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I’m harvesting the last of my zucchini from our garden over the next 2 weeks. Like every year…I end up with an abundance of zucchini that I need to preserve. When canning fresh zucchini you’ll need your basic home canning supplies along with a pressure steam canner. It can’t be preserved in a water bath canner! Furthermore, there’s a debate among those who do home canning whether or not it can safely be canned. I’ve been canning it the same way for 25+ years with no problems.
One large fresh zucchini will yield approximately 3 quart jars.
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Get all of your canning supplies out. Wash and inspect them. I use quart size glass mason jars for canning zucchini. You’ll need to prepare your Pressure Steam Canner according to directions that came with it. Mine requires 2″ of simmering hot water in the base.
Warm up your jars in the canner or in the oven (set at 150 degrees F), heat up your seals in a pan with simmering hot water.
Wash the zucchini under warm tap water to remove dirt. Cut a little bit off of both ends. Leave the peel on. Remove large areas of seeds as you cut the zucchini into cubes.
Fill up a large pot with simmering hot water (on medium heat) on the stove-top. Place the cubed zucchini into the simmer water. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes. Turn heat down to low.
Fill hot quart size jars with the cubed zucchini and hot water leaving a 1″ headspace. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the jar. Remove air bubbles, wipe the jar rim clean. Add the seal and adjust the ring until it’s fingertip tight. Place into the prepared canner. Continue filling jars.
Follow the instructions that came with your Pressure Canner for processing. I get to the 10 lbs. of pressure and then process the quart jars for 40 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the pressure canner naturally return to ZERO pressure. Once it reaches zero…I set a time for 10 minutes. Then I remove the lid. I let the jars sit inside the canner (lid off) for an additional 5 minutes before I transfer them to my counter-top to cool. Label and date the jars.
NOTE: Different people have different methods of canning zucchini. Like I said, there’s a big debate going on whether or not it can be done safely. I’ve been doing it for decades this way with no problems at all. Do your own research and make up your own mind.
How to Use: You can drain the liquid from the jar and use the cubed zucchini in casseroles, soups, stews and in stir-frys. If you want to use it in zucchini bread and/or muffins…mash it up with a potato masher before incorporating it into your favorite recipe.
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These days…we all pay a lot of money for our sneakers and walking shoes. The majority of the ones that I own are machine washable and I like to keep them looking clean and germ-free. In the past when I would launder my family’s sneakers they wouldn’t hold their shape well and would bang around in the washing machine driving us nuts. Often times they would come out worse than when they went in! I was frustrated until now.
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Let me introduce you to the Reusable Shoe Sneaker Laundry Bag for Washing Machines that has made my life so much easier! I seriously think every home should have one!!! Here’s what you get in the set:
2 Reusable Fluffy Fiber Bags with Zipper Closure
4 Adjustable Plastic Shoe Trees
Here’s how you use them. If you’re washing kid’s shoes which are smaller in size…you can place 2 into one bag. If you’re washing adult sized sneakers or shoes…place one into each bag.
Unzip the bag. The plastic shoe trees are adjustable. Adjust it to the length that you need. Slip one into each shoe to help it hold it’s shape. Place each shoe into a bag and zip it close. Yes, that’s it! Toss the bag into your washing machine. Add your detergent. I’ve been using the delicate/gentle cycle on my washing machine.
Once they’re done in the washing machine…take the bags out. Remove your shoes. Leave the shoe tree inside the shoe and let them air dry. Once they’re done air drying you can remove the shoe tree. Each of the washing shoe bags has a hanging loop. Just hang the bag up to air dry.
If you need to “spot treat” your shoes for dirt and stains…you’ll want to do that before placing them into the laundry bag. For my husband’s sneakers…I did a little spot treating before laundering and they came out very clean!
The first time I laundered some of our shoes I did them on a load all by themselves. The second and third time I threw the shoe & sneaker laundry bag in with some dirty towels. I’m frugal, so I try to do medium to full loads every time I run my washing machine. Because they’re in that protective bag…you can definitely toss them with a few other things too.
I seriously…don’t know how I lived without this item! It has made laundering our shoes and sneakers so much easier. Plus, they hold their shape and don’t bang around in the washing machine scaring everyone in the neighborhood. Yeah, you know what I mean!
So, where did I get them? Amazon!!!
Head on over to the Teletrogy Amazon store and get a set for yourself too! These Reusable Shoe Sneaker Laundry Bags for Washing Machines will help you to keep your footwear clean and germ-free. Let’s face it…sneakers and shoes are expensive and we want to keep them looking nice for as long as we can!
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