How to freeze fruit Ahhh… Summer is here. Time to let the kids loose in the sprinkler, slip off those shoes, slide back into a lawn chair to relax with some icy lemonade, close those eyes… BREET!! A screeching coach's whistle wakes you from your relaxed reverie. What on earth... It's me. I'm suited up in my gym shorts to tell you summer is not the time to relax. Of course I'm sort of joking, summer is a time to relax, play, have fun. But if you're frugal-living and healthy-eating enthusiasts, it's also the time to harvest. And every single year, come November, December, January, when my family's snacks consist of yet another carrot stick and dinner Keep Reading
How to properly freeze fruit
Canning and freezing tips (learn how to preserve food in no time!)
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Is a Vitamix or a Blendtec Worth the Investment?
Here in the Pacific Northwest, Harvest is a sprint. We don’t have the luxury of slowly rolling in produce from April to October, like our Southern neighbors. Here we line up at the starting line around early June, wait for the gunshot alerting us of Strawberry season, then go hard through the berries—Blue, Rasp, Boysen, Sylvan, Marion—catching our breath long enough to lug home peaches before hitting the blackberry bushes and finally army-crawling across the finish line with apples and pears galore. We then rest all winter long, happy with our freezers full, hibernating until we have the energy to do it again. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but it’s Keep Reading
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