fall brings lots of apples in our area. We have an apple festival that lasts an entire weekend, where you go

We planted purple eggplant in our garden this year.  It was our first time, as a matter of fact.  A friend of mine blessed me with 4 eggplant starts and I figured, “why not?”. The eggplants took over. Seriously. There was no room left to run or hide.  I had made all the eggplant recipes

I love peaches. They are so sweet, juicy, and there’s nothing better on a warm fall day than enjoying biting into one and having peach juice dribble down your chin. Peach pie, peach muffins, peach cobbler are all on the menu when peaches come into season. When peach season comes in, it’s for a short

Preserving food is an ancient practice that has been used to prevent spoilage and extend the shelf life of food. While there are many modern techniques for preserving food, some of the oldest methods are still in use today. This blog post will explore the history of food preservation techniques and discuss how they have

Buying food in large quantities, or bulk is a great way to save money. Cheese is not something we often think about buying in bulk, but preserving cheese for long-term storage stretches the grocery budget even further. In my area, cheese goes for $1.89 for an 8-ounce bar or $2.39/lb if you buy it in