Pear Butter w/ Blood Orange

This pear butter is heavenly – pear flavored with a spicy nutmeg hint and it is slightly bitter due to the blood orange rind and juice.  It was the fastest round of canning I have done yet.  As I said before, I am addicted to canning and am looking for more unique combinations of jams,Continue reading “Pear Butter w/ Blood Orange”

Pear & Pumpkin Upside Down Cake

We had a nice weekend at home finishing up some more painting of hallways and organizing a few key areas of the house.  It was rather gloomy and rainy all day Sunday – enough to warrant getting out the light down comforter and turning on the heat (low of course) for the night.  We willContinue reading “Pear & Pumpkin Upside Down Cake”