by Simple Life and Home | Dec 26, 2013 | Desserts, Food & Garden
Merry Christmas from Simple Life and Home! I hope you’ve been enjoying the holidays and baking lots of delicious treats. So far I’ve made three batches of homemade caramels, creamy ham soup, no-knead bread, and, of course, my favorite homemade toffee. Now, in all...
by Simple Life and Home | Aug 23, 2013 | Freezing & Canning, Life & Home
Ahh, yes. The final installment on how to freeze zucchini has finally made its way to the blogosphere! If you’ve been reading this string of posts, you now know how to freeze shredded zucchini (how to freeze zucchini, part 1) and how to freeze sliced zucchini (how to...
by Simple Life and Home | Jul 30, 2013 | Freezing & Canning, Life & Home
Last week, I shared how to freeze zucchini – part 1, which demonstrated how to freeze shredded zucchini. This type of freezing is fine, as long as you’re adding the zucchini to a bread recipe…or soup. But sometimes, a recipe calls for sliced zucchini, like my...
by Simple Life and Home | Jul 22, 2013 | Freezing & Canning, Life & Home
If you’re like most people who have ever grown a garden, you’ve probably tried your hand at growing zucchini at some point along the way. It’s a very rewarding plant to grow, since it usually produces well in any type of climate and typically claims a spot as the top...
by Simple Life and Home | Jul 7, 2013 | Freezing & Canning, Life & Home
I am so, so, so, so, soooo excited! After years of unsuccessful attempts to grow enough peas to save for the winter (you can read this sad saga here and here!), I finally have a bountiful pea harvest. Well, bountiful might be overstating it a bit, but at least I have...
by Simple Life and Home | Jun 30, 2013 | Freezing & Canning, Life & Home
Now that the strawberry harvest is essentially over [whew!], it’s time to start picking and processing some of my other spring garden plants. The first of these that is ready (besides the lettuce, of course, which we’ve been enjoying in salad for several weeks now),...