I am so excited to share this post with you! First of all, #Jellyismyjam is the hashtag that Oklahoma Agritourism is using to promote its Jelly Making Trail Campaign. I was thrilled when they contacted me out of the blue and asked if I would be interested in helping them out. Me?!?! The big Department…
Recipe using jam
Cherry Pecan Conserve
Do you know what a conserve is? The best way I can describe it is that it’s jam with nuts in it. This is my Oklahoma State Fair Blue Ribbon Award winning conserve. I’ve waited so long to share only because I haven’t made any in several years. The year I won the ribbon,…
Nana’s Pound Cake
Today is National Pound Cake Day! I love pound cake, don’t you? When I am nauseated, pound cake is the best internal settler I have found. Do you have a favorite kind of pound cake like me? My Nana’s (of course) was the very best – but a cold piece of Sara Lee will do…
Strawberry Cheese Cake Crescent Bars
Each Wednesday in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper the is a long-running column called Melba’s Swap Shop. I guess Melba has been running the column for a very long time. I have seen recipe booklets titled Melba’s Swap Shop with different volume numbers. All the recipes are from home cooks throughout out state. Last week, I…
Cranberry, Clove and Cinnamon Ham Glaze
I know it seems as if I have fallen off the face of the earth, but not true – just busy with Halloween and a few hiccups at work that have been smoothed out now – and life is back to normal, whatever THAT is. Just a small picture of the Wizard of Oz extravaganza…
Tea, A Drink with Jam and Bread….
Okay, so there’s no tea but there is jam and bread – well biscuits anyway and I also have a giveaway! Yep, four of you lovely people will win your choice of any of my four eBooks. There is only one rule, you must comment in this post and tell me which eBook you would…
Chocolate Pear Jam and Blue Mason Jar Giveaway
Have you ever been over to the Eliot Eats blog? It’s this wonderful mix of elegant and down to earth recipes, garden tips, restaurant reviews and narration of these wonderful cooking classes/demonstrations she and her husband take around the area where she lives. I especially like those. She lives in the same part of the…
Orange Marmalade
I made marmalade today. I was rather rushed because we were doing all the weekend errands and work we usually do in one day because we sat with Rocket yesterday during his other grandfather’s funeral. Interment will be Tuesday at the National Cemetery in Elgin, OK (part of Ft. Sill of Lawton). While I was…
Watermelon, Mango, and Black Pepper Jelly
Several weeks ago, one of my friends and followers asked me about watermelon jelly. I really had never done that before but it got me to thinking. Since watermelons were, and are, in season I started buying one per week to figure it all out. It took me some time to get it right but…
Pork Loin with Peach Glaze
Pork Loin Peach Glaze I couldn’t wait to use my new jam creation so I got up really early this morning and prepared the meat. First I washed and patted dry with paper towels. Then I prepared a rub made up of: 2 teaspoons ground sage 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon…