Library Goodies ~ Puttin' Up

My older brother shared several books with me, and these two came in recently.  As you can see, I have already started marking recipes to play around with.

All of the books I am sharing today, had to be borrowed from other libraries via the library interloan program.  If a participating library has a book that our library does not, we can still order it, and have it sent to our local library.

Only one library had this book, and I have yet to read all the recipes.  I love it.  There are many that use what we grow in the garden.

Can you believe that have book for this?  Ha!  I saw it on another blog and just had to order a copy.  There are some very neat ideas in it.  I doubt I'll have playtime this summer, but I wanted to get a sneak peek into it just in case.

Catching up has been tough, but I continue to get done what I can.  No pun intended (ha ha!) but I canned another 5 - 1/2 pints of Cinnamon Blueberry Jam, 4 quarts of hot pepper mustard sauce, and chopped up some jalapeno peppers to squeeze into any hole left in the freezer.  I didn't want to drag out the dehydrator for a few handfuls.  Other than that, I've been trying to organize my bedroom again, by decluttering it by a few items a day, and regular chores - laundry, dead-heading flowers, checking the garden, dishes, meals, etc.

I had a little extra mustard sauce, so the kids used it on leftover chicken.  I didn't get a chance to taste it, but according to them, my hot banana peppers are hot this year.