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Canning

How to Can Caramelized Onions

When you grow 100 pounds of onions in the hot humid South like we do, you have to preserve them ...
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Pantry Meals

Shepherd’s Pie Topped With Sweet Potato Mash

Cold weather calls for comfort food that sticks to your ribs and warms you from the inside out. This shepherd’s ...
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Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage With Brussels Sprouts
Pantry Meals

Sheet Pan Chicken Apple Sausage With Brussels Sprouts

Fall dinners don’t have to be complicated to be comforting. This one-pan wonder brings together the perfect trio of savory ...
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Canning

New Canning Guidelines for Broth Concentrates: What You Need to Know

The National Center for Home Food Preservation released updated guidelines on June 25th, 2025 regarding the use of broth and ...
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Pantry Meals

Best (& Easy) Potluck Dishes

Walking into a potluck can feel like entering a culinary lottery. Will there be five different pasta salads and no ...
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Pantry Meals

Best Cold Picnic Food Ideas

Nothing beats the simple pleasure of spreading out a blanket under the open sky and sharing good food with people ...
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Pantry Meals

10 Summer Picnic Food Ideas

The smell of sunscreen mixing with someone’s burnt hot dogs. Soggy sandwiches that nobody wants to eat. Chips that went ...
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How to Turn This Common “Weed” Into Free Liquid Fertilizer

Fertilizer costs are getting out of hand. A quality organic fertilizer can easily run $15-25 per bag, and if you’re ...
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Pantry Meals

15 Easy Picnic Snack Ideas That Will Make Your Outdoor Meal Special

Picnics are all about enjoying good food in the great outdoors. But who wants to deal with complicated meals that ...
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Canning

Savory Balsamic Onion Jam

When I first heard “balsamic onion jam,” I thought it sounded way too fancy for our kitchen. But y’all, this ...
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Pantry Meals

Summer Sugar Cookies

These aren’t just any sugar cookies—they’re the perfect summer treat that captures all the joy of lazy days and backyard ...
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Pantry Meals

5-Ingredient (or Less) Summer Desserts

When summer heat waves hit and the kitchen feels like an oven before you’ve even turned it on, the last ...
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11 show stopping potluck recipes that need 7 ingredients or less
Pantry Meals

11 Potluck Recipes That Need 7 Ingredients or Less

You know that sinking feeling when you realize you volunteered to bring something to the potluck and you’re standing in ...
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strawberry sauce
Canning

Simple Strawberry Sauce (No Pectin Required!)

Waiting until you have enough strawberries for a full batch of jam can feel like a losing game. You’re watching ...
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Pantry Meals

BBQ Sausage Bites for Potlucks or Picnics

The tangy-sweet sauce with that hint of heat makes these sausage bites impossible to resist. The best part? They’re ridiculously ...
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