I love my mom's pickled beets, but I don't always want to go through the fuss of making a batch. This recipe takes about as much time as boiling water! No special equipment needed. The hardest part is...
Author: CarolynCooks
This is a family recipe supposedly going back in a straight line at least to the Tudors (I'm English). The ingredients and method make it possible - even probable. It goes back at least 5 generations to...
Author: SUEB34
This is a great refrigerator pickle recipe. In just 24 hours you have great tasting bread-and-butter-style pickle. I grow my own pickles during the summer and love to make these for my friends and family!...
Author: Clark Hamblen
One of the best jam recipes I have ever made... Tastes almost exactly like the cake!
Author: Mary Jane Brown
I was experimenting with making jam without pectin and it turned out really yummy. You need to cook the raspberries for a pretty long time until they fall apart.
Author: gartenfee
The rose hips in this jam are uncooked so the jam tastes fresh and sweet; it retains its bright rosy-orange color. The hardest part is seeding the hips which can be sticky, but so worth it! Use wild or...
Author: Cazuela
A favorite recipe from my friend Kathleen. This is a quick and easy way to make a flavorful appetizer or a tasty side dish. I take them to office gatherings or serve as a side with a main meal. Everyone...
Author: Marilyn Woodard Thompson
This golden sweet and mild salsa is a great solution for those heirloom yellow or orange tomatoes and combines well with peaches, which are being harvested at the same time. It is a favorite of the kids...
Author: Karen Barris Calabro
A delicious fruit butter to spread on warm bread, toast, or scones, or use it on a sandwich or a sponge cake. A lovely way to preserve the flavor of local plums for enjoyment year-round.
Author: 1-800-FLOWERS
Don't throw away the cores and peelings from your apples after you bake that pie! Use them to make a very delicious apple jelly.
Author: Graden
These are the best pickles ever! Grandmas always make the best food! Warning...This recipe is very time-consuming...you'll see...
Author: Mandy007
The Damson plum makes a tart, flavorful, soft-setting jam that is a rich, deep wine-colored spread for cookies, waffles, bread, or anything else, really. Cardamom adds an unusual and subtle perfume to...
Author: Jamie Northern
This is a family favorite. It's very good on toast, especially beer-bread toast. (Recipes available from this site.) Try it with peanut butter for a great sandwich. You can also use it to top ice cream....
Author: Karen Wagner
Try this tropical jam warm over pancakes and waffles or spread on bread when it's cool.
Author: sal
I found a recipe online for nectarine jam. It stated that nectarine skin has natural pectin and jam would set as long as the fruit wasn't peeled (Note: no pectin listed in the ingredient list). Just for...
Author: JuliaH
I went apple picking and knew I wanted to make apple butter, but I also knew I didn't want to stir it for hours on the stove. I was glad to find recipes for baking it at a low temperature instead. I adapted...
Author: LauraF
I have to hide this one from my son, in back of the fridge, or else it'll disappear. Very good and very easy.
Author: Lovesmurfs
The health benefits of fermented foods are well established, and they're tasty to boot! If you're lucky enough to have a bumper crop of beets, try this easy recipe. Once beets are fermented, store in the...
Author: Magpie
Cooked in a slow cooker, this is an easy and excellent way to use the fruit of a Fuyu persimmon tree. Spicy and full of natural sweetness, the jars make wonderful gifts or keep well in the refrigerator...
Author: Cathy
An otherwise typical recipe for strawberry jam, but with a touch of balsamic vinegar added for a deliciously different kick. Try on toast or serve with anything from ice cream to pound cake.
Author: nch
Regular cherry jam I find quite boring, but I also don't like my jam too spicy. The spice bag method works great, because it only adds a hint of spice to the jam.
Author: FrauHolle
Great with a warm roll on the holidays, but also great any time.
Author: sbrown1334
The kids I babysit for love these -- red Kool Aid gives ordinary pickles a bright red color and adds fruity sweetness to their normal tang. I'm told they originated in the Southern US. I've also heard...
Author: Carolyn Bunkley
Loquat trees are all over Southern California where I live, yet are often overlooked. The loquats make a wonderfully fragrant jam and are worth harvesting! If you have a loquat tree, wait until the loquats...
