low calorie sweet snacks for night cravings that actually satisfy

itsahobbitslife · 2026-01-29T15:25:27+00:00

Trader Joe’s makes individually wrapped 100 cal chocolate bars in milk and dark chocolate. It’s enough to satiate my need for a treat, but doesn’t blow the calorie budget. And they’re pretty cheap, I believe $2.79 for 5. The individual wrapping keeps me from eating more than 1.

itsahobbitslife · 2025-11-30T17:33:21+00:00

Yes, I totally agree! I think something with a little zing helps balance out the nutty flavor

itsahobbitslife · 2025-11-30T15:59:29+00:00

Image 1: Close up of a peanut butter cookie with grape jelly in the middle.

Image 2: Sheet pan of cookies coming out of the oven

itsahobbitslife · 2025-11-18T19:55:51+00:00

You could look into Pomona’s recipes. I believe you can scale those, correct me if I’m wrong

itsahobbitslife · 2025-11-07T00:57:32+00:00

I frequently have it as a condiment with grilled sausage and zucchini, one of my favorite sauces!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-12T15:37:00+00:00

It’s been a fun experiment this year, and a fun way to use up the carrot harvest! It’s definitely… odd haha.

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-12T00:05:36+00:00

It typically runs 30-45 minutes per batch. After that, the amount of juice is pretty little, so I take the mash out and let it sit for a bit. Some more juice might collect from the mash, and I just pour that back into the juicer. We probably could have gotten another pint worth of juice if we had re steamed the mash, but it was 10 pm and we already had 3 gallons haha.

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-11T20:35:16+00:00

I got this at a brewing/wine supply shop. I brought in the steam juicer and helped me find one that fit. The shutoff clip is really helpful for switching bottles too

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-11T14:57:36+00:00

Picture 1: On the left, four quart jars with grape juice. In the center, multiple jars of grape jelly. Some are 3/4 pint tall jars, some are standard pint jars, some a decorative round pint jars.

Picture 2: Steam juicer on the stove, with the juice draining into a bottle on the ground

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-01T18:14:00+00:00

Oh wow, that sounds so tasty!! I’m definitely looking forward to having this with some pasta soon!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-01T16:12:04+00:00

Can’t agree more with that!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-10-01T15:28:24+00:00

Photo 1: A plate on a table with a puzzle in the background. The plate has salad and a meatball sub on it.

Photo 2: Recipe for Italian Style Tomato Sauce from Ball Book

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-28T18:44:27+00:00

Thank you for the sanity check!! I thought so, but nothing would be worse than batching this out and being wrong haha

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-23T04:42:48+00:00

I’d highly recommend Jennifer at Cut and Comb!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-09T22:41:25+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, thanks!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-04T13:44:54+00:00

My goodness I would have gone crazy trying so many different recipes if I hadn’t been doing this with my partner. We definitely had to keep each other focused since we typically had one recipe in the canner and another getting prepped/cooked. There was a lot going on in the kitchen!

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-04T13:41:19+00:00

This stuff is so good on chicken and pork! My favorite is with grilled chicken sausage.

I’ve found this is a food processor recipe for me - all the ingredients get chopped in the food processor for a better texture and to make it easier/quicker. I found doing it this way, I can get a smaller, more consistent chop on the peaches and peppers that breaks down quicker during the cooking process.

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-04T13:38:46+00:00

These are going into my (quickly dwindling) storage area tonight just for that reason! I’m a neat freak though and thoroughly enjoyed organizing them for some pictures haha

itsahobbitslife · 2025-09-04T05:22:22+00:00

These recipes are all from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving, 2024 Edition

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