Jams/Preserves/Curds (7) Archives

Pomegranate Curd,Mini Tarts

Pomegranate Curd and Mini Tarts I am lucky to live near a fresh farmers market with really cheap produce. They had pomegranates for 50 cents a piece. I bought 4 of them. I’ve seen them in the grocery stores for 4 for 5 dollars. Quite often people are intimidated on opening a pomegranate, but it…

Sweet Cherry Jam and Cream Cheese~Cherry Jam Crepes

Dark sweet cherries make the most amazing jam. It doesn’t even compare to store bought jam. I just buy fresh fruit a lot of times before I even know what I’m going to make with it. My mind starts swirling with all the possibilities. Last week I made a coffee cake thing with cherry jam…

Passion Fruit Curd Tarts

Thank you my loyal followers for stopping by to read my blog. I know I’ve been kind of absent and have not posted as often lately. I recently had back surgery-3 weeks ago, and I’m still trying to recover and I am not able to stand for very long still, so thank you for…

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Peach Butter

I cannot deny a biscuit. A good biscuit, that is. A soft fluffy buttery biscuit. Anytime a choice is given for biscuit or toast; it’s biscuit hands down. How about a biscuit slathered with peach butter. Uhh yeah! These biscuits are moist and tender. The secret is the frozen butter you grate into the flour-it’s a bit…

Holiday Cranberry Sauce

One of my favorite things I love about Thanksgiving is cranberry sauce. I love how the sweet taste hits your tongue but then the tart bite sneaks up on you. As a kid I practically used to beg my Mother to let me be the one to open up the cranberry sauce in a can. I…

Meyer Lemon and Vanilla Bean Marmalade

Summer is long gone, but I happened to have a beautiful bounty of meyer lemons remaining in my fridge thanks to my Debbie Meyer (no pun intended) produce bags. If you are not aware of Debbie Meyer “green bags” you have to try them; you can hold produce a lot longer without losing your produce to spoiling. If…