I love to hang our clothes outside, but I don’t like getting those ‘crunchy’, stiff bath towels! So, I add a 1/2 to full cup of white vinegar or apple cider vinegar to the rinse–it works as a GREAT fabric softner!
Lisa
August 18, 2008
August 8, 2008
Busy Summertime at the Homestead!
The Summertime activity of putting by foods in season is upon us, and right now it’s prime time for berries! We’ve put up our Strawberries for the year, now it’s raspberries and blueberries! I really hoped to get a tried and true recipe for canning Blueberry Pie Filling, but haven’t yet…anyone out there have one they would share?
We have a good amount of producing Raspberry plants on the property and every other day or so we’ve been going out to pick what’s ripe and put it up, mostly canning into jams and jellies thus far. Doing a batch or so daily is getting me prepped for the big canning coming up of Pears, Apples, Tomatoes and such
I also figure if I’ll be in the kitchen I may as well have something else going on too, so we baked up some extra bread and popped that in the freezer for the weeks bread, so I am not doing that daily during canning season. Actually it works out great anytime of year-since the bread freezes up so nicely
We got a large amount of bananas at a local store marked waaay down, so I picked up some of those and we made up some banana bread too! Of course, that is my son’s hand there, he LOVES to get into my cooling breads!
Well, the raspberry bushes are calling…..enjoy your weekend!
Lisa
Great Summertime Dessert!
Great End of Summer Dessert!
Blueberry, Cranberry, Lavender Crisp
You’ll need :
Filling:
3 C blueberries
1 C cranberries
1/2 tsp lavender flowers
3/4 C sugarTopping:
1-1/2 C crushed graham crackers
(this is a great job for the young ones to do on their own…put those graham crackers in a ziploc and CRUSH EM! Just be sure it’s sealed J)
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C melted butter
1/2 C sliced almonds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Get out a 8 x 8 baking dish J
Combine blueberries, cranberries, lavender flowers, and sugar in a bowl & mix well, then pour your 8 x 8-inch baking pan.
Combine crushed crackers, brown sugar, melted butter, and sliced almonds. Crumble over the top of your filling mixture in your baking dish.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until filling is bubbling.
Cool at least 15 minutes before serving, and Enjoy!
Happy Summertime!
Lisa