summer preserving/ winter eating

Peach Freezer Jam Cookies




1 stick of butter creamed with
1/2 cup brown sugar
Add
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

add in 1/3 to 1/2 cup peach freezer jam
then slowly add in 2 cups of flour.

Bake 12-15 minutes at 375.



Little taste of summer in the dead of winter.

This was the biggest experiment with the green tomatoes last summer. Tonight I finally opened a jar of the pickled green tomatoes. And I really loved them!



My official pickle taster said he wanted to drink them. I'll take that as a thumbs up.


It's a really funny taste though, the tomatoes are all pickle as you eat them but then have a strong honey after-taste.

apple carnage

My friend Rachel brought me the most amazing gift today! An entire bushell of apples! I was just thrilled and totally blessed by this gift.
This is a small amount of the apples before...

This is the carnage afterwards...

I made 9 quarts of Apple Sauce- 3 cooked with cinnamon sticks.

I also made those Green Tomato Pickles! I have no idea what to expect but they look good! They are made with dill seed, peppercorns, garlic and a salt water/vinegar brine.

I also made an apple crisp, corn bread and jambalaya! So much for a sick day!

Green Tomatoes

My friend Amy gave me two bags of green tomatoes. I was so excited!

I was especially excited because I wanted to make this Green Tomato Cake. I haven't tried it yet so you'll have to wait for the review on how it tastes!

Next this morning I made a big batch of green tomato salsa. I put some extra peppers in since the other salsa was pretty mild. This batch will go in the freezer.

I really want to make these dill green tomato pickles but I ran out of jars! Bummer!