Home Made Maine Blueberry Jam is the best Blueberry Jam is on my mind. Its August and blueberries are in abundance here in Maine. I love preserving whatever produce is in season and abundant whether it is from my garden or the farmers market. The more news reports I hear about food recalls like the lettuce scare pf last year, the more I like to grow my own food or buy … [Read more...]
Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffin Recipe
New England's Best Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins The best blueberry muffins I have ever had were the Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins we would get from the bakery at the Jordan Marsh Department Store in downtown Boston. Th muffins were a treat because they were so good and we didn't have them very often. I grew up in Hudson, New Hampshire so a trip to Boston in … [Read more...]
Best Blackberry Jam Recipe
How to Make Delicious Blackberry Jam - going old school! I found this recipe for Blackberry Jam years ago in an old Maine cookbook called "Good Maine Food". It was book published in 1949 and it has a lot of good old fashioned recipes in it. This Blackberry Jam Recipe didn't call for any pectin so I was a little nervous the first time I used it as I had become a … [Read more...]
KitchenAid Basic White Bread Recipe
My KitchenAid Stand Mixer, my best friend when I'm baking this White Bread recipe, deserves a Gold Watch or least a decent burial...... Update- March 2023 - she's still working, bless her little KitchenAid motor! Please note that this is not a paid sponsored post but just a case of giving credit where credit is due! 27 36 years of loyal service in the working … [Read more...]
Basic Easy Coleslaw Recipe
Coleslaw - what can be said about it? Numerous clichés lend themselves to describing coleslaw - "always a bridesmaid, never the bride" or "best supporting actor in a cast of thousands". It is always cast in a supporting role but coleslaw fills a need in so many meal plans. Coleslaw is there to cleanse and awake the palate in a meal heavily laden with greasy fried … [Read more...]
Sister Jo’s Zucchini Relish- a recipe to use large zucchini
Zucchini relish is the perfect canning recipe to use up Monster Zucchini! This recipe for Zucchini Relish is the perfect way to use up extra zucchini. Zucchini are without a doubt the most prolific vegetable in the garden. Think about it! The vegetable everybody wants to give you from their garden is ZUCCHINI SQUASH. And they almost never give you the nice small … [Read more...]
Thrillin’ Grillin’- Grilled Beef, Chicken & Vegetable Kebabs
It's Grillin' Season - Shish Kebab Time! Tonight we had grilled chicken and veggie kebabs and they were delicious. It's grillin' season here in the North Maine Woods. For a while we thought the grilling season never would arrive as we had a long cold spring but finally we've been able to fire up the gas grill. I love cooking on our Weber gas grill. It's convenient, … [Read more...]
Quick Easy Cucumber Salad
Quick, Easy and Healthy Cucumber Salad A good recipe doesn't have to be complicated or difficult. This quick and easy cucumber salad definitely isn't complicated - just simple ingredients with simple preparation! And that is perfect fare for a hot summer day. When its hot and muggy all I want is cool, quick and simple so I can stay "cool as a cucumber". Best … [Read more...]
Best Grilled Chicken Marinade – Grillin’ can be thrillin’ and easy!
Best Grilled Chicken Marinade - and its so easy! It's summer and this grilled chicken marinade is one of my go to recipes because it's tasty (chicken is kind of bland and needs some flavor help), and grilling doesn't heat up my kitchen. Another plus is that its not the usual beef and pork that we do so often on the backyard barbecue grill. Don't get me wrong! I … [Read more...]
Sauteed Fiddleheads
Sauteed Fiddleheads - a quick and healthy vegetable side dish Sauteed fiddleheads are a very healthy dish as fiddleheads contain Vitamin A, Vitamin C, potassium, iron, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids but you must use care in preparing them. Important - Because of where they grow, in wet marsh areas frequented by animals such as beaver and muskrats, there is the … [Read more...]
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