101 Things To Do With A Jar

By Barbara Beery

From classic lemonade to creative culinary gifts—recipes and ideas with no fancy gadgets needed!
 
With this book, you can prepare, store, and serve 101 delicious meals, drinks, snacks, breads, and desserts in just one powerhouse dish, reducing waste, saving time—and stemming the never-ending tide of dirty dishes.
 
From hearty soups and healthy salads to scrumptious breakfasts, sweet treats, and even homemade yogurts, pickles, jams, and jellies, 101 Things to Do with a Jar has something for everyone. No fancy gadgets needed, no bulky dishes taking up fridge space, just a simple jar and 101 exciting things to do with it.
 
Make Presto Pesto Sauce • Sweet and Salty Gorp Blend • Honey Mustard Dressing • Fettuccini Alfredo Sauce • Crème Brulee Jars • Rainbow Salad • Spicy Black Bean Hummus • Cold Brew Vietnamese Coffee and more

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781423651253

Barbara Beery

Barbara Beery founded Batter Up Kids in 1991, and has since taught thousands of children the joy of cooking through year-round classes, cooking birthday parties and summer cooking camps. She has written almost a dozen cookbooks, appeared twice on the Today Show, CBN with Pat Robertson and her business has been featured in the New York Times and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as dozens of other local and national publications. Barbara believes in teaching children about giving back to their community. She is currently working closely with and has the endorsement of Rachael Ray’s Yum-o Organization, Susan G. Komen, American Heart Association, and the Great American Bake Sale. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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101 Things®

To Do With A

Jar

By Barbara Beery

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Digital Edition 1.0

Text © 2019 Barbara Beery

101 Things is a registered trademark of Gibbs Smith, Publisher and Stephanie Ashcraft.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018968314

ISBN: 9781423651253 (ebook)

A forever thank you to my husband, who has let me turn our home kitchen into a test kitchen for the past 25 years, and who has taste-tested more recipes than I can count.

Contents

Helpful Hints

Drinks

Classic Lemonade

Agua Frescas

Sparkling Fruity Mint Tea

Butterfly Pea Tea

Cold Brew Vietnamese Coffee

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Groovy Green Smoothie

Cherry Limeade

Power-Up Purple Smoothie

Limonana (Frozen Mint Lemonade)

Fresh Fruit Sodas

Chai Tea

Basic Simple Syrup

Lavender Syrup

Vanilla Syrup

Breads, Muffins & Breakfasts

Double-Chocolate Banana Bread

Savory Breakfast Muffins

Hummingbird Bread

Cranberry-Pumpkin Bread

Lemon-Poppy Seed Bread

Oven-Baked Frittatas

Blueberry Bread

Monkey Bread

Western Omelet

Overnight Oats

Chia Breakfast Parfait

French Toast

Microwave Berry Pancakes

Grab ’n’ Go Meals

BLT Salad

Asian-Inspired Salad

Greek Salad

Rainbow Salad

Raspberry Basil Cobb Salad

Red, White, and Blueberry Salad

Southwest Salad

Pizza Jars

Corn Dogs

Spicy Black Bean Hummus

Vietnamese-Style Chicken Noodle Soup

Italian White Bean Hummus

Guacamole Hummus

Desserts

Fruit Cobblers

Fruit Crisps

Jar Lid Tiny Tarts

Jar Lid Fruit Pies

No-Bake Fruity Cheesecakes

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

No-Bake Key Lime Pies

Cookie and Ice Cream Jars

Lemon Meringue Pies

Tie-Dye Rainbow Cupcakes

Classic Trifle Jars

Homemade Magic Shell

Chocolate Sauce

Whipped Cream

Creme Brulee Jars

Pickles & Jams

Pickled Blueberries or Blackberries

Pickled Strawberries or Raspberries

Pickled Cherries

Pickled Corn

Classic Fridge Pickles

Preserved Lemons

Sweet Berry Jam

Pickled Avocados

Giardiniera

Bloody Mary Pickles

Pickled Peaches, Nectarines, or Apricots

Summer’s Best Peachy Plum Jam

Mangolicious Pineapple Hot Pepper Jam

Dressings, Condiments & Sauces

Poppy Seed Dressing

Balsamic Vinaigrette

Mediterranean Vinaigrette

Sesame-Soy Dressing

Blue Cheese Dressing

Honey Mustard Dressing

Classic French Vinaigrette

Southern-Style BBQ Spice Blend

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Mexican Spice Blend

Greek Spice Blend

Moroccan Spice Blend

Seeded Honey

Hot Honey

Classic Tomato Sauce

Presto Pesto Sauce

Fettuccini Alfredo Sauce

Asian Peanut Sauce

Herbes de Provence Spice Blend

Gift-Giving Jars

M&M’s Cookie Mix

Gingerbread Cookie Mix

Homemade Cornbread Mix

Barley Soup Mix

Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Bread Mix

Happy Birthday Pancake Mix

Curry and Lentil Soup Mix

Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup Mix

Sweet and Salty Gorp Blend

Cozy as a Blanket Gorp Blend

Monkey Business Gorp Blend

Let’s Go to the Movies Gorp Blend

Brownie Mix

About the Author

Metric Conversion Chart

Helpful Hints

Glass jars are the original reusable, repurposable, and recyclable vessels for holding everything imaginable.

1-2-3 Blender Hack


Take one standard-mouth jar (a wide-mouth jar won’t fit) and a blender with detachable blade base. Place recipe ingredients inside jar. Screw the blender base with blade onto open jar top. Set the ingredient-filled jar on the blender. Blend. VOILA!

Lid Hacks


Accessories can make your jars more versatile than they already are. Change your jar into a drink container with a reCAP Mason jar lid. Dispense your jar salad dressings with a Mason jar pump lid. Turn your wide-mouth jar into a citrus juicer with a Jarware lid.

Snack Attack

Start with any size wide-mouth Mason jar and 1 clean fruit cup. Place crackers, granola, cheese cubes, cut veggies, or whatever else you want inside the jar and add the unopened fruit cup, facing up. Secure lid as usual.

Drink Hack


Place a decorative cupcake liner over drink-filled jar. Secure lid ring over cupcake liner. With a metal skewer, poke a hole in the center of the liner and then insert straw.

Mason Jar Gifts


Filled jars make great gifts, and there’s a whole chapter devoted to them! Decorate the jars with ribbons, baker’s twine, or fabrics. Attach small wooden spoons or whisks with ribbon or twine. Include an edible part like an ice cream cone for a dessert sauce.