Orange Marmalade!

I attempted orange marmalade on Sunday, and I'm very pleased with the results! It took a couple hours and the house smelled like oranges, but the payoff was 11 8 oz. jars of tasty candied oranges. I used Alton Brown's recipe from Good Eats, and the only ingredients were 5 oranges, 1 lemon, and lots of sugar. I have yet to try it on toast, but it was excellent on vanilla ice cream. If you are a fan of the old fashioned dreamsicle(vanilla ice cream pop covered in orange sorbet) then this is your ice cream topper! I've thought about selling the jars, but I'm a little timid about putting myself out there. What do you think, dear reader? Would you pay $4 for an 8 oz. jar?

Jalapeno Jelly!

I made it. I'm so excited about it. I guess I should wait to post about it after we've tried it out since we opted to throw in 3 of the 15 peppers in whole-seeds and all. Our lips might fall off. We thought that it needed more heat, but we may live to regret it.

This is actually the second batch of jalapeno jelly that we've made. When I get up enough courage or I'm sure no one is reading this, I'll post up the story of the first batch. Its a doozy.

This little batch of jalapeno jelly is the first of what I hope will be lots of homemade tasty treats. Next up is orange marmalade. It looked easy, and oranges are in season. My ultimate goal is blueberry jam, jelly, and syrup. I do love blueberries and since I have access to a blueberry farm to pick my own, I'm super excited about the possibilities.

I'm hoping sometime to have a true homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwich with homemade peanut butter, jelly, and bread.

I know, I'm weird.