A Small Batch of Georgia Peach Jam

I made a nice little batch of peach jam this afternoon using local peaches from Georgia. The simple recipe on the PickYourOwn website I followed has an enormous amount of helpful information beyond the ingredients and steps to follow: it includes photos for every step, frequently asked questions, recipe variations, additional information on canning equipment,

Baked Oatmeal Casserole

Heavy rain throughout July 4 in Atlanta made for a day to stay inside and bake. A friend of mine recently shared a recipe for an oatmeal casserole that involved old fashioned oats, wild berries, a banana, and walnuts. Yum. Other July 4 activities included taking macro photographs of the raindrops falling on my apartment

Happy Canada Day Y’All

Celebrations in my Atlanta apartment included the creation of a dozen butter tarts while listening to classic Canadian artists that I otherwise don’t listen to often enough: Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, and Don Messer.  

A Lovely Batch of Cranberry Applesauce

6 gala, 4 honeycrisp, 1 bag of frozen cranberries, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and orange juice. No sugar. An hour of peeling, coring, stirring, mashing, and  taste testing. The result: a large, lovely, cranberry applesauce. Next time, I’d spend less time removing apple skins. They’re apparently loaded with vitamins A, C, fiber, and antioxidants, and of course