Summer 2025
Happy summer, all! It’s been an amazing (albeit a little crazy) one so far! We had 2 rounds of new windows put in over the last few months, replacing every single damn one of them. What a joy but what a process, though I’m thrilled …
My journey of cooking, gardening, preserving and more
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Scotch Bonnet Salsa Canning Recipe
Who loves hot salsa? I love hot salsa! I’ve canned Ghost Chili Pepper Salsa and Trinidad Scorpion Pepper Salsa and now I want to share my Scotch Bonnet Salsa canning recipe. These are all a riff on my popular Chunky Tomato Salsa Canning Recipe because …
Hot Cherry Bomb Pepper Hot Sauce
Hot cherry peppers are among my favorite peppers. Every couple of years I grow at least 6 plants in my garden; we enjoy them grilled, I can a big batch of my pickled hot cherry peppers, and I make at least one jar of this …
Fermented Dill Pickle Spears by the Jar
These easy, crispy fermented dill pickles are easy to make in small batches in a quart jar and they’re ready in just a matter of days.
Pickled Whole Shishito Pepper Canning Recipe
In the last few years, shishito peppers have easily become one of my favorite peppers to grow in my garden. They are compact pepper plants as far as pepper plants go but despite their small garden footprint, they are very prolific. I typically grow 2-3 …
Shrimp with Fresh Scallion Sauce
This easy sauce made with fresh scallions is delicious on shrimp, steak, fish, scallops, lamb, pork…the possibilities are endless.
Homemade Hungarian Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe
What to make with a ton of hot peppers? Hot sauce, of course! This one gets its kick from black Hungarian peppers & orange jalapenos. Delicious!