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Canning - Hot Pepper, Corn and Cucumber Pickle Relish Recipes
During the summer and fall months, I like to spend time in the kitchen canning foods that we have harvested from our backyard garden. Canning is easy to do and you can preserve for your foods for up to 1 year by canning them. One of our favorite things to make with our excess garden vegetables is homemade relishes. To make the following recipes, I suggest using a food processor to finely chop up your vegetables to get them to the consistency that is needed for the recipes. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Recipes

How To Can Homemade Blueberry and Peach Pie Fillings
During the summer and fall months, I enjoy going to our local orchard and farmers markets here in Pennsylvania and purchasing our fresh fruits. I will bring them home and freeze or can them for use during the winter months. This article has my favorite blueberry and peach pie filling home canning recipes. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Recipes

3 Easy To Prepare Pork Chop Dinner Recipes
As a busy mother and grandmother, I don't have a lot of time to spend in my kitchen preparing dinner every night. What I like about these 3 pork chop recipes is that they are easy to prepare and made with ingredients you most likely have on hand. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Main Course

How To Make A Pumpkin Crunch Dessert Cake
During the months of October and November, my family really enjoys this Pumpkin Crunch dessert recipe. It takes about 10 minutes to prepare and 50 minutes to bake. This is a really nice dessert to serve at your Halloween parties or after your Thanksgiving holiday meal. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Desserts

How To Make A Moist Applesauce Dessert Cake
When it comes to fall baking, I enjoy making this Applesauce Cake because its easy, and I save time by not using fresh apples. I prefer to bake mine in a tube pan, but you can certainly make it in a round cake pan. You can sift confectioner's sugar on top of your slightly warm cake or mix up some vanilla icing and drizzle that over top. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Desserts

How To Dress Up That Plain Bowl Of Breakfast Cereal
When our daughter was younger, we tried to get creative with some of the plain breakfast cereals that we used to purchase at our local grocery store. Our daughter would enjoy bowls of cereal for breakfast before school or as an after school snack. Some of these suggestions are on the healthy side and some should only be used as an occasional treat. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Food & Beverage

How To Make Applesauce Mincemeat Bread This Holiday Season
When I was a small child, I remember my grandmother spending hours in her kitchen baking up some mincemeat bread. During the holiday season, she used to make several loafs and give them away to her neighbors. This article has my favorite applesauce mincemeat bread recipe. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Recipes

How To Make A Mississippi Mud Dessert Cake
When it comes to making chocolate cakes, I often times get bored with the classic ones. I look for recipes that have a twist or some added goodies to them. This one is really easy to make and I love the rich chocolate flavor along with the miniature marshmallow topping. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Desserts

How To Make Homemade Cornbread For Thanksgiving Meals
During the fall season, we enjoy entertaining our friends and family with a large Thanksgiving holiday meal. We will spend 30 hours cooking and baking a feast for our large family. One of the items we enjoy baking are some homemade cornbreads. To fit with the theme of my Thanksgiving holiday meal, I use a cast-iron corn bread pan that has cavities that are shaped like small ears of corn. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Recipes

Grandma's Banana Spice Cake With Sea-Foam Frosting Recipe
Back in the early 1980's my grandmother spent a Saturday afternoon teaching me how to make her banana spice cake. I am not sure why they call it sea-foam frosting, but I can tell you...it does taste delicious! What I really enjoy about this recipe is the right combination of sweet buttermilk, ripe bananas, along with the spices. If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can substitute with regular milk. Read
By: Shelly Hill | 26/10/2009 | Desserts