All posts by Brooke
My name is Brooke and I love to cook, hence the nickname. I am passionate about eating for pleasure and nutrition, making jam, and Pilates.
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My pressure cooker arrived and then I bought myself the Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving recipes. I am filled with happiness »
Triple Berry Artisan jam
This recipe is triple berry using blueberries, raspberries and strawberries - all of which are in season right now! I am all jammed out so maybe next year »
Artisan Strawberry Raspberry Jam
I find these natural recipes are much darker than the boxed-pectin method, probably from the cooked sugar, but I think I'll continue trying this type of method »
Cherry Jam by Volume
This artisan cherry jam uses a volume ratio to determine how much sugar should be added and uses lemon for pectic »
Artisan Sour Cherry Jam
This is a boil method recipe to jell the sugar and uses lemon as a natural pectin source »
Roasted Red Pepper Spread
My family and I love roasted red pepper humus but I thought this would be a good alternative for the store bought spreads we sometimes buy, which are heavily in...
Home Canning Guide from the USDA
Turns out the USDA put out a PDF guide to safe methods for home canning »