Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Note: I'm experimenting with ads in the newsletters now as another way to continue to bring free content. Hi Reader, How are you doing? Are you feeling on top of things, right on track, or a little (lot?) behind? If you do sometimes have that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you're behind in something (hand firmly raised), I hope we can both take...
13 days agoย โขย 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Oh, did we had some blustery, rainy weather this last week. But that didn't stop us from having our scheduled date night where we had some great BBQ at a local restaurant and then saw the movie, Good Fortune, which I wasn't sure about from the trailer but turned out to be pretty good. The rest of our week was pretty normal, which got me to...
20 days agoย โขย 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Oh my goodness, November here we are. ๐ณ It's so funny - I ordered a few things (like 4 or so) in October for Christmas and patted myself on the back that I started so early. And then as soon as I see it's November I start to panic - there are only weeks left!! It's funny because it's just perception - there is plenty of time, even for ordering...
27 days agoย โขย 5 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Brian and I have been eating lunches and dinners outside this week whenever it was sunny to take advantage of the last of the nice weather as we brace for a major rain and wind storm over the next week. In the evenings the meal was around the fire pit - we just realized we could have a fire ourselves and not wait for company or an event. What a...
about 1 month agoย โขย 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, As soon as the weather starts cooling in the fall I want to start baking. (Well, and using up the rest of the green tomatoes using some of these recipes that are 20% off through the 25th! -discount applied at checkout) There's just something about the cozy fall vibes that make me want to add some delicious smells to the house after a summer of...
about 1 month agoย โขย 4 min read
Hi Reader, It's that time of the year for gardeners: loads of green tomatoes on your vines with forecasts of frost in the near future... What can you do with the solid green tomatoes that have no hope of ripening indoors? Please don't be like me who used to just leave them on the vine to compost. ๐ณ I now know it was such a waste! My change of heart all started when realized that salsa verde could be made with green tomatoes as well as traditional tomatillos.๐ก Then I started a deep-dive into...
about 1 month agoย โขย 1 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Before I get into this week's newsletter, I want to mention that the Canning Cookbooks are now in stock and we've mailed them to all those who preordered! And anyone who orders now will have their books mailed the next day. ๐ Okay - I know it's pretty early, but I've found over the years that at least starting to think about holiday gifts in...
about 2 months agoย โขย 3 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Welcome to October! As always at the beginning of a month, I'm sharing some dinner menus I will be putting on our calendar from the October Dinner Menu Plans, which you'll find below. But first I wanted to share a little more about the garden. I got quite a few responses from my complaining sharing last week about how poorly my garden produced...
about 2 months agoย โขย 5 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, It was so encouraging to get so many responses from last week's newsletter with the link to my new physical cookbook, Easy Water Bath Canning: 40 Tried and True Recipes for Tomatoes, Pickles, and More! We've mailed the first 10 copies we had and put in a larger order that should be coming in about a week, so everyone who has or will preorder the...
2 months agoย โขย 4 min read