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Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend

November 23, 2019 Carrie
Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend.

Yes, you can buy Pumpkin Pie Spice but you can also make it in about 5 minutes. This recipe is more like a PSA. You know the situation. You start cooking your holiday meal and the recipe calls for Pumpkin Pie Spice. Maybe you didn’t pick it up at your one hundredth trip to the store or maybe you just want to save yourself some dollars and use the spices you already have on hand.

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In Baking, Preserving Tags pumpkin pie spice, spice blend, cinnamon, spice recipe, spices, pumpkin pie spice recipe, easy recipe
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Pecan Pesto

August 21, 2019 Carrie
Quick blender pesto made with basil and pecans.

A southern twist on pesto makes a perfect sauce for grilled chicken, grilled veggies, eggs, pizza - you get the idea. It goes with almost everything!

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In Recipes, Sauces and Dressings, Preserving Tags basil, pecan pesto, garden to table, sauces, easy recipes, pesto, southern recipes, summer recipe
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Cranberry Port Jam

December 31, 2018 Carrie
Cranberry Port Jam - just bottled.

Cranberries , port and orange zest combine to make a simple jam that can stand alone or be used as a perfect compliment to a soft cheese.

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In Recipes, Preserving Tags jam, cranberry recipe, cranberry jam, port, wine jam, jam making, cranberry port jam, cranberry, cranberry sauce
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Oven Drying Basil and Jack Daniel's Marinade

July 9, 2018 Carrie
Fresh picked basil.

Oven drying fresh basil is a quick and easy way to preserve summer flavor. Once the basil is dried, give the Jack Daniel’s Marinade a try.

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In Garden, Recipes, Preserving, Sauces and Dressings Tags basil, oven dried herbs, marinade, jack daniel's, basil recipe, herbs, jack daniel's recipe, dried basil, preserving
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Chive Flower Vinegar and Vinaigrette

July 6, 2018 Carrie
Infusing white vinegar with fresh chive blossoms.

Chive Flower infused vinegar is easy to make. The resulting flavored vinegar can be used in a vinaigrette, recipe included, or on roasted vegetables.

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In Garden, Recipes, Preserving, Sauces, Sauces and Dressings Tags chive flower, chive, vinegar, infusion, infused vinegar, vinaigrette recipe, chive flower vinegar, chive flower vinaigrette, flavored vinegar
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Patio garden - it is happening!!! We had an amazing preview to spring for 2 whole days in 6b. I was able to stain and assemble raised planters. Mr. Artichokes and Okra power washed the patio so we are starting with a clean base. This is just the begi
Just a spring teaser. πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’š Rhode Island is having a few good warm days just to let us know winter might leave soon. I took the opportunity to let a few plants take in a small amount of sunshine and fresh air - Chinese cabbage, broccoli and peppers.
Salad.....πŸ’šπŸ₯—πŸ’š The time has finally arrived in my new 6b home for starting seeds related to all things salad. Whew! I have missed this part of my California garden. Almost year round, I could walk outside and pull together a creative salad. It beca
Plant walking.πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’š A thing? Well, I did walk these pepper plant babies from the grow lights to the outdoors yesterday for the briefest moment of warmish fresh air. For just a little longer my garden efforts are mostly inside. My house is starting t
Cherry tomatoes! πŸ’šπŸ…πŸ’š How can I really complain about life when my biggest problem today is realizing I didn’t order any seeds for cherry tomatoes?🀦🏻‍♀️ I have about 4 (really 4) seeds for a yellow cherry in my stash and that is it. Che
Look who got a centerfold in the new @gardeners catalog. πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š The picture was taken late summer on our patio. I don’t know what is more amazing - ending up with a huge producing tomato plant after our move or that Mel, the pup, let me take he
Is anyone else getting giddy about spring?πŸ™‹πŸ»‍♀️ Snow is melting and the birds have started to sing - those are signs - right? 

As I plan my garden for our first spring in Rhode Island, I am realizing how lucky I was in California. Season defyi
 

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