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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Making granola...
Robin's granola recipe
* 4 cups rolled oats
* 1 cups wheat germ or milled flax seed
* 1/2 cup chopped sunflower seeds
* 1/2 cup chopped almonds/ground cashews
* 1 cup rasins/dried cherries/dried cranberries/etc.
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil
* scant 1 cup honey
* about 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* about 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* couple of dashes of nutmeg
Whisk together the oil, honey, vanilla and spices separate from dry ingredients. Then mix together. Pat down in a cookie sheet lined with a reusable SILPAT or parchment paper. Bake on 300'F for 30 minutes. Stir once after 20 minutes if you want clusters, stir more often if you don't. If you want clusters, let cool in the pan without stiring for at least 30 minutes. If you don't like clusters, stir frequently and turn out into a bowl while cooling.
Enjoy!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tomatoes, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes...
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Our grapes...
First, we got out the trusty juicer from the basement. Upon reading most jelly recipes, they usually call for straining the fresh juice before making jelly. I thought this was crazy, considering all the good fiber and nutrients you are probably straining out to take the lovely, thick fresh grape juice and turn it into something comparable to Welch's. So we simply boiled down our grape juice, to help sweeten the jelly a little, added some lemon juice and pectin, packed it hot in our jars and processed them in a water bath for 10 minutes. The results are a very scrumptious grape jelly!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Battling Vine Weevils and Japanese Beetles...
This past year we had lots of damage to our newly planted fruit trees. The two culprates seemed to be black vine weevils and Japanese beetles. I am determined to save our trees, as well as the various other plants that sustained damage through out our property. I think beneficial nematodes are the answer. It seems the "Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora Nematodes" are the kind we need for our pests. It seems like we might want to apply the nematodes both in the fall and spring. I am just putting in an order for some and I am anxious to get them in the ground.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pumpkin butter...
Once I cooked up the pumpkin pie, the other 9 pumpkins were staring at me from the garden. Every time I entered the yard, I could see those big orange orbs gleaming in the sun. I decided at least two of them should be turned into pumpkin butter.
I searched around and came up with this recipe:
Pumpkin Butter
4 quarts of pureed pumpkin (about 2 large pumpkins)
4 cups of maple syrup
1 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ginger
Bake pumpkin at 350 for 45 minutes or until soft. Scrape flesh from shell and puree in food processor. Add pumpkin to slow cooker with maple syrup, cinamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Cook on Low for 8-12 hours overnight. Check on it often after 8 hours and turn it off when you like the taste and texture. Mine took close to 12 hours.
Monday, September 20, 2010
New Fruit Trees...
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