What's Been Cookin...

Something great about moving out here on the farm is Grandpa's garden. He really beefed it up this year cause he knew Casey and I would be eating from it to. We have had parsnips, green onions, onions, beets, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, peas, cucumber, and zucchini just to name a few. My freezer is overflowing!! Once that overflowed I asked Grandma McCausland to show me how to can. I had seen it done, but not really done it by myself. So now I've started canning on and off and I really enjoy it. It's not near as hard as I thought it would be. So I wanted to share what I've been making and plan to make with all this!

Sweet Zucchini Relish!

I made this recipe exactly as written and it is FABULOUS!!!

I didn't mention raspberries up there but they grow wild here and I made these muffins. They were very easy to make and very yummy.

Raspberry Buttermilk Muffins

Pumpkins are just starting to come out of the garden and I plan to make Pumpkin Pie Squares, and I'm planning on making pumpkin coffee bread which sounds amazing! So many fun recipes to bring in the Fall season! Maybe I'll try a soup with them to...

Last weekend I made Blackberry Cheescake!

Make your own graham cracker crust... it's not that hard!

Apples and pears are almost ready to! I am planning on making Apple Gouda Ladder Loaf. Made this last year and Casey looooooves this! I didn't have gouda cheese so I substituted that with vanilla yogurt, and was very happy with how it turned out! I also want to can (or freeze) apple pie filling, thinking about doing an apple pear crisp, and trying to find a recipe on canning pears.

Last weekend I made salsa... which was a combo of about 3 recipes and I had never made it before. I have a huge bag of tomatoes on my kitchen table again, so I'll be making more and try to remember what I did and write it on here. Sucks cause I really like how it turned out, so hopefully this next batch goes over well.

Corn Tip!!

When shaving corn off the cob, put the smaller end of the cob into the center of a bunt pan while shaving, and shaved corn will fall into the pan instead of all over the kitchen.

I am just starting out on making a lot of this, but I'm really liking it! And no I don't bake all these goodies at once. These are my favorites from the past year to six months. Freeze what goodies you bake, so you don't feel like you have to eat it before it goes bad! Bread, cookies, cupcakes, leftovers, everything!! Makes more sense to me.... :)

So happy baking and cooking especially as fall is coming and the holidays!