Kitchen Tip-freezing peppers

Love Colored peppers but they are pricey! So when I find great deals with the seasons I load up and freeze! Peppers freeze so nice and ready for soups, stews, sauces and chopped ready to go.

Fun measuring from Japan

Im so excited to get a gift from my sweet cousin Gina in Japan. She is a foodie like me and an exceptional cook. Cant wait to use my new measuring spoons/tools. Thank you for the written translations.

Tomato time-lets get canning! Salsa! 

Ive recently descoved the love of canning my own salsa. Every late summer Ill can my stewed italian tomatoes and tomato sauce- but salsa comes out so nice. I do not make it spicy hot. Heat can be added at serving time for me. 5-7 pounds ripe tomatoes ( blanched ice bath peeled and chopped)…

Straberries Strawberries 

As a kid my family looked forward to the day of picking wild strawberries. There was always a small two week perioud every early summer to get. We would have our buckets and climb the big hill and find the fields of heaven. Id eat more than hit my bucket. Mom would pull out the…