I Am So Far Behind!

What! October is almost over?

As the White Rabbit in, Alice in Wonderland said,

"I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!"

 October is almost over and I am just getting started.

Here's a little taste of autumn with apple cinnamon chips.
With help from Christopher, we were able to make these apple chips and applesauce.

See the star in the center?
I got the recipe for the apple chips from Rachel at www.bakedbyrachel.com. It looked so simple and I thought making these for a nice autumn treat. I usually make caramel apples but am running behind for my October plannings. What caught my eye was the baking time, 1 to 3 hours( it took almost three). I used Gala apples for that October taste. Three items is all it takes: apples, cinnamon, and sugar; you can find the recipe here.

Finally, I caught up with October. Thank you, Christopher.

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if October were all year?

XOX

Blessings,

Chabacan

This is going to be my first attempt at canning apricots (Chabacan). My Mother-in-law, Jeannette, had already prepared the apricots so that I could get an early start in the canning project. I followed the Sure-Jell recipe and went to a few food blogs for someone to tell me it's going to be easy. They did and it was easy.

This is the bright color before the added ingredients. 

The Sure-Jel Pectin recipe was simple and only consisted of five ingredients.

   1. Apricots

          2. Lemon Juice

3. Butter  

4. Pectin

5. Sugar

After I added the ingredients it became darker in color.

This was so much fun and a success. Some will be gifts for friends and family. Now we will be able to have summer fruit several months after the weather becomes cooler.

It was so sweet of you to have stopped by today.
I really enjoyed the visit.

XOX

Blessings,
 

Thank you, Jeannette, I love you dearly.

My Delicious Edible American Flag

Flags Unfurled

Strawberries are wonderfully sweet and juicy this season. I found a recipe on The Sisters Cafe and found it just in time for our patriotic Memorial Day week-end.

I added the toothpick to make my flag.

So delicious,

I pledged to eat them

One strawberry at a time.

An American favorite, the red and white striped soft peppermints; the kind you find in
The Old Country Store.
I'll put these mints in this jar; ahh, another red, white and blue.

Whatever plans you have for today, may they be wonderful!

Have a blessed and happy Southern Country Memorial Day.  

xox 

Blessings,