Plum Dandy Fruit Leather

July 13, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fruit leather (or “fruit roll-ups”) make a great snack for full-size and tiny humans. Inspired by an abundance of frozen plums from backyard, impending bumper crop and recent success with a strawberry fruit leather, I created a batch of plum fruit leather with honey and plums. I know exactly what did and did not go […]

Peking Duck Pizza: Fresh, Savory & Simple

July 6, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

We have started a new tradition at our home – #pizzanight (I like throwing a # in for em-phas-is). The goal is to use up food in the fridge or pantry when possible. To keep it more “dynamic”, we use premade frozen dough from either Essential Bakery or Whole foods, although pizza dough is super […]

Savory Plum Sauce: Canning Recipe

July 6, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is simple yet versatile savory plum canning recipe from The Complete Book of Home Preserving. Makes a great sauce or marinade for a variety of foods. We love it on meat! Think chicken, duck or pork. Delish. Ingredients: Makes about 4 pints, suggest canning or freezing in 8 oz portions 2 cups lightly packed […]

Baby Royalty Quilt Tutorial

June 27, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Fit for royalty and inspired by a soon to enter the world Baby Girl King, I designed this simple but darling baby quilt featuring a sparkly crown and soft modern tones. The pattern is simple with the most challenging part being choosing your color and drawing the crown. This can easily be made with a […]

In the Hive – Summer is Official!

June 23, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

Continuing my resolution to be a better beekeeper and bee steward, 2014 marks my fourth season of bee herding and while earning my Apprentice Badge adds a nice bit of flare, beekeeping and stewarding is more about doing than passing a test, a lot like life and career …. There is no GPA in the […]

Sunshine Strawberry Oven Jam

June 21, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Sunshine strawberry oven jam comes to us from the Small Batch Preserving book. The “sunshine” comes in as reference to the throwback process of placing the cooked berries out in the sun for several days to evaporate the liquid and thicken up the jam. I can only imagine the bugs, primarily bees in my yard, […]