7 Days Until Release of: WECK Small-Batch Preserving: Year-Round Recipes for...
The countdown is on! My second book will officially be published in just one week from today. I am so excited to share it with everyone. I know many of you have questions about how to can with WECK...
View ArticleWhat is a Certified Master Food Preserver and How Do You Become One?
Certified Master Food Preserver Graduates (and instructors on the ends) – Summer 2018 ~Kailua-Kona, Hawaii I’ve received so many messages and e-mails from people asking where they can take a class like...
View ArticleCan It and Ferment It – Canning and Fermenting Class in Minnesota
Last month I taught a 2.5 hour cooking class about canning and fermenting to 10 local adults. It was a lot of information to squeeze into a short time frame, but we managed to do it. I taught the...
View ArticleIt’s Fresh Cranberry Season in Minnesota!
Fermented Cranberry Relish from Can It & Ferment It, by Stephanie Thurow Cranberry season in Minnesota is almost as exciting to me as apple season is for most home cooks. Why? Because they are so...
View ArticleTune into the Living off the Land Interview Series I’m part of! Learn to...
Hey Friends! Do you have a desire to be more self-sufficient and live off the land? Such as, growing your own fruit and vegetable gardens, raising animals, fishing, hunting, or foraging for your own...
View ArticleCandied Jalapenos AKA Cowboy Candy RECIPE (Water Bath Canned or Refrigerated)
Sweet with spice, and everything nice. This condiment has it all. It is one of the most high-in-demand canned goods that I make (the other being pickled jalapeno slices). You can pop the candied...
View ArticleCanning Recipe: Drunken Peach Jam (No Added Liquid or Powdered Pectin)
I have been so fortunate to receive fresh peaches from the Washington State Fruit Commission this month. When they were delivered, it was an unseasonably cold September day in Minnesota, that felt...
View ArticleHomemade Peach Shrub Recipe
Homemade shrub is one thing you’ll always find in my refrigerator, all year round. There are many methods and recipes for how to make shrubs (all great, I’m sure), but I share my preferred method in...
View ArticleSweet Maple – Book Review
A photo of our homemade maple syrup from spring 2019. The color intensifies throughout the tapping season. We have tapped the silver maple tree in our backyard for the last three or four years now....
View ArticleHow to Raise Monarch Butterflies – Supply and Resource List
Many of you have followed my journey of raising monarch butterflies over the last several years on my Instagram. And many of you have expressed interest in raising them yourself, and that’s why I’m...
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