Making food from harvest

Zucchini Bread

1 3/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 cup mashed/pureed zucchini

1/2 cup canola oil

1/3 cup water

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine the 1st 7 ingredients. In a small bowl combine the eggs, zucchini, oil & water. Stir into dry ingredients, just until moistened.

Transfer to a greased 9x5in loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 min. Cool for 10 min.

Huge zuke from my garden.

Pureeing it.

Baking in the loaf pan.

Done!! YUM YUM!

Wanted to show this pic. Of all the peas I have gotten out of the garden this is all the peas that came out of it. Enough for a serving for 1 person. :(

Spiced Blueberry Jam

1 1/2 quarts blueberries

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp allspice

1 pkg pectin

5 cups sugar

Directions:

Remove stems & full crush ripe blueberries completely, one layer at a time (or blend coarsely in a food processor) Measure 4 cups of crushed fruit. Add more berries if necessary.

Place berries in a large kettle and stir in lemon juice, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and sure-jel or can-jel. Place over high heat and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. Immediately add sugar and bring to a full boil, hard 1 min, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat, skim off foam with a metal spoon, stir and allow to cool for 5 min to prevent floating fruit.

Ladle into sterilized glass jars, leaving 1/2" space at top. Seal with lids. This should make about 7 cups or 3 1/2 pints of jam.

One of my jars of jam! :D Yum! This might be the last that I get to make of jam for the season. So hopefully 4 more pints of strawberry jam & 3 1/2 pints of blueberry jam will get us through to next strawberry season...unless the orchard started grapes...then maybe I will do grape jelly...but my little homestead is not ready for that just yet....a few years down the road! :)