Sunday, August 16, 2020

canning challenge , other things

So I have accepted a August challenge, a preserving challenge...Not that this month is busy already , with new grandbaby, moving youngest into a dorm
Day 1- 2 pints salsa ( diced tomatoes with jalapenos)
Day 2- 2 pints rainbow cowboy candy
Day 3 -4 half-pints root beer jelly
Day 4 - migraine hit ugh!
Day 5-4 pints blackberry preserves
Day 6- 1 pint home made ketchup ( my new found love)
Day 7- 2 pints diced tomatoes
Day 8-roasted some cherry tomatoes ( 1 pint)
Day 9- 4 pints blackberry preserves, 2 1/2 pints diced tomatoes
Day 10-2 pints home made ketchup
Day 11- took a break my mammas birthday
Day 12- 1 pint tomatoes
Day 13-8 quarts peaches....Went out looking for canning lids- none could be found
Day 14- took a break moved youngest into dorm
Day 15-6 1/2 pints bread and butter pickles
Day 16- 2 pints diced tomatoes...

What will the rest of  the month be like? What more do I need to can?
I know I would like to can some spaghetti sauce of some kind..more homemade ketchup....
hmmmmm
Now on to the other things...I was going to try and get the old Kansan newspaper booklets of recipes and start sharing the recipes again, but I seem to misplace them , or rather maybe the cat did it. See we have a cat that lives where the newspapers were , and I have been cleaning some or rather rearranging in that room, unless I moved them and forgot that I moved them , in which can possibly be...
I so need to get back to doing this blog  thing again...
I dont know if we should start back up with making bread everyday, weekly,biweekly, or what...I have tons of recipes, but then again flour is sometimes hard to find nowdays...or maybe desserts of some kind ( everyone loves desserts)...like I said I have tons of recipes...Main dishes, chicken,beef...some the things these recipes call for may be hard to find...Hmmm What kind of recipes should I post?
How to make something out of nothing? It seems like maybe thats what I need to focus on ...getting back to the old days...where ya use what ya got, but then again I dont know..I will try and start posting recipes back on here again , just bare with me


Sunday, August 9, 2020

yikes

 I so need to start doing this again..I have the recipes ( tons of them)...Why not share of these ? I have been having some health issues , I so need to start back up...these recipes....