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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Apple Butter & Lemon Curd

Here’s most of the apple butter I made, and about half of the lemon curd. I’ll include a recipe below. :)

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I used apples from a our local orchard. :)

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Recipe For Lemon Curd

Tweaked from “The Magic Cookbook” (an old recipe book of my Grandma North’s).

2 sticks butter

1 cup sugar

2 lemons, juice and zest

2 whole eggs plus 1 yolk

1 tablespoon grated stale bread crumbs

Into a clean saucepan put the butter and sugar, cook on low heat until the sugar has dissolved, then add juice of lemons. Take egg yolks and whites, beat well together with lemon rind and bread crumbs. Stir this into butter and sugar mixture and boil gently for 20 minutes. Sieve mixture. Pour into 1/2 or 1/4 pint jars and process in a water bath canner for 15 minutes if wishing to preserve.

Yields: two 1/2 pints

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Here’s to the Truss Bridges

I’m kind-of nostalgic about these bridges. They’re not in fashion and haven’t been for a long time; but they’re a part of my childhood and country. Really, the fact that they are mostly a thing of the past probably makes me appreciate them even more. When I stumbled across one the other day I decided to stop and take some pictures. :)

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That was such a beautiful fall day.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Happiness Quote

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

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from www.goodreads.com

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Italian Dish

The other day I was looking for a recipe for zucchini lasagna and ended up on a blog called “The Italian Dish”. It is so great! I’ll put in a link to her site.

http://theitaliandishblog.com/

Ok, here are couple of the things I’ve tried. I made a strawberry cheesecake parfait; but it ended up different from the original recipe in more than one way. I used strawberries and raspberries, added less sweetener etc. It was soooo good. I want to make something like this again. Definitely a winner, and so easy to make.

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Also, aside from some buns I made ages ago (that were stubborn about baking all the way through)--I’ve never made yeast bread. She had a whole post about this really simple method of making artisan bread. (That’s my first loaf below! :) I baked off the last of that batch today and have another batch started in the kitchen. This time I added some shredded cheddar, though.

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This blog is definitely a blessing from the Lord. I’m certainly not done having fun there! :)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Stopping On the Road & Picking Berries

I recently discovered that we have elderberries growing along our road!

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I wandered on our road, in and out of ditches, getting sunburned and…

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came back with little jewels! :)

I ended up making jam with the elderberries and some raspberries from our garden.

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Happy September everyone!

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Pickled Beets & Salsa

Lately I’ve been a busy little beaver canning. I’ve done most of it by myself; which is good experience. :)

Before I am all done it will probably turn into several posts at least. Who knows? Maybe I’ll can into the winter. Here are (most of :) the jars of savories!

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Pickled Beets…

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And Salsa! :)

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They’ve both been going pretty fast. They sure come in handy.

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It has it’s moments of frustration; but canning has been really satisfying. I’d never gotten involved, this much, in canning until this year. I’m glad I did! :)