Long tasty weekend

Last year we joined a CSA (community supported agriculture) and have a box fresh, organic farm produce delivered every week. We were so happy with it that we joined again this year and decided to take a half flat of strawberries as well. This last weekend we made our first attempts at canning- starting with the strawberry jam.



When my sister brought up the crib and bassinet, she also brought the canning supplies that my mom had including some jars from my grandfather's collection. So our jam will be in the same jars that my grandfather used to make jam!

I tried a recipe for the jam that did not require added powdered pectin (to avoid the overly solid jams like in the store). Instead we cooked down some apples and limes to make our own pectin base ran it through a food mill to produce a fine puree. Incidentally we had some leftover applesauce and canned that for baby food in the future! (Now I really feel ahead of the game!)



In an attempt to prepare for our summer with minimal cooking, we made a batch of Lucille's sauce au spaghetti.





And everything is now stored nicely on our new shelves, in the basement.