Potatoes are a staple food in our diets, but potatoes only last so long in the pantry. Whether you grow potatoes in your garden or find a deal at the grocery store, canning potatoes extends the shelf-life and makes dinner faster and easier. It’s no secret that our family loves potatoes. We eat fries, mashed…
Grab those pineapples on sale at the store and fill your pantry shelf with home-canned pineapples! Did you find ripe pineapples at the store for a great price? Canning pineapples is a great way to preserve these fruits without a freezer. Fresh pineapple tastes great when canned, and it’s one of the easiest canning recipes…
Canning green beans at home is easier than you imagine, but make sure you have a pressure canner! We are in the middle of prime green bean season, where our plants are overflowing. Canning green beans allows you to put them up for casseroles and easy side dishes later in the year. First, you have…
Spring and summer time means more daylight hours, and that means more eggs. If you have an overabundance to handle, water-glassing eggs is the perfect solution for the fall and winter months. Do you have a surplus of eggs? One issue chicken owners run into is unequal egg production. In the spring and summer months,…
When you dive into food preservation, grab some of these best books on canning and preserving for your bookshelf! When I dove headfirst into food preservation, I grabbed several books on canning and preserving. While the internet is a great source of knowledge, sometimes, having a book in hand with all the information you need…
Don’t let your strawberries go to waste! Try a few different canning recipes for strawberries to use up your delicious harvest. One of my favorite seasons is strawberry season. We have a small strawberry patch, and our kids often go pick strawberries at local farms as well. We love finding different canning recipes for strawberries…
Preserve cranberries this holiday season by canning cranberry juice, a great canning recipe for beginners! I thoroughly enjoy cranberries, and they go on sale in November and December during the holiday months. Take advantage of the sales and try canning cranberry juice yourself. There are two ways to can cranberry juice. You can use a…
Christmas jam is one of our favorite sweet treats during the holiday season. Christmas jam might be my favorite type of jam, aside from strawberry jam. I only make cranberry jam in the winter when fresh cranberries are plentiful (and cheap) in the stores. The base of my cranberry jam is just like the strawberry…
Fall is the perfect time to try canning applesauce. Nothing smells more delicious in the kitchen on a cool, fall day! One of our family’s favorite fall activities is going apple picking together. We always go with our homeschool group and pick a few bushels with the intentions of canning applesauce in the coming weeks….
When you’re canning, make sure you know how tightly to put on the bands – it’s fingertip tight! Did you read a few canning recipes and see the words “fingertip tight” and wonder what they mean? Nearly every directions for any canning recipe tells you that you need to put the canning rings on fingertip…
