A good portion of my domesticity this autumn is driven by guilt. Anyone else feel that way? I get loads of produce from family and neighbors and I feel bad letting it go to waste so this year I decided to learn how to do some canning. It has always been super intimidating to me so I started with something easy like peaches, then my mom offered to help me do tomatoes. Everything went perfectly. Canning isn't as scary as I thought. I also tried this recipe found HERE. So delicious and super easy - you just wash the plums, pack them in a jar, fill with a honey syrup, pop in a cinnamon stick & vanilla bean, then process. I made four quarts and after tasting them I promptly made eight more. Even Piper loved it and that kid hardly eats anything. So far I've eaten them with vanilla yogurt, warmed up over ice cream, and on my protein pancake with almond butter for breakfast. When we've polished off all the plums in this jar I want to try reducing & thickening the syrup and putting it on everything I eat. I guess sometimes it pays to feel a little guilty.
(Picture included to make my grandma proud. Hi Grandma!)
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Well done. That's my goal when we have a garden!
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