Have some banana chips that you’re not too keen on? Naturally you have to find a solution to make the once detested healthy snacks into a delectable treat.

The most perfect pumpkin puree doesn’t start with your typical Sugar Pumpkin, it actually starts with a Hubbard Squash.

Simple and very flavorful, homemade sauerkraut can be a thing of culinary beauty.

Typically Hot Honey is cooked to leach out the spicy goodness from the peppers but in the spirit of my Fall is for Fermentation session, I decided to let the environment’s natural bacteria do the cooking.

A rare find for Northeast Pennsylvania, this beautiful Fig Jam is a treasured treat.

Lacto- Fermented peppers have such a beautiful complexity that is nearly impossible to achieve with your standard pickling brines.

My favorite childhood condiment, Concord Grape Jelly. A beautiful shade of purple with a marvelous grapey flavor it has graced many PB&J’s.

The deep flavor of ripened yellow peaches paired with the aggressive sting of the notorious ghost pepper. Proceed with caution, it’s dangerously delicious.

When the weather starts to cool, warm up with a bottle of liquid summer.

Hot sauces don’t need to be overly spicy to pack a punch of flavor.

Fall is the time for comfy sweaters, hay rides, pumpkin patches, sipping cider and one of my favorite things; Lacto-fermentation.

White Peaches aren’t my norm, for pie filling. But they my might be my new fav.

Sweet, spicy and complex; it’s the perfect addition to any pie crust.

The most delicious and flavor packed cucumber pickles are within everyone’s grasp. It takes minimal effort and only a few ingredients to enter pickle nirvana.

If you love the warm baking spices associated with fall and winter but don’t want to wait, then don’t. Even on the hottest day of the year, you will be reminded of those short and cool autumn months. Now how can that be a bad thing?

Chilies and limes are already friends, so why not jam?!

A savory and sweet jam that’s as versatile as it is delicious.

A jar of liquid sunshine that would brighten anyone’s day. Positively peachy, positively perfect.

Spicy, sweet and delicious. Carrot might be my new jam!

Naturally sweetened with raw honey, it’s a simple solution for sweetening up this blue beauty.