Aimee Wimbush-Bourque is the talented voice behind Simple Bites and has just published her beautiful new cookbook, Brown Eggs and Jam Jars.
Brown Eggs and Jam Jars contains over one hundred recipes that are geared to involving the whole family with a whole foods type of approach. Aimee grew up a homesteader and worked as a professional chef and many of the recipes speak to that experience and how she lives now as a busy mom. She provides us with tips to live the homesteading life even in an urban setting.
When we moved to Colorado last year from New York, I had my first bonafide garden – small though it may be — I cannot tell you the joy I felt when I made my batches of sauce from tomatoes that I grew from a seed. The sauce I made from my small harvest was the best we ever had. I’m looking forward to this year’s crop and will seek assistance to up my game with Aimee’s advice and tips.
Brown Eggs and Jam Jars contains glorious photographs and the recipes included are tempting me to leave this post and get cooking. The book is divided by seasons. Spring contains recipes for buttermilk buckwheat pancakes, maple cider baked beans, maple pecan butter tarts and sticky maple blueberry pudding — I confess I have a maple addiction — we continue with coconut cream baked oatmeal, spinach and ricotta pappardelle (which looked glorious), shrimp and egg fried rice with green garlic and radish chive butter, just to name a few.
Summer is all about the outdoors. Grilling information and recipes for being on the go. Gingered beef and cheesy bean burritos will be made soon in our home even though it’s the dead of winter here in the mountains. We have orangette chocolate oat bars, maple marshmallows and roasted cherry molasses cookies included in this section that jump off the pages and will tempt children and adults to get into the kitchen and whip up some batches of these treats.
Next, we travel into the harvest with summer squash and parmesan galette, quick marinated golden beets and caprese salad with fresh thyme drizzle. The canning section will calm any fears you may have regarding tackling preserving and includes recipes for Baba’s sweet mustard pickles, Fall fruit chutney with cashews and currants and strawberry-honey jam with orange zest.
Some additional recipes that looked tempting were Clara’s clam chowder, tartiflette with oka, chicken leek shepherd’s pie and the winter and holiday chapters were filled with delights to bring to your table — cranberry clementine relish, honey ginger sweet potato puree, and cinnamon shortbread bars with dark chocolate ganache. There is also a section on Sunday dinners, holiday meals as well as pantry staples.
This book is perfect for everyone – a new cook because it contains so much wonderful information and the seasoned cook who wants to bring more home grown foods to her table and encourage her family to join in. There is something for everyone in this new release.
For those New York area folks, Aimee will be doing an event in Brooklyn on March 9th at BookCourt, more information can be found here.
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GIVEAWAY:
Aimee and her publisher have graciously offered a copy of Brown Eggs and Jam Jars to one of my readers. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian readers. To enter please leave a comment here on this blog post. Please be patient — comments are moderated — and will show up after approval. This giveaway will end on March 3rd. A random winner will be picked and notified here on the post as well as in the group. Good luck.
this ought to be a delicious book to read as well as to try out. Loved her previous one.
Susan, I think this is her first book.
Yum! Thanks for the chance!
I’d love to win this!
The title and cover alone appeal to me, but after reading your review, I know that I’ll want this book.
The book sounds absolutely wonderful!
I would love to have this book. Good luck to everyone.
Now I want a maple pecan tart for breakfast…thanks for the giveaway!!
I would LOVE to win this!!
Looks like a wonderful book to cook your way through!
Would love to check this book out. Sounds like there are some great recipes!
This is on my Amazon wish list. It sounds like a wonderful cookbook.
Sounds lovely
Looks lovely. And now that my boy has expressed a renewed interest “the healthy stuff, Mom” it would be nice for us to share.
how wonderful this is open to Canadians, I would love a copy
I would love to win Brown Eggs and Jam, thanks to Jenny and Aimee for the chance to own it!
Love this cookbook after reading about it. Hope to win this cookbook.
Thank you Aimee and Jenny. Looks like a great cookbook.
Hi, I would love this book! Hope I win
thanks for the chance 😀 this book is always sold out lol
Adore the name of the book. Drooling over the recipes… particularly the maple ones!! Good luck to everyone!
This would be a great addition to my collection! Good luck all!
Yes, please!
This book looks great! Would love it!
The book sounds amazing.
I love seeing fellow bloggers getting book deals. Can’t wait to see this one!
Great review of the cookbook. Recipes really sound interesting. I’ll have to check if I have her first one, Simple Bites. Sounds familiar.
This book sounds wonderful. Love seasonal cookbooks!
I’m not familiar with her but the book sounds terrific!
This book looks amazing!
I have chickens for those fresh eggs and a garden for fresh ingredients …… now I need your new book and those recipes to put everything together!
This sounds like such a fun book. Thanks Jenny, Aimee and her publisher.
I love the seasonally arrangement of recipes!
Great concept for a book and looks really pretty too.
Looks awesome!!
sounds like a good book..
This book looks like it will be wonderful. I hope I win.
Love the title! Looks like a great read. Very nice giveaway!
Ty so much for the give away book sounds great
Sounds like a great read and recipes that appeal, good book to share!
This looks terrific!
It looks like a terrific book and one that I would love to have.
I love cooking together as a family. I’m really interested in using this cookbook!
Good review of what looks to be a very nice book. Would love to have it.
I would love to have more options of what to do with farmer’s market vegetables this summer! The simplicity of the cover and the review of this cookbook have me very interested in trying some of the recipes that have been mentioned. I will be following up on this one.
Looks great! Would love it.
This looks like a beauty-would love to win a copy. Thank you.
So much fun cooking together! Sounds like a great book.
Love the name of this book.. It sounds fab!
Book looks great!!
I would love to win this!
Looks like a great cookbook!
I was admiring this one yesterday. Would love to cook from it!
Love the concept would love to read and use this one.
Looks like fun!
looks like a great cookbook.
Looks like a very interesting book.
Hope I am not too late. All my girls lay brown eggs, so this would be awesome.
Me Please :0 I am a serious Cookbook Collector!
I would love to win this !
Sign me up! Love this selection.
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i am a sucker for any book that has eggs in the title. Would love to add this one to my collection.
sounds delectable. would love to try what is in it!
The recipe in this book sound delicious! I also have it in my Amazon shopping card. But I hope to win it. 🙂
I’m in! The website is fab, I love her and know that I will love this book!
Would love this book. Thanks for the chance.