pear butter...

...is worth all the hours of effort it requires to make.

the worlds best pizza sauce

... so good in fact it gave me goosebumps when I tasted it it was that good! I've finished off 7 quarts today and when it's cool enough it will line my shelves in the basement next to the other things I've put up this fall.

from the garden

Fresh from the garden tonight, green zebra, (grown by Andrew in his own garden) lemon boy (yellow tomato) and mortgage lifter (pink tomato) and basil, combined with a few other ingredients makes for the most delectable bruschetta ever, and colorful too I might add! My mouth waters every time I look at these pictures. It was that good!

berry delicious

washing...
stirring...

ladling into jars...(the funnel it the same on used many many years ago by my grandmother.)

out of the water bath...

finished product...

*This batch is headed to a friend of mine in Colorado. I made many more jars after these were done. I think this is some of the best jam I've ever made, it's lip-smacking delicious and it's all about the berries!

Fresh, Local, Delicious

Homemade Hamburger Buns......

Fresh Local Grass-fed Beef, Onions that I grew, Homemade relish and Homemade Buns...

Homemade Bread, and oh so delicious!

Fresh Bread, Farm Produced Milk, Eggs and Maple Syrup. (I'll admit that the butter is store bought, I have made it from the goat's milk, but not this time...)

Perfect ingredients for French Toast! *

*After all, these vegetarians don't eat beef.