living simply and embracing imperfection
…8221; Whatever. I use these on pizza, sandwiches, in salads, and in my favorite easy bread/cracker spread.
Step-by-step instructions to can Roasted Red Peppers in Wine:
Note: I will refer you often to my “Canning 101″ post for the details on jars, lids, and the like for water-bath (or boiling water) canning.
1. Start with 8 large, ripe, sweet peppers- red, yellow, or orange. Wash, cut them in half, and seed them….
The other night the temperature got down to 34 degrees – there was frost on the pumpkins for sure. This is at least a week or two earlier than usual around here, which has put a big halt on the garden. Knowing it was going to get cold, I harvested the last of the hot peppers, made some jalapeno jelly and froze the rest of the anahiems and anchos.
It’s really simple to freeze peppers, whether…
…an herbs like rosemary, thyme, and basil.
Now mix everything together and spread out on the baking sheet.
Place some uncooked Italian sausages among the vegetables (if using pre-cooked, add them the last 15 minutes of cooking). I like to place the sausages around the edges.
Roast for 30 minutes or until it looks like this:
Oh, man…how soon can we have this again?
And I just have to add that the o…
I can’t believe this is the 20th edition of the Tuesday Garden Party! My how time flies when you’re having fun…and I seriously have a lot of fun visiting you all. I dream about visiting your actual gardens and how fun that would be since you all feel like friends! Thank you for all your lovely pictures, tips, and inspiration, I love it all and I hope you have as much fun as I’m having at our weekly party.
I con…
It worked! You might remember the picture of the little hoop house I decided to grow my peppers under this year. That, combined with red plastic mulch, starting them from seed early, and using a heat mat (plus keeping them on the heat mat until it was time to plant) produced this after a two weeks of below normal temperatures and a full week of rain:
Yes! Beautiful, ripe colored sweet peppers.
Ahhh…
Even the big N…
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