Recipes

Easy homemade hummus recipe without tahini. One of my favorite recipes for using canned garbanzo beans or chick peas. Easy homemade hummus recipe without tahini. One of my favorite recipes for using canned garbanzo beans or chick peas.

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE hummus. But it is expensive! And these days when I’m trying not to run to the store every time we are craving something, I’m realizing it’s better to make it at home myself. I’ll admit this probably isn’t exactly an authentic hummus recipe. But it is very…

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Easy classic macaroni salad. One of my favorite summer barbecue recipes. Easy classic macaroni salad. One of my favorite summer barbecue recipes.

The other night I went to make a potato salad and realized that I didn’t have any potatoes! So I decided to make this easy classic macaroni salad instead, and it turned out great. I forgot how good old-fashioned macaroni salad can be. It’s perfect for summer barbecues.   You can use either sweet pickles…

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My 10 favorite fall canning recipes. Pear sauce, plum sauce, ginger pear jam, crock pot apple butter, and more. My 10 favorite fall canning recipes. Pear sauce, plum sauce, ginger pear jam, crock pot apple butter, and more.

What Can I Make With Lots of Pears? If you have a lot of pears on your hands, you do with them what you would do with apples, make pear sauce! If you’ve never had pear sauce before then you are in for a real treat. Pear sauce is prepared the same way as applesauce,…

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Easy Chinese plum sauce recipe for canning. Serve as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, wontons, and spring rolls or use to baste chicken or pork. My favorite spicy Asian canning recipe for stir fry. Easy Chinese plum sauce recipe for canning. Serve as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, wontons, and spring rolls or use to baste chicken or pork. My favorite spicy Asian canning recipe for stir fry.

Chinese Plum Sauce   I love plums. I look forward to picking wild plums when we go camping every fall. I’ve tried lots of different plum canning recipes, but one can only eat so much plum jam. In fact, I’ve made like four different types of plum jam! This year I decided to try something…

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