The recipe I use to make vegan corned beef calls for juniper berries, which I happen to have a great supply of at my homestead.  The bushes I harvested them from are what I have always called cedar trees, but it turns out they are actually junipers.  (Here's a great article about the difference if you are interested):  
www.treehugger.com/difference-between-cedars-and-junipers-4165305

These little beauties are drying now, but soon I will pop about four of them in each batch of the "corned beef."  Yes, only four of them.  They do make a slight difference in taste, but it's a nice little difference.  I have yet to use the berries in anything else, and I'd be glad to hear from any of you who use them.  I learned from the article above that they are used to make gin!  :)  

Did I mention that the Souper Cubes can be used for baking too?  I used them for that today, and froze the result.  Pretty slick.  I am in contact with the company to see if I can purchase some for resale at Seasons' Eatings.   Part of my goal is to reduce the use the plastic bags in my freezer, so I'm excited to work these trays into my cooking, freezing and serving routine.   (I made roll-up lasagna with vegan cheese, spinach and pasta sauce.)   

My Souper Cubes arrived today! I saw this product on Shark Tank and decided it was a great way for me to reduce waste of soups and a much better way than plastic bags! Check these out; four compartments of a cup each or a half cup if you prefer with a nice tight fitting lid. I just put my first batch of soup in the freezer in one of these handy dandy cube trays and i will let you know how it goes after they are frozen.  

From time to time, I have stuff on my mind that I'd like to share without filling up a Facebook post.  So I thought I'd give this blog thing a try.  Not sure how it all works yet, so bare with me.  

I'll start with some photos I took today when I had an epiphany about a better way to cut acorn squashes open.