Twenty years ago my father-in-law gave me my first home canning lesson and I've been hooked on canning ever since. The first thing that I learned to preserve and home can was pickled red beets. Over the years, I've expanded my home canning experience to include all kinds of sauces, jams, jellies, … [Read more...] about Home Canning: Seasoned Tomato Sauce Recipe
Home Canning Recipes
Homemade Sweet Freezer Pickles Recipe
Every week I've been getting 10-12 cucumbers from my backyard garden. For some reason, cucumbers grow extremely well here and even though I ONLY planted four cucumber plants this year...they're really producing a lot for us! A friend of mine over on Facebook shared her recipe with me on how to … [Read more...] about Homemade Sweet Freezer Pickles Recipe
Home Canning – Zucchini Pickles Recipe
A few days ago I shared with all of you my recipe for canning homemade zucchini relish. Today's recipe is for those of you who are interested in learning how to make and home-can your own zucchini pickles! While it might sound like a difficult process, I assure you, it's quite easy to make your own. … [Read more...] about Home Canning – Zucchini Pickles Recipe
Canning – Homemade Blueberry Jam Recipe
Harvest season for the beautifully pigmented wild blueberry is about to commence, meaning the small window to enjoy the colorful, fresh bounty of the season is just beginning. During this short harvest, Wyman’s of Maine, a family-owned grower and distributor of wild blueberries, quick-freezes 11,000 … [Read more...] about Canning – Homemade Blueberry Jam Recipe
Strawberry-Habanero Preserves Recipe
How many of you make homemade preserves? Every year I help my daughter Shelly with her home canning projects and she often makes fruit preserves and cans them for the wintertime. A few weeks ago we got this guest recipe in our email and was asked to share it with all of you. One of the things I like … [Read more...] about Strawberry-Habanero Preserves Recipe
Homemade Zucchini Pickles Recipe
Every year we plant a backyard garden and one of the things that we grow in it happens to be zucchinis. For some reason, zucchini grows extremely well around here! Last summer I planted only 3 plants and it yielded 22 large zucchinis! One of the things I like to make with them is some good … [Read more...] about Homemade Zucchini Pickles Recipe
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
I've been doing home preserving or some form of home canning for the past 25+ years. I love to get into my kitchen and make up a few batches of homemade jam, jellies, conserves, chutney, soft spreads and more. These little treasures are always welcomed at my table, especially during the winter … [Read more...] about Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Home Water Bath Canning Essentials
For the past 25+ years I've been doing home canning. Luckily for me...I've had 2 great teachers in my life...my grandmother and my father-in-law who both taught me the basics & then I took that knowledge and expanded it by attending some local classes and reading books on home canning. Over the … [Read more...] about Home Water Bath Canning Essentials