by Reluctant Housekeeper on July 13, 2012

If you’re looking for a summertime chili then this might be it. I made it a couple of nights ago now and we are still enjoying it for lunches, it’s super tasty and very light. I confess that I omitted the fresh chilies because I reckoned the kids would refuse to eat it otherwise so I spiced mine up in the bowl with [click to continue…]
by Reluctant Housekeeper on July 11, 2012

So, canning without cans? It seemed like a novel idea to me when I moved here four years ago, but I’m not really sure what else you could call it, ‘jarring’ doesn’t really roll off the tongue in the same way.
No one that I know of back in Britain ‘cans’ fruits, vegetables and preserves in the way that it’s done here. For starters the jars and canning equipment are not readily available, and the types of fruit and vegetables that are traditionally grown there such as apples and root vegetables don’t [click to continue…]