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Category Archives: gift ideas
Red Raspberries are Ready!
The berries are ready for picking! Red Raspberries are $5 a pound; a quart is about 1 and a third pounds. We suggest you pick in the morning as the heat of the day is hard on you and the … Continue reading
Wreath Idea for any season
I’ve always thought wreaths were a great door accessory and over the years I have made quite a few. This wreath caught my eye because I love the combination of rosemary and olive leaves with bittersweet. My Mom loved bittersweet … Continue reading
Posted in activities, creativity, DIY, gardening, gift ideas, Household, Life's Simple Pleasures, Seasonal
Tagged all season, bittersweet, craft, diy, gardening, gift idea, olive leaves, rosemary, simple pleasure, wreath
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Homemade Tomato Sauce is Easier than you Think!!
What can you do with these? Roma tomatoes are great to eat fresh like apples, slice onto sandwiches, toss into salads, saute with garlic and olive oil and maybe a few other veggies, or prepare and preserve to use throughout … Continue reading
Posted in activities, creativity, DIY, food preservation, gardening, gift ideas, Health, Household, Life's Simple Pleasures, Recipe, Seasonal
Tagged big-batch recipe, canning, farm market produce ideas, gardening, home food preservation, recipe, Roma tomates, sauce making, spaghetti sauce, step by step directions, tomato sauce, tomato uses
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Easy Sandwich Spread made fresh from the Garden
I have an abundance of onions, cucumbers and tomatoes in my garden now. After searching for a way to use them, I found a great recipe for a sandwich spread in my copy of Amish Country Cookbook, Vol I . … Continue reading
Posted in activities, DIY, food preservation, gardening, gift ideas, Life's Simple Pleasures, Recipe, Seasonal
Tagged amish country cookbook, condiment, cucumbers, garden fresh veggy recipe, green tomatoes, mustard, onions, quick and easy, sugar, sweet peppers, tomatoes, tumeric, vinegar
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Fantastic Blueberry/Raspberry Jam Made Easy
Jam is easy to make, and oh so ever rewarding. Jam has many uses in the kitchen and brings culinary Shangrilah during winter months when produce is out of season. I hear frequently from people they are afraid to try, … Continue reading
Posted in activities, creativity, DIY, food preservation, gardening, gift ideas, Life's Simple Pleasures, PYO berries, Recipe, Seasonal, Uncategorized
Tagged blueberries, diy, DIY wedding favor, food preservation, great gift idea, how to preserve fresh berries, jam, quick & easy, recipe, red raspberries, sauce maker, seasonal sweet, water-bath canning
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Homemade Cheese Crackers; too good not to try!
Too good to be true?; Not really! Making these flaky and flavorful cheese crackers at home is quick, easy and a great activity to do with your children. You only need 6 ingredients … Continue reading
The Joys of Blackberry Jam
Quarter Amish is in the midst of blackberry season and the plants are being quite generous! Customers share they enjoy the picking experience, but many don’t know quite what to do with the berries they just picked. Berries are one … Continue reading
Posted in activities, DIY, food preservation, gift ideas, Life's Simple Pleasures, PYO berries, Recipe
Tagged blackberry jam, breakfast, crushed berries, food, freezing berries, gel point, home canning, jam making equipment, making jam, making seedless jam, Quarter Amish berries, vegetarian
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DIY Conditioning Hair Rinse
I experimented making my own bath and beauty products as a teenager and never seemed to tired of it. Recently I started using cider vinegar as a hair rinse and love the simplicity. It makes my hair soft, manageable and … Continue reading
Posted in activities, bath and body products, creativity, DIY, gift ideas, Life's Simple Pleasures, Recipe, Uncategorized
Tagged argan oil, bath and beauty products, bath and body, cider vinegar, diy, hair conditioning rinse, hair rinse, peppermint oil, simple pleasure, support women initiatives, vegetarian, water
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Artisan Bread Made Easy with No Kneading!
I love bread. It’s one food I’ll never forgo. I love to make bread too. It is therapeutic for me to mix and knead the dough and there is absolutely nothing like the smell of bread, baking in the oven, … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, gift ideas, Household, Recipe, Uncategorized
Tagged artisan bread, bread stone, home made gift idea, home-made bread, oatmeal bread, quick & easy bread
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