Homemade brown sugar, where have you been all my life? It’s in the Emergency Ingredients, but it will be a staple in my pantry now. No more expensive brown sugar for me! Brown sugar is simply just sugar and molasses. The ingredients list doesn’t even list anything additional! Mix 1 cup white sugar with 2… Read More
We’re supposed to have a slight cool-down this week (please?!), but it’s been hot. Really hot. On the same Today show segment where I discovered Bacon Burger Dogs, I saw a cute presentation idea for summertime parties–popsicles in wine glasses. So very simple. So very cute. Can’t think of a single negative thing to say… Read More
It seems that a few weeks before my first garden harvest, I fall off the wagon. No, no, not THAT wagon. The health food wagon. With months of tomatoes and beans in my future, I find myself eating frozen pizza, chicken fried steak, and bacon burger dogs of all things. (haha) I think it’s my… Read More
Farm Bell Recipes blog contributors are eligible (and automatically entered!) in a giveaway each month in which one contributor will be drawn (by random.org, using the days of the month that posts run) to receive a prize. Each month’s prize (and previous month’s winner) will be listed here, in a blog post on the Farm… Read More
A sad fact of my jam- and jelly-making life is that not all pectin brands are equal. They have very different processing requirements. You can’t substitute one brand for another and use the same instructions. I found out the hard way. Remember that! You can’t substitute one brand for another and use the same instructions…. Read More
Say hello to Dede~wvhomecanner! Q. What are your favorite things to cook? A. Soups. And anything to feed a bunch of people at once. Comfort foods. Did I mention soups? Q. How/when did you learn to cook? A. I don’t remember NOT liking to cook. My Mom has said more than once that I was… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More