A couple posts back, I made some delicious Plum Glazed Cake Donuts. What you didn’t see was that I was left with a ridiculous amount of plums. I kept procrastinating on what else I could try and make with them. I mean…. I blame Pokémon, really. After a week or so of waiting around, I…
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Perfect Pickled Red Onions
I’ve always been weary of pickling anything myself at home. That all ended when I came home with a ridiculously large bag of loot from the local farmer’s market. Squash, onions, something called salt and pepper cucumbers (addictive, btw). I sorta may have possibly gone a bit overboard. A little of this, some of that. You know…
Cherry Reduction Sauce
When life gives you cherries….. you make everything that you possibly can out of them! We’ve been overrun here in the South with fresh, local cherries. It’s nearing the end of their season, so I wanted to get my fix in as much as possible. I had a big pile of cherry pulp leftover…
Sweet Red Pepper Relish
Let’s just imagine that it’s warm, beautiful summer. Weekends on the lake are my jam. Sun beams, fishing, burgers on the grill, warm swims, evening boat rides. *sigh* There is this tiny little hole-in-the-wall restaurant near the lake, which I like call home in the summer, that serves what we Southerners call down-home cookin’– Amazing catfish, unlimited hushpuppies…
Sweet Tomato Jam
“Tomatoes. Somebody’s gotta take ’em. I hate ’em! I try not to eat healthy food if I can possibly help it.” -Ouiser, Steel Magnolias Tomato what? Right. So let’s get this out of the way right off the bat. I know that tomato jam may sound a bit, well… off. Stick with me, though!…