Author: Diana Moutsopoulos
This pickle recipe was handed down to me. I have been making these for at least 20 years from cucumbers my Dad grows in his garden. I give them to friends and family and have trouble keeping up with the...
Author: droseboom
This is a recipe I came up with for something new in our seasonal jam and jelly making sessions, in hopes to find something unique for gifts at Christmas. It is absolutely wonderful. Everyone loves it....
Author: Rachel Dobbs
This is a delicious recipe and keeps for a long time, due to hot water bath processing. Great little jars for picnics, hostess gifts and entertaining. Scrumptious with crackers and cream cheese. I like...
Author: Debi
These onions are sweet and tart. They are terrific as a condiment for a piece of grilled chicken or on top of your best burger.
Author: CookBrooke
These are great appetizers and snacks. Use on an antipasto tray, on bruschetta with goat cheese, or just out of the jar. Go for a variety of different mushrooms here. They keep for about 2 months in the...
Author: Luba
Serve this summery spread over ice cream, toast, and muffins.
Author: foodinjars (Marisa McClellan)
You can make this dish and 24 hours later eat the pickles.
Author: MARBALET
These spicy/sweet pickles are a Texas tradition. My mother and I have made these delectable pickles for Christmas every year since I was young. We separate each batch into smaller jars and give them as...
Author: KIKI810
If you can't find Padron peppers, any small fresh pepper will work, especially jalapeno or red Fresno chile peppers.
Author: Chef John
Pick fresh kumquats, or buy from a local fruit stand to make this marmalade.
Author: Van
Use pretty glass jars for this vibrant-colored, full-flavored jelly everyone will enjoy on their toast or muffins. The jelly makes a wonderfully delicious and easy hostess gift for the holidays, or for...
Author: PJ's kitchen
I was trying to come up with a way to use up a bunch of apples we had in our fridge. Eventually I decided to just pickle them refrigerator-style. This is the result.
Author: Angel_1988
This recipe is close to my own grandmothers recipe. I think she would be proud of me as I do not have her original recipe.
Author: Jackie Boehm
This tomato jam has a sweet and spicy kick that goes great with meats and cheeses. Serve it up with grilled chicken and pork or slather over some crusty baguette with ricotta cheese. Enjoy!
Author: CJ
I was given an abundance of pineapples and did not know what to do with them, so I canned them! This marmalade sort of tastes like the bottom of a pineapple-upside-down cake. It tastes great on toasted...
Author: QueenofSuburbs
Dump everything in your slow cooker, walk away, and 3 hours later you will be rewarded with delicious pumpkin butter!
Author: Yoly
Need another way to use green tomatoes? Puree them and heat with sugar and fruit flavored gelatin (use your favorite flavor!) and you've got freezer jam.
Author: SUZQ
Cinnamon, allspice, and cloves make this tomato jam more like a 'butter' than a jam. I actually won a blue ribbon at the Indiana State Fair with this recipe several years ago! My husband enjoyed this often...
Author: Mom2MMJ
Using fresh figs and strawberry Jell-O®, this is a very easy preserve recipe.
Author: ~*Corben's Mommy*~
Easy ground cherry freezer jam. This recipe is easily doubled.
Author: mnick07
Like a bread and butter pickle and really super easy. You can even play with the proportions a bit. I like to increase the vinegar, salt and spices a bit but you could make it sweeter too. Be prepared...
Author: Lisa S.
This is a great jam for peaches that are not picture-perfect but nice and ripe. The riper they are, the more juice they will release when marinating. Combined with ginger and amaretto liqueur, the peach...
Author: sanne
What could be better than 'eating' a strawberry margarita for breakfast?!? On toast of course! And don't worry, the alcohol burns off during the cooking process.
Author: Miss Diane
This is my mother-in-law's recipe, not sure where she got it from.
Author: Amy Woessner
This pear butter is really great on toast, pancakes, and tea biscuits. I got this recipe from my mom. My brother has 4 pear trees and she can't stand to see the pears to waste.
Author: bulldogmom