January 11, 2023
Winter is the middle of chicken noodle soup season, and if you’ve made your favorite cold-weather food even once, you know it’s easy to go overboard and end up with a far bigger batch than you anticipated. If this is the case, one simple solution is to freeze your soup. You will love having some on hand for night when you want to warm up with a cozy soup.
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October 01, 2022
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We are lucky enough to have several concord grape vines in our back yard. Harvesting the grapes and juicing them in a steam juicer is super easy. With the added step of water bath canning we can enjoy the fresh juice in the dead of winter.
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July 05, 2022
We recently returned from a long trip and the house felt pretty empty of food. However, I wanted to see what we had on hand before I went to the grocery store so I used these handy meal planning worksheets. It turns out that I had a number of meals I could make without spending a dime! Here's my method for taking a pantry and freezer inventory and using it for meal planning. It's so simple, you can do it too!
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April 02, 2022
Whether you are using an Ergo Spout® or not, we all know that mason jars are the workhorse of the home. They offer so many uses in and around the kitchen and we want to highlight the ways you can use your mason jars to preserve food. Preserving food is fun, healthy, and a great way to seal in goodness and ensure that your food doesn’t spoil. So without further ado, here are just a few more ways you can use your mason jars:
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October 01, 2019
Mason jars are the perfect storage container for making your own convenience foods. We all love to have easy ready-to-use mixes in our pantry and rice pilaf with pasta (a.k.a. Rice-a-roni) is no exception. It’s easy to make pre-made rice pilaf mixes and store them in a mason jar so they are ready when you need a quick side dish. We hope you’ll love this recipe for homemade rice pilaf in a mason jar.
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