Delicious as an alternative to tuna or cheese sandwiches made with bread in hot summer months, stuffed tomatoes are a delightful gluten-free alternative to other appetizers and sandwiches. Try large beefsteak tomatoes for main courses, smaller romas for sides, and cherry or plum sizes for appetizers. Ingredients for Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe 6-large round tomatoes cut in […]
How to Can Spiced Peach Slices in Light Syrup
Homemade canned peaches with a light syrup instead of a full sugar syrup are my favorite. Not only can I capture the sweetness of peaches, but I can make sure I’m not OVER-sweetening them. I found a recipe for spiced peaches and directions for canning peach slices in the Ball Canning Blue Book and used […]
15 Minute Pasta and Leftovers
Summer Fresh whole or diced tomatoes are my best kitchen buddy. With fewer than five other ingredients — all normally found in a kitchen — these dinners are served in 30 minutes from start to table. Delicious, healthy meals for the kiddos are just a few tomatoes away. Noodles and Leftovers in a Pinch 2 […]
How to Can a Zesty Salsa Recipe in a Water Bath Canner
One of my favorite tastes of the summer is that of a fresh, homegrown tomato. And one of our family’s favorite ways to eat tomatoes during the year is in a delicious, chunky, salsa. Here’s a great recipe for zesty salsa, adapted slightly from the Ball Canning Blue Book, to make do with the peppers […]
Homegrown Potato Soup
If you have potatoes from your garden to use you will appreciate this potato soup recipe. A family-heirloom recipe that Rachel spent years perfecting for her husband you will want to try it. Many of the ingredients can be found right in your backyard garden, or farmer’s market. “It took me about 7 years before […]
Seaside Blackberry Jam and Pie
This recipe is from my childhood memory of visits to the Oregon coast to comb beaches, watch whale migrations, eat clam chowder and seafood caught the same day, and dive into fresh jars of blackberry jam after mornings spent picking them. This jam is incredibly easy, but to turn out right, it needs to be […]
Pasta With Summer Vegetables
Eggplant, summer squashes, and other delicious summer vegetables take center stage in this simple but oh-so-delicious pasta dish. Roasted vegetables have an amazing flavor, which makes this pasta dish amazing, as well. Lisa says, “I recently shared that I used to think I didn’t like eggplant (can’t even remember why I had that in my […]
Easy Jelly for Hot Days
There was a conversation about making jelly the other day on social media. Someone wanted to make jelly, but it was a hot day and she really wasn’t feeling up to it. Jellies and jams can certainly be challenging in hot weather IF they are made in the traditional way.
7 Easy Gluten Free Breakfast Ideas
I’m not a morning person. I feel like you need to know that about me before I ever write another food-related post. If I’m going to make an elaborate omelette or coffee cake, it will probably be on a whim at around 12:45…in the morning. My energy starts to appear around 11 AM (on a […]
Hearty Potato Salad
Potato salad is a classic summer dish for good reason. It’s YUMMY. And it can be a full meal if you want, or served as a cool summer side dish. You will rule the church pot-blessings with this recipe! 🙂 Heather says – I recently talked my mother into giving up her potato salad recipe. […]
Sweet and Spicy Squash Coleslaw
We are all too familiar with cooked squash recipes or adding raw zucchini to dishes, but have you ever experimented with adding raw summer and fall squashes to salads and other dishes?
Peach and Feta Summer Fruit Salad
Check out this great recipe that partners sweet peaches with tangy feta cheese and crisp radishes. Brilliant!
