Category Archives: food in jars
Putting the "Grill" in Grillo’s
Well, the end of August is here and Sam the Pickle Man knows what that means…it’s time to grill!!
July is National Pickle Month!
Good Morning and happy first day of National Pickle Month! To kick off this month-long pickle party I went over to Grillo’s Pickles, my local pickle store, painted their window, ate way too many pickles and talked about world pickle domination.
Travis Grillo, Chief Pickle Officer, started making and selling pickles in 2008 using his family’s 100 year old recipe. He was slingin’ them out of a pickle cart at the Park Street T stop 2 for $1 and now has made his way into Whole Foods all over New England, Fenway Park and at his very own pickle store.
The store is located in Inman Square, Somerville (on the Cambridge/Somerville line which I hear is referred to as “Camberville” but I’m not buying it) at 1075 Cambridge Street and they are definitely worth a trip.
Go over, check out the window, have some pickles (try the hot ones they’re AMAZING!) and tell them Mandee sent you! Happy Pickle Month!!
Shape Up With Pickles WEEK!!!
Jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick! It’s ‘Shape Up With Pickles Week!’ An entire week devoted to pickles!!!…aaaaaaand shaping up with them, whatever that means.
Here’re some pickley treasures from the Etsy-Dot-Com Super Store:
And a print of Miss Pickles by this dude JimBob…..awwwww, hewwo Miss Pickles.
I’ll be back when I have something relevant and pickle related to talk about. Please do the same.
Fluffernutter, party of two.
And now I know why! Fluff and peanut butter were made to be together. They’re the yin and yang of sandwich components. And so versatile! You can have a Fluffernutter for lunch, eat one as a snack or even have one for dessert. Can balogna and cheese do that?
If you’ve never had a Fluffernutter go make one right now. They’re delicious. And if you can’t buy Fluff (not Kraft Marshmallow Cream, mind you, there’s a difference) in your ‘hood then use this handy Fluff-Finder feature to hunt down the closest seller. And if that doesn’t work, you can get a case delivered right to your door. May your children never have to go Fluffernutter-less.
For more Fluff related goodness, go to the Union Square Main Street website and check out pictures from their annual ‘What the Fluff?” festival.
Make Me: Teeny Tiny Blueberry Cobbler Jars
This weekend I went to my very first potluck wedding. The idea was to have each guest bring a dish- either appetizer, entree, main dish or dessert- to feed 6-8 people. A risky move and I’m happy to report that it was wildly successful!
My own contribution was a recipe I had found on NotMartha.org a while back and couldn’t wait to make- Mini blueberry cobblers in mason jars. Adorable! Megan from NotMartha has a wonderful tutorial on this project with great pictures, easy to follow directions and some very helpful tips.
Megan’s recipe calls for 8oz. half pint jars. I decided to use even smaller 4oz. mason jars for my own-
Teeny Tiny
Blueberry Cobblers
in Jars
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Next, gather ingredients, rinse blueberries and preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Ingredients for Blueberry Filling (I made 2 batches to fill all 36 jars)
- 1/3 cup (3.5 ounces) sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- pinch ground cinnamon
- pink salt
- 6 cups (30 ounces) fresh blueberries, or 36 ounces frozen blueberries
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons stone-ground cornmeal
- 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces) sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon (for sprinkling)
- 2 teaspoons sugar (for sprinkling)
**FOLLOW MIXING INGREDIENTS ON NOTMARTHA.ORG**
Changes and tips for changing recipe from 8oz. jars to 4 oz. jars below-
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