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Need a Reasonable Source for Canning Supplies?
I am really excited about this. I just learned from Jill at The Prairie Homestead that Azure Standard sells jars – gallon jars and canning jars. They also sell canning lids and rings and at very reasonable prices with no shipping, I might add. You can buy wide-mouth canning 432 lids (w/out the ring) for about $.24 each. They have regular mouth lids as well for $.16 each. I know if you live in the east in Mennonite country, you are able to get rings for a reasonable amount. The last ones someone picked up for me cost about $.10 each but since I live in Arizona, that option is not too…
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I Survived
I made it through, survived and thoroughly enjoyed catering my first wedding reception! You can read about how I was asked to do this and some of the preparations that were made here. Twenty-four gallons of sauce! Although there were 265 RSVP’s, there were probably only 170 at the wedding so there was a lot of extra food. We sent home lasagna’s with many people who helped and some who were hosting guests. We had a luncheon here at the house on Sunday after the wedding and you probably know what we fed them. Lasagna! Saturday was the wedding, so we headed to Flagstaff on Friday. I was hoping to get there…
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From Spaghetti Sauce to Lasagna to 28 Quarts of Sauce
I have always enjoyed cooking and planning parties, so being asked to cater a friends wedding was a treat. Cooking for 70-100 is something I have done so frequently that I’m very comfortable with it but the latest count for this wedding reception is 260. Oh, dear. 🙂 Heather wanted to have Italian, and when I first heard that I thought “Oh, that will be easy, no problem.” What I had not counted on was the fact that the reception hall has only 1 oven. Just how was I going to juggle cooking that many lasagnas in one oven? Fortunately, that has all been worked out – we have a friend that owns…
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Pizza Margherita Using Basil from the Garden
{Before Cooking} Easy to Prepare Great Tasting Healthy when using pastry whole wheat flour *NO white flour needed* I have to confess that one of the things that keeps me from making pizza more often is a mental block I have about making the dough. It sounds time consuming like making bread, so I just never DO it! But really, this dough took me only about 10-15 minutes tops to mix together. I used my Bosch for all the kneading and was able to do this step earlier in the afternoon, before running an errand. I covered it and placed it in my refrigerator so that it could do a slow rise. A few…
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Old Fashioned Oatmeal with Apples, Raisins and Honey-Toasted Walnuts
If the thought of ordinary oatmeal sounds unappealing, try this variation and see what you think. Do go to the extra effort and make the honey-toasted walnuts. They’re scrumptious! The recipe is from Epicurious. Old-Fashioned Oatmeal with Apples, Raisins and Honey-Toasted Walnuts Ingredients: 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 1 tablespoon honey 3 cups water 2 cups old-fashioned oats 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsweetened apples juice 1 cup finely chopped peeled apple 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt 1. Stir chopped walnuts in small nonstick skillet over medium heat until lightly toasted, about 3 minutes. Drizzle honey over and stir…
