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8 Unexpected Uses For Maple Syrup

January 14, 2019 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

Name one cooking trend that everyone has shared in over the past few years? Of course, we’d probably all have a different answer, but given a list, many of us might name pumpkin spice. However, one thing is set to supplant that trend, and it’s maple madness. This post shares 8 unexpected uses for maple syrup, 2 excellent canning recipes that use maple syrup, an explanation of the rating scale of maple syrup, and more. Read on for more maple syrup uses!

8 Unexpected Uses For Maple Syrup

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Part of the reason for this is, of course, the move to healthy cooking. People want to eat more whole foods that are really–not processed—and that might help them add the necessary minerals and vitamins to their daily eating routine. And of course, when they’re cooking they want it to taste good, too. And they’re looking for alternatives to processed additives such as sugar that may wreak havoc on our bodies.

Before you dive full-fledged into a maple syrup tasting routine, it’s helpful to know the different types and grades, and their potential uses. This graphic from www.zerocater.com helps to explain it all.

Here Comes Maple Madness (See Ya, Pumpkin Spice)

Maple Syrup Shopping List

Maple Syrup

  • This is a great, everyday option HERE
  • For gifts (hostess, Valentine’s Day breakfast, etc) THIS looks amazing
  • A family sized jug of high quality, Canadian syrup

Wheat Crackers

  • The classic
  • The healthy version

Polenta

Bacon

Coffee

Recipes That Use Maple Syrup

My favorite recipe that uses maple syrup is Maple Whiskey Peaches.  These peaches are dreamy on top of a cheesecake or your morning yogurt.

Another best-loved Domestic Wildflower maple-y recipe that you will love is the Applesauce Recipe. There are no-sugar versions friendly for tiny kids, and the addition of maple syrup adds such a great flavor; you’ll dig it.

Apples for applesauce and apple butter- kid pleasers and easy to can!

Want to try these canning recipes but aren’t sure how to can? Join my free canning basics course! You’ll learn about the equipment you need (way fewer items that you think!), the process (easy peasy!), and safety (always first!).

8 Unexpected Uses For Maple Syrup

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10 Canning & Freezer Meal Recipes to Win at Meal Planning

January 9, 2019 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

Get meals under control with  STEP BY STEP instruction recipe booklet with crystal clear snacks, homemade pantry staples, and freezer meal recipes perfect for beginners that will please the whole family!

10 Canning & Freezer Meal Recipes to Win at Meal Planning

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5 Canning Recipes & 5 Freezer Meal Recipes to Win at Meal Planning

If you follow a keto diet or a low carb diet, preserving low carb veggies is technique that can help you access minimally processed vegetables when they are out of season or when you are simply not able to run to the store. This post shares 4 of the best kept and low carb canning recipes for beginners!

What always overwhelmed me about meal planning was it was so much planning. Don’t laugh because I’m totally serious. I love canning because it allows me to stock my pantry with ready-cooked ingredients for cooking and snacks for me and the kids. And, it’s inherently NOT-planning. The recipes that I compiled with my good friend Elisa of www.mealplanningblueprints.com  are a combination of snacks, homemade pantry staples, and freezer meals so you have a little bit of planning, a little bit of flexibility, and none of the what’s-for-supper madness.

10 Canning & Freezer Meal Recipes to Win at Meal Planning
Elisa of www.mealplanningblueprints.com and I met after being online friends for about a year at a blog conference. We both showed up wearing florals and had such a blast together!

With this booklet, you’ll master:

Best Berry Jam
Tomato Sauce
Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade Concentrate
Apple Butter
Carrot Pickles
French Dip Sandwiches
Apricot BBQ Wings
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Loaded Potato Soup
Man-Pleasing Chicken
Meal planning + jar planning = time freedom and meal flexibility!

 

5 Canning Recipes & 5 Freezer Meal Recipes to Win at Meal Planning (Recipe Ebook)

 

Having fully cooked staples like tomato sauce and apple butter on the pantry shelf and full meals in the freezer like loaded potato soup and french dip sandwiches mean no more impatient “What’s for dinner??” and instead you’ll be hearing, “Yum!” and, “More, please!”

Downloadable and printable, as well as easily viewed on your mobile phone, this recipe booklet will guide you from meal planning overload to confident and cool mealtimes.

I truly think it’s a no-overwhelm collection of recipes that will help you get rolling with meal planning and canning in a low-key way (low key is the name of the game, right?!)

Get the 10 Canning & Freezer Meal Recipes here!

Worried about the canning portion? Don’t be! I teach beginners all the time in my Free Canning Basics Course!

You can sign up to learn easy-peasy canning right here-

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What Produce Is In Season Now?

November 19, 2018 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

What produce is in season now? This post will tell you which fruit and vegetables are ripe and in season. There’s a great graphic you can pin to Pinterest to reference any time and you’ll never wonder what’s in season again. Read on for the post!

