30 fay recipes

Sweet zucchini relish with grated onions, red bell pepper, turmeric, and celery seed for canning. Salted overnight, then simmered in a vinegar-sugar brine.

Old-fashioned 14-day sweet pickles canned at home. A traditional brine-and-syrup method that builds crisp sweet-tart [cucumbers](/recipes/cucumber) over two weeks, finished with celery seed and pickling spice.

Transform tart sour oranges and ruby grapefruit into golden, chunky marmalade with this foolproof 3-day method. Each spoonful delivers zingy citrus burst balanced with sweet caramelized notes.

Celebrating Canada Day with some maple leaf cakes and raspberry coulis, delicious, light and impressive dessert.

7-day sweet pickles made the old-fashioned canning way: five daily soaks in boiling water followed by a hot sugar-vinegar spiced brine. The slow process delivers shatteringly crisp, glassy-sweet bread-and-butter style pickles that put the supermarket jars to shame.

Beef and bay stew: a rustic Irish-style beef stew with leeks, turnip, carrots, potatoes, and celery, simmered gently with bay and thyme. Old-fashioned slow-cooked supper served with crusty bread.

A delicious punch that's made with pink lemonade and rainbow sherbert.

Hearty sweet and savory stew with turnips, parsnips.

Casco Bay Rice tosses brown rice with shrimp, crab, marinated artichoke hearts, and tomatoes in a sherry-white wine sauce. A coastal Maine-inspired seafood rice bowl ready in 30 minutes.

Bay scallop ceviche cured in lime and orange juice with cumin, then tossed with tomato, sweet pepper, red onion, and cilantro. A bright Latin appetizer where citrus does the cooking.

Four-day vegetable soup that evolves with new ingredients each day. Start with cabbage, carrots, turnip, and rosemary, then build on it with beets, spinach, and chickpeas.

This dump-and-bake chicken and rice casserole uses just 5 ingredients and one pan. Onion soup mix seasons everything while the rice absorbs all those savory juices as it bakes. Weeknight dinner, handled.

A dump-and-go slow cooker beef stew with tender chunks of stewing beef, potatoes, and carrots in a savory soy sauce and tomato broth. Just 15 minutes of prep, then let the crockpot do the work.

Maryland-style crab soup simmered with beef shin, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and a pound and a half of crab meat. A slow-cooked Chesapeake Bay classic loaded with briny sweetness and deep beefy broth.

Old-fashioned seven-day sweet pickles brined with apple cider vinegar, sugar, and pickling spices. This slow canning method yields 7 pints of crunchy, sweet cucumber pickles worth the wait.

This old-timey Southern bean recipe simmers all day with a ham bone, canned tomatoes, and garlic until thick and soul-warming. Serve over cornbread with chopped onions for a cheap, filling weeknight supper.