THE BEST APPLESAUCE You may make applesauce with any apples, but to have THE BEST applesauce, you want to be careful to choose apples that make the best sauce. In my book, those are: Golden Delicious, Gravenstein, McIntosh, Jonathan,…
This is one of the easiest jams to make (and they are all easy!). You simply remove the pits, and finely chop the apricot meat. No need to peel. Apricot jam is wonderful served on toast and in crepes. It…
There’s something deeply satisfying about preserving the fresh vegetables and fruits that you have grown yourself in your back yard. If you have never canned before, tomatoes are a good place to start. They are very easy, and give great…
These canned blueberries are wonderful throughout the year in berry pies, or served in small bowls for breakfast, or over ice cream, or as a berry sauce over pancakes or waffles. And because they are something you made yourself, they…
Do you have a special wild place you like to pick huckleberries? You can turn your summer haul into a precious treat or gift any time of year with this huckleberry preserves recipe. Adding personalized labels immediately conveys the value…
Take your salads up about eight notches with this incredible and easy recipe for French-style croutons. Also: Use up oft-wasted bacon grease Use up day-old bread, if you have it around With a little packaging, turn these leftovers into hostess…
This post is for you experienced mushroom hunters out there.* With the onset of spring rains, up pop our most favorite edible mushrooms! With a little prep ahead of time and some luck during your spring hunting, you can turn…
This simple recipe is definitely worth it. Here’s why: Makes nuts yummier in a taste-it-to-believe-it kind of way Keeps in the fridge for several months Makes impressive and unique gifts, when dressed up (in labels) Materials/Tools: – Large bowl –…
This marmalade is the perfect consistency – not too thick, not too thin. Meyer lemons have a sweet, fragrant flavor and a thin skin with very little white; this is why, of all lemons, they make the best marmalade! This…
APPLE PIE SAUCE This batch of applesauce came about when I left a pot of apple slices simmering on the stove too long. I had spiced it like my apple pie, including generous amounts of butter, cinnamon and molasses. The…
This lovely plum sauce came about as a happy accident. I had intended to make canned whole plums, but I walked away as they were simmering and forgot about them until the plums disintegrated. So what can you do? I…
With autumn leaves, come delicious pumpkins and crisp apples. And what better way to use the produce of the Fall season than to give homemade canned items? The Evermine blog is filled with canning recipes and we gathered our Fall…
Enjoy a day at the farm gathering fresh-picked apples, then bring them home and make homemade applesauce with your own hands. A wonderful way to spend a few fall days cooking up good things in the kitchen, and extra wonderful…
Whether you are an avid chef in the kitchen, or just enjoy gifting sweet, handmade goodies, adding personalized and creative labels and tags to a homemade treat makes it that much more special, and gives it that final touch. Especially…
Quick show of hands, please: How many of you Evermine blog readers out there have ever taken on fermentation projects? You know, like brine pickles, sauerkraut or kimchee? Well, my new favorite book, Fermented Vegetables by Shockey and Shockey showed…
Ready for an easy, tasty, unique, beautiful and kitchen-crafty gift idea? Behold: salt-cured kumquats. Kumquats have always been a little exotic and-admittedly-uncomfortable for me, but I fell in love with their hopeful color and intoxicating scent while working with them…
Homemade pickles are one of my favorite snacks. I’ve been caught more than once standing in the kitchen with the refrigerator open eating Lindsay’s dilly beans straight out of the jar! Lucky for me, Portland is bursting with hip restaurants…
Are you ready for some really good news? It’s grilling season! And on top of that, we’ve got a super easy recipe for sharing at barbeques this year. Awesomely, these pickled sweet onions are tasty on all kinds of grilled…
Here in the Pacific northwest, it’s easy for home cooks to run into the delightful problem of having more apples than we know how to manage. What comes out of this is lots of new cooking adventures and lots of…
Pickled onions are one of my favorite toppings for fish tacos, sandwiches, salads and more. I love their pink color and sweet pickled flavor with a hint of spice. They are very easy to make at home and they’re a…
