Well today was a great day! My good friend, Dawna, owner of Holy Sheetcake!, delivered me a huge box of fresh cupcakes. Not just any old cupcakes. These are special because in the middle of each yummy cake, presented in an adorable holder, is a large dollop of JOYFUL JARS JAM!
As I carefully took each one out of the box and placed on a plate...I thought..please don't drop these! I cut into each one that had a different wrapper and was not disappointed! Lemon Drop, Bushels of Blackberry, Strawberry Lemonade! Ohhh, they were delicious! We make a great team. Her wonderful, moist and fresh cupcakes with buttercream frosting and my Joyful Jars of specialized unique jams.
And then I found a photo program that I have been wanting to try and I think I should have just stayed away. LOL I will now spend time, I don't have, on tweaking the pictures till I think they are just right!
Enjoy life friends. It is way too short! :)
Well, it is winter in Ohio so that means "snow days". In a perfect world, my storage area would have 1000 plus jars of jams and jellies put up! But this is not a perfect world and the days have come and gone. Household chores, tax forms for four (no one knows how to read their W-2's but Mom!), lots of hand chopping and some kitchen mishaps, has kept my numbers down but I have enjoyed the new flavors I made over the weekend.
Meyer Lemons and Clementines were the lead flavors. Strawberries and blueberries, frozen fresh last summer for winter-time use, were added on the side. Such wonderful blends of tart and tangy, sweet and yummy! I have creatively named them "Lemon Drop", "Oh My Darling...", "Zing in the Blues", "Strawberry Lemonade".
I also made Zucchini Bread Jam, a few new batches of Thattsa Hottsa and a chutney. It is the first time I made a chutney. It smelled wonderful cooking on Super Bowl Sunday. A mixture of red and white onions, brown and white sugar, jalapenos, raisins...can you imagine that over a grilled pork chop?! YUMMMM. I can not wait to try it. Here is a picture of my jars of joy that I made this weekend. I hope you enjoy the picture!
