Category Archives: Food

Spring and Summer Salads–Smoked Chicken (or Turkey) Salad

I made some cherry wood smoked chicken to go with all the salads we made this week. I used the same techniques as are used in this YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1rM3CsoN0&t=23s&ab_channel=Tasty This technique may look intimidating, but it really isn’t. I had to watch the video several times the first time I made turkey this way,Continue reading “Spring and Summer Salads–Smoked Chicken (or Turkey) Salad”

Cranberry Raspberry Orange Sauce

***This is a repost from several years ago, but I just made this recipe the other night and thought I should send you all a reminder. I found cranberries and fresh raspberries at Costco for a terrific price, so I didn’t use frozen raspberries and it worked out just fine. I have never been aContinue reading “Cranberry Raspberry Orange Sauce”

Canned Apples

I love Mutsu (also know as Crispin) apples, and I bought a bushel of them. In retrospect, buying that many was silly because it’s way more than 2 people can eat. I have already made applesauce and apple butter, so I thought I would can them. This is my first time canning apples. I planContinue reading “Canned Apples”

Sweet and Spicy Apple Butter

I just made a TON of applesauce and still had some apples left, so I decided to make some apple butter. Recipe: 2 quarts of apple puree (core and chop your apples and cook them with some water until soft. Send them through the food mill on the coarsest blade) You need about 4 lbs.Continue reading “Sweet and Spicy Apple Butter”

Applesauce by the bushel!

We are completely out of applesauce! I only make it every other year, and this was the year. Apple Valley Orchard sells bushels of second quality apples for a lower price than first quality. A warning: You must be ready to process the apples immediately because some of them are likely bruised and will beginContinue reading “Applesauce by the bushel!”

White Lightning Chili Beans

We like white chicken or turkey chili as an occasional alternative to the traditional red/beef chili. Since our poblano harvest has been so abundant, I thought I would make some beans to go into white chili to make meal prep super easy. It is critical that you read the instructions for using your pressure cannerContinue reading “White Lightning Chili Beans”

Now is the PERFECT time to make Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam

My rhubarb produced enough harvestable stalks for me to put some in the freezer, and to make some jam. I love strawberry and rhubarb together and it tastes like summer to me and reminds me of my grandmother. Here’s how I made it: Ingredients: 4 cups of crushed strawberries 2 cups of rhubarb cut intoContinue reading “Now is the PERFECT time to make Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam”

Cranberry Raspberry Orange Sauce

I have never been a fan of canned jellied cranberry sauce–the shape of it; the taste of it; the awful sound it makes as it slides out of the can. There was nothing about it that I found appealing in any way. So I started making my own cranberry sauce from a recipe that wasContinue reading “Cranberry Raspberry Orange Sauce”

Chicken Soup (et al) Base

I roasted 4 chickens the other night for a chicken pot pie (recipe post to come), which was more chicken than I needed for just the pot pie, because I wanted to can some broth with chicken in it for recipes. First step was to pull all the meat off of the bones. Then IContinue reading “Chicken Soup (et al) Base”