Crockpot Apple Butter
As the fall wedding season approaches, I’ve found myself thinking about my favorite homemade treats. Here at the Evermine garden, we have two fairly young apple trees that produce a lot of fruit, and in autumn I like to gather…
Category Canning Recipes
Roasted Heirloom Tomato Pizza Sauce
There are so many recipes out there for pizza sauce and this is my favorite for three reasons: 1. It’s super simple to make. 2. You just roast the ingredients then throw them in a pot and blend to finish.…
Pickled Blackberries
A few weeks ago, my friend Lindsay and I went out to my grandma’s to pick blackberries. Blackberries are my all-time favorite berry and I came home with 12 pints! I made a pie and some delicious blackberry syrup. While…
Caramelized Balsamic Figs
(Used in this project: Canning Labels and Heart Tags in Renaissance style.) If you could put the flavor of late summer in a jar this would be it. Fresh figs are such a delight and around for such a short…
How To Host A Canning Party
I love August, not only because it’s my birthday month (and yes I celebrate it for a full 31 days), but also because my vegetable garden starts producing ripe tomatoes, tomatillos, squash, cucumber and other home grown veggies on a…
Vietnamese Daikon and Carrot Pickles
I first heard about these Vietnamese daikon and carrot pickles a couple years ago while partaking in my first delicious Banh Mi sandwich experience. There was something about the sweet and sour taste, the cold, crunchy texture, and the vibrant…
Canning & Preserve Recipes
‘Tis the season for garden harvesting and berry picking. We’ve got lots of great recipes for you to try. Start planning your pickling, preserving and vegetable canning this summer with these great recipes from the Idea Land team! And don’t…
Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe
(Used in this project: Canning Labels in Katniss style.) Making sauerkraut – and tasting it – is an adventure. Making it is like going into the past and discovering a secret art that achieves results impossible with modern technology. Tasting…
Pickling Spice Blend
(Used in this project: Rectangle Labels in Dottie style with Medium Cellophane Bags.) Every year, just before the first garden vegetables are ready to harvest, I prepare a pickling spice blend for all my small-batch pickling. I only make a…
Pickled Golden Beets
Please welcome our newest contributor to Idea Land, Stephanie Rose. Stephanie is a Master Gardener who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she has grown over 100 edibles, 400 perennials, and countless other plants in her small urban yard; a…
Concord Grape Juice
It’s great to live next to friendly neighbors. Our neighbor has a beautiful and very old row of concord grapes which grow along the fence line. For several years now she has shared them with us. I learned to make…
Sweet & Spicy Corn Relish
(Used in this project: Canning Labels and Diamond Hang Tags in Waterfront Park style.) Corn relish has become a fall family favorite in recent years. It is easy and fun to prepare, colorful, delicious and versatile. Most often I serve…
Homemade Applesauce
This has been a productive year for apples, so my husband and I were given several pounds from generous family members last week. As a result, I’ve been busy peeling, coring, and chopping ever since, and although it’s true that…
Tomatillo Salsa
Last year for Christmas, my daughter-in-law Ari and my son Kyle made this salsa for Christmas gifts. They loved both the making and giving of this wonderful recipe. Kyle says that Ari’s tomatillo salsa makes a meal. You can pour…
Dehydrated Tomatoes
After my husband and I decided to take up vegetable gardening on a regular basis, we knew we would need to get inventive with our harvest so nothing would go to waste, and so we could enjoy it throughout the…
Candied Jalapeños
(Used in this project: Circle Labels and Diamond Hang Tags in Swiss Dots style.) My husband and I love peppers, so we always grow several different varieties of pepper plants in our garden. This means we usually have our hands…
Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb season is officially here! This means I’ll be making strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb crumble, and a big batch of my new favorite recipe, rhubarb chutney. If you’re like me, and you find yourself in a situation where you need…
Pickled Asparagus
The asparagus season is short and sweet, so I always try to find ways to make those delectable green spears last as long as possible. That’s why Marisa McClellan’s recipe for pickled asparagus is one I find myself turning to…
Pickled Carrots
(Used in this project: Canning Labels in Classic Oldstyle style.) Mike and I have been friends for a LONG time. We grew up in San Diego together, we moved to the Pacific Northwest together, we’ve played in bands together, we’ve…
Homemade Sauerkraut
Every year for St. Patrick’s Day, my family serves traditional corned beef for dinner. I quickly found out, much to my dismay, that my husband doesn’t like it. He will however eat the leftover corned beef in a Reuben sandwich,…