Pickled Asparagus

Almost that time of year again!  May-June is Asparagus time in Alberta! Last year we bought lots of Asparagus from Edgar Farms. These pickles we made were amazing. I did not use green bell pepper.  I substituted either red or yellow. Source: Bernardin Complete Book of...

Zany Zucchini Pickles

I got this recipe off another gardener at our community garden. It was the recipe he used to enter the HSCA Harvest Fair and he won the non-cucumber pickle category! So, here you go. Fantastic zucchini pickles. (I have successfully used yellow zucchini for this too!)...

Hot cocoa in a mason jar

I love homemade gifts for all occasions.  Here’s an easy recipe for hot cocoa in a mason jar.  If you get an assembly line going you can make a lot of these at Christmas for everyone on your list. Hot cocoa in a mason jar Print Recipe I got this recipe from the...

Squash Chocolate Cake

This recipe is fabulous. It’s adapted from: Chocolate Everything (Company’s Coming) Jean Pare; Company’s Coming Publishing 2000WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder  Squash Chocolate Cake Print Recipe CourseDessert Skill LevelModerate Squash...