Meghan Laurie - Motherhood, Recipes, Home & Slow Living

Gardening

What to Do With Green Tomatoes at the End of the Season

Frost is coming and the vines are still full. Here is what to do with green tomatoes, from sorting to ripening to the ones I just cook green.

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Baked apple cider donuts I make all fall in our Long Grove kitchen, plus the one step that keeps them from tasting like plain cake donuts.

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Freezer apple pie filling is the most useful thing I do with apples all year. Here is the batch I make every September, and how I use it later.

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Homemade apple cider made in the slow cooker from whole apples, skins and cores and all. What to use, how to strain it, and what to do with the pulp.

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How I make homemade chicken noodle soup from a whole chicken: clear broth, real egg noodles, and the leftover trick nobody tells you about.

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The butternut squash soup without cream I make every fall. Roasted, thick, no dairy, and the trick that keeps it from turning out watery.

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Pumpkin bread with fresh pumpkin puree, and the one step that keeps the middle from turning gummy. This is the loaf I make first every fall.

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The sourdough discard recipes that actually clear the jar in my fridge, plus how long discard keeps and the one I would skip.

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How I make homemade pumpkin puree in my farmhouse kitchen, including the straining step that keeps it from turning your baking watery.

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The homemade applesauce recipe I make every fall. No sugar, three kinds of apples, and enough for the freezer to last us all winter.