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Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

We're canning

Ah the first proper canning of the season!..Are we ready.

All ready!
Hubble bubble...
Lovely...OH said it looked like wee!!! But he also admitted it tasted lovely!
Especially with a lemon balm leaf!!
4 jars ready for the shelves tomorow:)

Fred turned up at 8.30 this morning. Sat outside in his tractor revving for 5 minutes then got out. I hadn't even had my breakfast or walked the dog as I'd decided to defrost the fridge. OH told him we were just off to do the shopping, so I finished the fridge and off we went. Without my breakfast! And without my morning doggy walk. Grrr! I spent the rest of the day nursing a lovely tension headache and listening for him coming back again!
I am a happy fairy!! 
BBS x 

Friday, 4 April 2014

Fri 4th....


Mommy sent me a parcel!! And in it was these interesting water flavouring things...so i put them in a jar and its potluck when i fill my water bottle from the tap (gotta keep fluids up, its good for you!)
Breakfast was the same as alway....

Porridge!! Make with 1/3 milk :) 2 dollops of easi-yo strawberry yogurt (shelves) and a dollop of very cheap strawberry jam:) Cheaper than OH's sugar addiction! And a glass of grape juice!! (remember the mammoth canning sessions!) Notice the lovely new plastic lids for my canning jars which were also in mommys parcel!
Today I earnt £11 :) and have spent zero!
Woohoo!!!
As we were running out of bread (again) at lunch I made some quick cheese scones..

Cheap, cheerful and quick!!! And DS said they were 'loverly'! Tea was omelette...

Here are the ingredients!!! As I daren't take a photo of my tea..in case I got moaned at again :-P I normally use streaky bacon but as there was ham close to its date I thought  that would do instead!!
Another cheapy!! And as I found spinach..

and red veined sorrel..'salad' with it!! Yay another veg portion for free!
Well, the blackberries drained...and its canning time!

Be prepared!!! Everything I needed at the ready!

Lovely purpleness!!

jars ready to bubble...

Blackberry cordial and a ladybug!! This is the spare jar for the fridge that didn;t go in the canner! Can't move them for 12 hours :)
Thats my day then...although there was another experiment...I'll tell you about that tomorrow!!
BBS x