As I have mentioned before in previous blog posts about marshmallows I can rarely have commercial marshmallows due to the habit of manufacturers using artificial dyes to get that “white look”. So over the past couple years I have tried a couple recipes, from one with corn syrup to even a maple syrup based one. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food Gifts’
Another Homemade Marshmallow Recipe
Posted in Dessert, Food Gifts, cooking, tagged candy, cooking, Dessert, desserts, Food Gifts, marshmallows on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Making Jam
Posted in Food Gifts, cooking, tagged canning, cooking, Food Gifts, Gifts, handmade jam, jam, jam making, jams on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I helped out my friend Teresa and showed her how to make jam. We did two batches then I sent her home with my gear to have more fun! She did a nice blog on it with plenty of photos – and it was fun “teaching’.
~Sarah
Modern Pickles
Posted in Food Gifts, cooking, tagged canning, cooking, Food Gifts, pickels on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well are they modern or are they a throw back? One of my favorite memories of canning with my mom was pickles. We would do bread and butter pickles every summer, hitting up this one farmers stand outside of Longview, Washington (an actual farmers stand, back in the days before all you found was trucked [...]
Cat Makes
Posted in Food Gifts, Shopping Finds, Spice/Herb Mixes, tagged Food Gifts, shopping online, gourmet food finds, mustards, jams, handmade jam, Cat Makes on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cat Makes – you ask – what is that? It is my good friend Cat’s website for her crafty-ness!
Cat is quite the talented jam maker and as well she makes tasty mustard’s and more.
A lovely photo she took of the ingredients used in her Lemon Sage Wine Mustard:
You can see her wares in her shops [...]
Simple Vanilla Syrup
Posted in Dessert, Food Gifts, Links, breakfast, cooking, tagged breakfast, cooking, Dessert, desserts, DIY, flavored coffees, flavored syrups, Food Gifts, frugal gifts, lattes, vanilla syrup on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Catzia sent me a neat link to Craftzine’s Simple Vanilla Syrup recipe.
It is just as easy as making a simple syrup, with the bennie of vanilla flavor added in. Do you love vanilla lattes? Well here you go!
Simple syrup is easy to make and very inexpensive so get crafting in the kitchen [...]
More DIY Gifts!
Posted in Dessert, Food Gifts, Links, Shopping Finds, baking, cooking, tagged Dessert, Food Gifts, candy, DIY on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More tasty and fun treats to make:
Chocolate Bonbon Pops from the Seattle Times.
Low Key Holiday Baskets – something that is nearly always appreciated!
Lots of festive recips for the holidays from Seattle Times.
~Sarah
DIY Gifts!
Posted in Dessert, Food Gifts, Links, baking, cooking, tagged DIY, Food Gifts, Gifts on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There have been a couple great articles in the Seattle P-I paper this week on making affordable gifts.
Do-It-Yourself Gifts which includes a video on making earrings.
Sweet & Simple which covers simple candy making and tasty cupcakes.
Cookie recipes aplenty!
DIY Holidays Cards.
~Sarah
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