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countrymommy85
True Blue Farmgirl
898 Posts
Krystle
MT
USA
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 Posted - Jun 22 2011 : 11:41:32 AM
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I just made a batch of rhubarb jelly this afternoon and I couldn't bear to waste the fruit. I decided to make MaryJane's rhubarb coffee cake recipe (it's in the April/May 2011 issue). Seriously that is my family's absolute favorite coffee cake recipe. So I decided to use the leftover rhubarb (4 cups uncooked) from my jelly and use it in the coffee cake.
This is not the first time I have done stuff like this with my jelly making.
Are there any other farmgirl sister's that have done this too? If so, what are your favorite recipes to use with the fruit that is leftover?
I would love to have more ideas because I hate wasting good food!
(By the way, the coffee cake turned out wonderful using the left over rhubarb!)
Thanks all!
Mothers are those wonderful people who can get up in the morning before the smell of coffee. ~Author Unknown
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Kim
Arizona
206 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2011 : 8:51:46 PM
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After canning apple pie filling, I boil the skins and core (minus the blossom end) to make jelly. To the boiled juice I usually add about 1/2 c. red hots candy and make candy apple jelly.
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 08:46:54 AM
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I have always had a problem with havin just a little bit of leftover jelly that doesn't quite fill a jar. I have begun makin jars of 'rainbow' jelly with it. I have a jar of violet on the bottom, rose in the middle, and dandilion on top in the fridge right now. The girls are desperately tryin to finish up the 2 open jelly jars so they can get at it!
You stir it up and it is an amazing taste. If you try to blend the flowers and make a mixed jelly it turns black and is so nasty lookin noone can get past the color to enjoy the taste.
I do have a lot of flower petals left over from our jelly makin, but those go on the compost pile. I always make jam with fruit because I can't take the waste that jelly leaves!
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6534 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6534 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 08:51:21 AM
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I have a freind that makes up a simple oil and vinegar salad dressing in the jar with the left over jelly when she is looking for a dressing with a hint of sweetness. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds like a great idea to me.
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countrymommy85
True Blue Farmgirl
898 Posts
Krystle
MT
USA
898 Posts |
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paulas party flowers
True Blue Farmgirl
191 Posts
paula
golden valley
az
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 12:03:36 PM
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wow, great recipe idea...i make flavored vingears for my dressings. This would be perfect for a summer salad. Yum...i use my leftover jams for putting in smoothies or just plain yogurt..on pancakes or waffles..the fruit syrups are expensive to buy. The best way me, is over vanilla ice cream.  paula
the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller |
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 12:04:42 PM
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You gals are making me hungry. Yikes! It's two o'clock and I haven't had lunch!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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quiltin_kate
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Kate
Marlboro
NY
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 1:21:02 PM
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I love these ideas, my Mom would be so proud of you all. As for me - I am learning and being influenced in a good way from all of the great ideas. Thank you so much, farmgirls!
Kate
Farmgirl Sister #862
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nancypo
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
nancy
boise
idaho
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2011 : 10:58:46 PM
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I usually have several bottles of salad dressing going at once, when they get low, I throw them all together! Fruit scraps go to the chickens :)
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
686 Posts
Emily
Thomasville
PA
USA
686 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2011 : 3:59:35 PM
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We will put our strawberries through the juicer, and any other berries on hand to make smoothies and stuff. Then we take the "discards" from the juicer and put them in the food dehydrator for a few days and make fruit leather.
It was a wonderful feeling not a single thing was wasted.
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Farmgirl #2951
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nancypo
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
nancy
boise
idaho
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2011 : 4:27:13 PM
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I have mixed left over whipping cream (1/3 cup), with cottage cheese (1/2 cup) and a splash or two of ginger ale. Pretty good!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9267 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9267 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2011 : 5:28:41 PM
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My mom taught me to make apple jelly using the skins and cores. We made applesauce and them added water to the peelings and cooked down and strained through cheesecloth. It always came out great! The pectin is nearest the skin so that helped in the setting up of the jelly. I can't stand to waste the fruit part by using the juice of things like berries for jelly or something so I make a lot of jams. This way I am using the whole berry.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
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