16 HOURS Beans with mushrooms
Beans and mushrooms in tomato sauce can be a main dish during Lent, a base for soup, or an…
Preserves and canning
14 RECIPESWinters here are long, so we make plenty of preserves. Some recipes came from my grandmother; others I am trying for the first time.
2 HOURS 30 MINUTES Grandma’s adjika
My mother-in-law has made this adjika for years. It is spicy without being overpowering, w…
3 HOURS 30 MINUTES Beans with vegetables
20 HOURS 30 MINUTES Homemade raisins in a food dehydrator
People often ask why I make foods that are easy to buy. The answer is simply that I enjoy…
21 HOURS 40 MINUTES Apple slice preserves
I love apple jam, especially my mother's: neat, thin slices in thick syrup, with an incred…
2 HOURS Gooseberry jam
This was my first gooseberry jam, and I was curious about the result. Gooseberries release…
PRESERVES Pickled cucumbers
4 HOURS Ketchup with cinnamon
Making ketchup at home is a somewhat labor-intensive process. The most difficult thing is…
10 HOURS 30 MINUTES Dried tomatoes in a food dehydrator
One autumn I had more tomatoes than I could use, ripening faster than I could process them…
7 HOURS Homemade stew
What could be tastier than homemade stew? No store can compare with it. And it’s easy to p…
2 HOURS 20 MINUTES Red tomato sauce for pizza and pasta
I have made this simple sauce to store for winter for several years. The recipe came to me…
1 HOUR 30 MINUTES Eggplant and zucchini spread
With so many jars of vegetable spreads in the shops, making your own may seem unnecessary.…
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