In this post, check out one of the easiest things to do with your bucket of pears, and one of the tastiest.
pick-your-own
Pear Bounty, Part 1: Caramelized Pears
The bulk of our pear harvest was slated for caramelizing them with butter, brandy and honey, then freezing for year-round indulgence.
The Absolute Fastest Applesauce {canning friendly}
Check out my low-fuss, super-fast applesauce making process. It’s so easy, if feels a bit like cheating!
Cherries, cherries, everywhere
Excuse my silence, but these sticky hands have been busy processing cherries. Remember that pick-your-own excursion that got me slugging 40lbs of cherries home? Well, yes, we needed to pit every. single. one. and do something with the cherries. Whew! Really, though, it was enjoyable work with this whiz of a cherry pitter I picked up at the farm […]
Door County Bounty
Every homesteader needs a little travel adventure, too, right? It takes a bit of coordinating, but we try to make it happen a few times each summer, and it works out with the help of some extremely generous friends and neighbors! There is a lot to do on the little peninsula that juts out into Lake […]
