Autumn Pleasures

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Good day to everyone. I have been away from the computer. Enjoying the autumn and the beauty of the changing season.
Today I am publishing yet another recipe. I love good food and sharing the recipes.
This one is for the fall harvest of apples and plums. This sauce is tangier than the store bough ten varieties.

Home Style HP Sauce

4 lbs prune plums (20 small per lb)
4 lbs apples (3-4 med per lb)
7 large onions

Chop these 4 ingredients in the food possessor, place in a large pot and add a little water. Cover and cook it down until it is liquid and the fruits are broken down. Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth and strainer. Make sure that you strain the liquid into another pot. Discard the cheesecloth and add these next ingredients to the reserved liquid.

2 tsp of each ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and ground cloves.
1/3 cup of salt
2 lbs of dark brown sugar
1 tsp of pepper
1 quart or 2 cups of regular white vinegar

Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce heat, let simmer for an hour. Then add a cornstarch paste to thicken to desired consistency. Cook for ten more minutes and remove from the heat. You can now save the sauce in the fridge after it has cooled for 2 weeks or place in sterilized mason jars and process in a boiling water bath for 20 minutes. This will yield 15 - 250ml / half pint jars.

This adds a good flavor to meats and vegetables it is good as a marinade or stir-fry sauce enjoy.
Have a great day and there will be a new post soon.

Garden Treasures

Another wonderful day in beautiful British Columbia.

Today I wish for health, love, humanity and well being all over the planet. There is a lot going on in the news these days so a thought of goodness and light to all.

Here is another recipe for everyone. This is the time of year for great garden salsa and to embrace the early fall for all the gardens bounty.

1 clove – bulb of garlic (your preference for kung pow)
2 tomatoes
2 jalapenos (less for mild more for hot)
3 peppers (you pick the colors green, red, yellow etc...)
1 red onion
1 bunch of fresh cilantro
1-2 fresh squeezed lime juice
Dash of cumin
Dash of salt and pepper
2-4 tsp of tomato paste (optional)

Wash and prepare all the produce. Dice into desired consistency either by hand or food processor. Place all diced ingredients into a 4-6 cup bowl blend thourouly. Serve with your choice of chips.

For a little variation select 2 ripe avocados and puree or dice. Add the avocado to half of the salsa it is a very colourful guacamole. Keep the pits and wash them and add them to the guacamole it will keep the avocado from going black for a couple days.

Enjoy the salsa and guacamole Love and Light Colleen.