Food Projects

Alright, I’ll be honest. The fruit wine has been… quite the adventure. I keep telling myself that it’s a learning experience, that I’ve never done this before. Right? About a month ago…

For some reason I keep bringing home prune plums. Yesterday I bought another 8lb case. I’ve put up prune plums as plums in honey, plums in port, plum jam and savory…

I just wanted to stop by and see what there was (or so I told myself) and I came home with 30 lbs of peaches. I don’t like buying peaches…

I have one more crate of tart apples sitting in my entrance. It was giving to me after making and storing 120L of apple juice. I’ve been ignoring the crate because I don’t…

What to do with 120 L of apple juice? Fresh apple juice is best 24 hours after being pressed. That meant I had 24 hours to deal with 120 L of…

We picked apples almost every day last week. Our garage was full of boxes and bags of apples and the whole place smelled of apple. Initially we thought there was about…

As I drove around town this past week, I noticed trees full of ripe apples. The apples were starting to fall off, begging to be picked. Thoughts of apple cider…

The beets are done and safely stowed away downstairs. Now onto the prune plums. I picked up a 20lb case from the truck man. They’re perfectly ripe and make for a juicy snack.…

Last weekend we made a road trip South to visit our friends. Last week our city was blanketed with thick smoke from local forest fires so we were happy to…

Whenever I make macaroni and cheese the sauce goes grainy. I think it has something to do with cooking the cheese at too high of heat. Anyways, I made a nice creamy…