This is a little like my families favorite Sweet Hot Jalapeno Jelly. The Cranberry-Pepper Jelly is a deep bright red clear jelly, where as my Sweet Hot Jalapeno Jelly is a bit more orange, and has bits of the pulp in it. Jelly is made with the juice, and jam has bits of the fruit in it. Ether way these are both yummy gifts, and taste great served over warm corn bread, grilled chicken or with cream cheese and festive crackers.

It is almost the end of blueberry season. Take an and hour and mix up a batch now to enjoy this winter. It only takes four ingredients to make this sweet topping for your sandwich or bagel. You can involve your school-aged children in this preserving process.

I think these are the best homemade dill pickles. When chilled, they are crunchy and swimming in the yummy brine. This is a like a gift from heaven and fairly low salt content. YUMMY!!!

Let sit for 4-6 weeks before eating. Lets make 7 pints in wide mouth jars as an example of cold pack. Pretty soon, I will explain about refridgerator pickles.

Crushed tomatoes is for me the perfect base of tomato product for cooking with during the late fall, winter and spring, so I try to pack away as much as I can afford to. Crushed tomatoes from this recipe make a high quality product, well suited for use as sauces & soups. Crushed tomatoes can be added to Spanish rice, stews, enchilada sauces, Italian pasta sauces; you name it, etc, etc... And it is very easy to make and work with.

Let's get to work making home-made crushed tomatoes.

We love peach smoothies and cobbler. To keep local fruit in our home year-round, I freeze them for long keeping.