3 Barbecue Sauce Recipes–Sweet & Tangy, Spicy, or Smoky. Versatile, easy, delicious. Downloadable tags, too!

“More tomato soup” is a perfectly decent New Year resolution.

Refrigerator Pickles, sweet and sour in just a few hours

Quince in rose syrup: this will inspire an endless amount of exotic winter baking!

I love making Eggrolls this time of year and I love giving homemade gifts. If you do too, check out what I am giving away.

Sweet Spiced Apple Butter from The Hazel Bloom starts with whole spices, orange juice, and fresh Washington apples.

Spicy Mocha Tofu Chili

Vanilla Spiced Pear Butter – it tastes like FALL!

Peach and Fig Jam with Thyme.

It’s time to enjoy the beautiful fall colors of red and gold – Habanero style with Habanero Gold Jelly.

New at The Hazel Bloom: Our fave recipe for canned salsa. We would enjoy this stuff all winter, if only it lasted that long…

Canning Restaurant Style Salsa

How to Make and Can Applesauce, a tutorial in our Canning 101 series.

What do you do when giant okra plants take over your garden?

Smokey, sultry and simple: Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce.

15 minutes and a microwave is all that stands between you and homemade Fig, Orange and Rosemary Jam

A jewel of a jam, the end of summer in a jar. Seize the day!

Habanero Gold – a hot/sweet jelly made with fresh habaneros from the garden.

Finally a great use for all our unripe tomatoes

Butcher and can your own tuna – it’s easy! …after a little practice, anyway.