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Salsa Verde: Green Tomatillo Salsa

Posted: 10/3/16

This wonderful canned

TOMATILLO SALSA,

I found on Food.com, has been a big hit!

My family and friends LOVE
Green Tomatillo Salsa

They’ve all wanted more or asked for the recipe!

The ingredients smell absolutely divine,
either chopped (fresh) and while simmering!

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Apricot & Pineapple Jam

Wash your half-pint or pint jars, lids and rings in soapy, water. Sterilize them, covered 10 minutes, in boiling water.

Apricot 🍑 Pineapple🍍Jam
Yield: 10 cups (or half-pints)

Print Recipe

5 1/2 cups apricots, crushed (4 lbs apricot halves)

1 (20-oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained

3 1/2 cups granulated sugar or Whey Low D Sweetener – 2 lbs

7 Tbsp regular cooked-type ClearJel® (for canning)

OR 4 Tbsp Instant ClearJel® ® (if freezing, see Notes*)

1/4 cup lemon juice, bottled (or 2 lemons)

1 Tbsp corn syrup (aids w/storage, if freezing in bags)

Directions:

1. In a food processor, pulse to crush apricots.

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Mango – Lime Preserves (Instant ClearJel Freezer Jam)

Check out: How To Peel A Mango SUPER FAST!

Updated: Freezer Jam
Pure love-in-spoonfuls!

This jam’s so good! I adore how simple it is make… mixed with crushed pineapple, passion-fruit concentrate (when I’ve got some), plus a fresh lime – zested and juiced.

Mango – Lime Preserves
by Sharon Anne
Yield: 3 cups

1/2 cup (plus 2 Tablespoons) granulated sugar
OR see – Whey Low (for Ice Cream) – sweetener
3 Tablespoons INSTANT ClearJel® powder
1 1/2 cups fresh mango, diced (1 large mango = makes about 1 cup diced)
1/2 cup crushed canned pineapple, drained
1/4 cup passion fruit concentrate puree, see (Tips & Techniques…)
2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice (1 large lime = about 2 Tablespoons)
Fresh lime zest

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Apple Butter Spread

Apple Butter: Go ahead, try and keep your fingers out of it.

Apple Butter Spread (2 pints) recipe

This Apple Butter tastes like apple pie (from a jar) slathered on toast.

This apple butter spread truly tastes that good. I’ve posted it in two sizes for you.

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Grape Juice Jelly

For lower-sugar jellies, try combining regular pectin powder (I detest sugar-free) with REGULAR ClearJel and YOUR choice of sweetener. By doing so, this helps boost the jelling potential, while safely reducing the amount of sugar that’s otherwise necessary! It makes a “soft-setting” jelly (but keeps it shape).… Read the rest

Microwave Jelly (small amounts)

Best to microwave only one batch at a time. Since it’s such a small amount, simply refrigerate, rather than processing.

Microwave Jelly (small amounts)
by Sharon Anne
Yield: about 1 1/2 (half-pints)

1 Tbsp REGULAR pectin powder
3/4 Tbsp REGULAR ClearJel® powder
1 cup granulated sugar, divided (or Whey Low D granular)
9-ounces grape juice concentrate, thawed & undiluted
1 tsp fresh lemon juice

In a small bowl, mix together the pectin and ClearJel powder with 2-4 Tablespoons of your choice of sweetener and set aside.

Combine the juices in a 3-quart microwave-safe bowl, and then whisk in the remaining sweetener, plus the pectin-powdered mixture.

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Grape Juice (Bottled “Pink”)

We’ve grown Thompson seedless grapes upon the side of our chain-link fence nearly for decades.

My hubby planted vines primarily for privacy, but once ripened, the bounty is perfect for juice, jellies, and even dried “Nanna Raisins”, which my granddaughters absolutely prefers over store-bought.

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