This has been a crazy crazy week.  Lots of family in town, lots of crises and crisis aversion going on.  But even in the midst of a craz...

I loved Dinty Moore Beef Stew when I was a kid.  A whole meal in a can, and great comfort food for a cold day. Well it's cold here...

We got a pressure canner for Christmas.  I've been wanting one since I first started canning and added one to my Amazon Wish List ...

When I was growing up, we had dinner at my grandparents' house on Sundays.  Grandma was a wonderful cook, though she would never admit ...

I love cranberry sauce, any time of the year.  And I love making cranberry sauce.  It's easy and I can make it just to my taste.  T...

I love being able to reap the benefits of my work.  I made this pasta sauce to take advantage of our canned peppers and tomatoes from earl...

Looking for something different to do with the apple juice you have left from your apple picking expedition? Try making some Apple Cinnam...

Some nice things came out of the garden this week. We had peppers. And tomatoes. And more peppers! Lots of basil and h...

With all of the tomato processing we've been doing, we wanted to change it up a little bit.  We thought we'd make mustard.  Did you...

My Grandfather once told me that he would disown me if I ever ate any commercially-prepared spaghetti sauce.  He had a particular fixation...