How Do You Know What Produce is In Season Now? This graphic is so helpful!

We’ve all done it: We’ve opened the fruits and vegetables drawer in our fridge only to find out that something has gone rotten, and far sooner than we expected it to. It’s disappointing, and it’s a hard pinch on our wallets, too. No one wants to throw those strawberries that cost a pretty penny—you want to eat them.

There might be a reason for that waste that you haven’t considered, and a way to save yourself the agony of throwing things away (and save some cash, too): think about produce seasonally.

Most people don’t do this. Within reason, they buy what they want to buy at the grocery store, and then they take it home. But a lot of that produce had to trek hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to get to you, meaning it has a greater risk of spoiling when you get it home. So how do you look at things more seasonally? This graphic explains it.

 

 

Big thanks to https://zerocater.com for this graphic!

Seasonal Eats: Which Produce Is in Season When

The idea of buying fruit and veggies when they taste the best, are the closest to locally grown as possible, AND are the least expensive all seems too good to be true but that’s exactly what buying in season means.

When you buy in season produce, you can purchase BULK, and then preserve, quickly and easily, wholesome jars with canning.

If you are canning curious, sign up for my FREE Canning Basics Course 

In the Free Canning Basics Course, you’ll get easy, fast lessons on how to preserve ripe, fresh fruit and veggies, in a way that fits your busy, modern life. Dive in today!

Canning Personalities Quiz

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3 Easy Apple Recipes for Beginners

November 16, 2018 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

Apples are, dare I say, the perfect fruit. Portable, sweet, available throughout the year, nutritious, and versatile! Read on for 3 easy apple recipes anyone can make!

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3 Easy Apple Recipes

Applesauce Muffins Recipe

This recipe for applesauce muffins is is a great way to use a healthy ½ cup of your homemade applesauce (or store-bought if you haven’t learned how to make it from me yet!) into a portable snack.

3 Easy Apple Recipes for Beginners

Applesauce Canning Recipe

Homemade applesauce is something that is easy to make, fast (only 10 minutes in the canning process and there’s an easy trick to skipping peeling and coring I’ll explain in the post) and you can skip the sugar entirely especially if you have sweet apples on hand.

3 Easy Apple Recipes for Beginners

Apple Shrub

What the heck is a shrub?! Shrubs are fruit and vinegar syrups that are a NO COOK concentrate- just a few tablespoons of shrub into a glass with sparkling water and an optional shot of libation on top, Apple Shrub is a great recipe because it takes just one apple of any variety, is fun to spice up with cinnamon or a few dissolved red-hot candies, and mixed with whiskey. It is a cocktail that will transition your beverage game right into autumn.

3 Easy Apple Recipes for Beginners

Recommended Free Resources

Free Shrub Email Course

Learn how to craft shrubs from nearly any fruit (and some veggies!) with this easy, at your own pace email course!

Free Canning Basics Course

Dive into canning with this email course that makes canning fit your modern, busy lifestyle. Forget that giant, black canning pot and recipes that take all day; this course makes canning easy, fast and fun.

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1 Hour Homemade Coffee Liqueur

October 21, 2018 by Jenny Gomes 8 Comments

 This 1-hour homemade coffee liqueur recipe can be prepared and dispensed into bottles for gifting or enjoying yourself in an hour. It is a simple recipe that my mother has used for years and this coffee liqueur is delicious both hot or cold in a variety of mixed drinks. It also is easily doubled and is best made with friends. Read on for a delicious homemade coffee liqueur recipe that won’t have you tied up in the kitchen all afternoon!
 
1 Hour Coffee Liqueur | This recipe and video tutorial makes a copycat Kahlua that is to die for- so good! And it is perfect for gifting and the best part is that it is done in an hour!

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This recipe really is SO EASY. I hope you are ready to share this video to show how simple it is!

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My mom made this 1-hour homemade coffee liqueur recipe every fall I was growing up, set the bottles on the shelf, and then had a bottle to take as a hostess gift to every holiday party, every progressive dinner, or to add to a gift basket.

In addition to the following ingredients, you will need jars for storing or gifting. You can pour some of the coffee liqueur back into the fifth bottle, use canning jars, or any variety of the Grolsch brand (or similar) bottle. I scored a dozen bottles at a homebrew shop while in college and they were inexpensive and well made. I love the rubber flange which ensures a great seal and mine have lasted 10 years without needing replacement. If I had to buy more bottles, I might get the clear glass as it is fun to see the color of the concoction you are serving. You’ll want to get these jars for sure!

Let’s get cooking! Watch this video to see the 1-hour homemade coffee liqueur making process!

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How to Make 1 Hour Homemade Coffee Liqueur

Combine in a large saucepan:

3 cups white sugar (I have used turbinado sugar and it was delicious also and contributed to the maple-y flavor to good effect)
12 tablespoons instant coffee
4 cups of water

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