Pioneer Woman at Heart

Canning took up most of my morning yesterday. We've been out of Candy Apple Jelly for over a year, so some of this is going in the pantry. I had to whip up a batch of homemade ginger-ale syrup.  Youngest texted me that she was feeling pretty sickly.  Thankfully, I have club soda on hand, but now I'm out of honey. Made my first batch of organic cashew brittle .  I hope to make one or two batches more yet. Dinner was easy yesterday.  I used leftover mushroom gravy, combined with homemade condensed mushroom soup, and cooked pork chops it in the crock pot.

Despite waking up aching, worn out,  the starting-to-feel-sick overall heaviness, I decided not to sleep in.  Maybe I should have, but I saw another beautiful start to a beautiful sunrise this morning. Sunshine is always good for the soul.  Right?  Maybe it can zap some energy into me today. I've been catching up on things around here, since our 3 night camping trip - laundry, housework, fun mail, bills, floors, bathrooms, etc.  Then Hubby springs one on me.... One of Hubby's co-workers found fall beets, and picked us up 15 pounds.  Or so he thought.  After I weighed out the 6 pounds I needed for canning 7 pints, I was left with about 3 pounds.  Hm?  Either way, I am very thankful he brought them home, and we now have more put up for winter/spring.

I ma k e C innamon Cider Jelly every fall.  I typi cally give this away for gifts versus selling it. Cinnamon Cider Jelly 4 cups apple cider 1 / 2 cup cinnamon im perials (red hot cand ies) 1 box pow dered pecti n (1-3/4 oz) 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar     Add cider, cinnamon candies, and pow dered pecti n to a 6-8 quart stainless steel pan. Heat and stir on high, until it reaches a ro lling bo il. Add sugar, and stir on high until it reaches a rolling boil .  Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and skim.   Pour into steril ized, hot jars,  wipe jars with a clean wet tow el, and add lids and rims.   Place jars into canning pot .  Pro cess for 10 minutes. Remove from cann er and place on towel lined counter/table.  Let sit for 24 hours.  Place any jars that hav e not sealed into the ref rigerator. Yield:  Approximately 7 half pint jars. For Candy Apple Jelly , simply use organic, unsw eeten...