This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. Don't you love it when friends with fruit trees share their wealth with you? Anita recently picked all of the apricot off of her trees to save them from the birds. She brought me a box of apricots and asked me if I would like to make some jam. She gets me. Of course I said yes! Apricots are little gems of deliciousness. They are one of the best fruits to can or to make jam out of because, #1-YOU DON'T HAVE TO PEEL THEM! #2-They are just a delicious canned as they are fresh, maybe even better! Maybe not, but they are so good either way. I use pectin to make my apricot jam. It came out really nicely gelled. Apricots have pectin in their skin naturally, but not as much as other fruits, so it takes a really long time to get jam to gel without pectin. One more wonderful thing about canning apricots or making jam is that you don't even need to get a knife dirty really, because you can just neatly pull them apart at the seam and pull out the pit. I cannot sing the praises of this fruit enough. (I need to get my own tree!) So, here is my jam recipe. I hope you love it as much as I do! If you are really into making jams, jellies and marmalades, like I am, here are some more recipes that I've shared:
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The other week, I was able to purchase 50 pounds of potatoes for $10. What an opportunity to add to my food storage! With today's prices, I am taking every opportunity I can to add to my shelf stable supply of food in my pantry. Of course, if you know me at all, canning was my first go to method of storage.
I canned my potatoes 3 ways.
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Our family is going on a week long cabin trip together soon. One of the nights of our reunion we are going to have a chili cook-off! That sounds like a lot of fun, except my husband and I really cannot handle very spicy food. My husband has been especially sensitive to it since he had Covid 19. So, of course, I am joining the cook-off so that I can make sure that at least one of the chilies will be mild enough for our taste!
I decided that the easiest way to make the chili without having to do a long process while on vacation would be to make it at home and can it! So, that is just what I did! I came up with the recipe in my head, made a huge pot of chili for dinner one night and then just canned the rest of it, processing in my pressure canner. Overall, it was even easier than I had imagined. (I had never canned chili before.) Are your kids out of school yet where you are? Kids get out of school early here in Arizona (because for some reason they have to start school at the BEGINNING of AUGUST). My husband and I both work from home, but we don't want our oldest, Emily, to sit around watching TV or playing games all day. It can be hard to keep to a schedule for a summer that'll keep your kids engaged. For Emily I decided to come up with a chart. It has a list of things she has to get done before she can sit and watch TV or play a game on her tablet. I'm hoping in conjunction with everything we have planned out of the house as well this will make for a fun and productive summer for her. I've decided to share this chart with you. I've left the first page blank. The second page has a list of ideas you can use with your kids, or come up with your own! There is also a page of pictures for younger kids who can't read yet. You can attach the pictures to the page and they can remove them as they finish each one. Who doesn't love checking things off their to do list? I hope this chart can help you with your kids this summer as well!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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