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Twice a year I home can a big batch of beef vegetable soup for my family to enjoy. This recipe is for your classic red sauce veggie soup but instead of using expensive chunks of beef, I use lean ground beef. You can play around …
This dry rub recipe is easy to toss together. Once you have all of it mixed up…you simply coat the chicken wings with it. You can then cook the chicken wings in an air fryer, toss them onto a grill or place them on a …
Our backyard garden has done really well this year. I’ve been picking a lot of fresh vegetables every week. Sometimes I have enough to can a full load of whatever it is that I harvested. At other times…I have a little bit of this and that which I toss together to make mixed vegetables. Here’s the recipe that I recently used to make mixed vegetables. It utilizes carrots, corn, green beans, zucchini and bell peppers.
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The recipe will yield approximately 6 pint jars. You’ll need to process the jars in a pressure steam canner. I bought mine from Amazon for a really great price. I use it several times a week during the growing season. You’ll need at least 6 glass pint size mason jars.
Country-Style Mixed Vegetables Recipe
3 1/2 cups carrots, sliced into rounds or diced
3 1/2 cups whole kernel corn
3 1/2 cups greens beans, chopped into pieces
3 cups zucchini, peeled and chopped into cubes
1 cup green or red bell pepper, chopped into pieces
salt
water
Prep all of your vegetables as listed above. Make sure you measure them out as you want the portions to be accurate or close to accurate as you can get.
Combine all of the vegetables into a large pan. Add water to cover the vegetables. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes.
Pack the vegetables and liquid into a pint size glass mason jar leaving 1″ headspace at the top. Remove air bubbles. Wipe the jar rim with a clean cloth, add the seal and ring just until it’s fingertip tight. Place jar on the rack in the pressure canner containing 2″ of simmering hot water. Repeat until all jars are filled.
Place the lid on the pressure steam canner. Lock it into place. Adjust heat to medium-high. Vent steam for 10 minutes. Bring the pressure up to 10 lbs (psi). Process the pint jars for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the canner cool down until it reaches 0 ZERO pressure. Once it reaches 0 set a timer for 5 minutes. Then remove the lid. Let the hot jars sit inside the canner (lid off) for an additional 10-15 minutes before carefully removing them to cool on the countertop. Label and date.
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During the summertime my family enjoys eating a lot of baked beans. They’re the perfect side dish to serve at a family get-together, a backyard barbecue, tailgating party…or whatever. When I make them I follow the Baked Beans Slow Cooker Recipe over on the McCormick’s …
This homemade chocolate frosting recipe is easy-to-make and only requires a few basic ingredients that you most likely have on hand. The frosting can be used to top cupcakes, brownies or a delicious homemade cake. Personally though, we love it spread ontop of chocolate cupcakes! …
This dry rub recipe is simple to throw together. It can be used to season chicken or turkey. It’s also great to season wild game birds. Once you have everything mixed together store any leftover rub in a container or labeled baggie. I bought empty spice jars from Amazon that I use. Since I use this a lot…I like to double-up and triple-up the ingredients and store what I don’t use for another time. We use this dry rub when roasting, grilling or smoking chicken. It’s delicious!
Roasted Chicken Dry Rub Recipe
1 Tbsp. celery flakes
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. dried paprika
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1/2 – 3/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 tbsp. brown sugar
Place all of the above ingredients into a mixing bowl. Toss them together until blended. I like to store it in an empty spice jar so that I can use it as needed when I’m roasting or grilling chicken.
Moisten the chicken with a little bit of water and then rub the desired about of seasoning rub all over the chicken. If you’re roasting a whole chicken, make sure you get some of the seasoning inside the cavity. Great dry rub for roasting, smoking or grilling chicken.
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Our backyard garden is doing fabulous this year! Every 3-4 days we’re out in the garden harvesting fresh vegetables for our family to enjoy. Last week I picked banana peppers, green bell peppers, cucumbers, a head of cauliflower, cherry tomatoes and some broccoli. I brought …
A lot of people think that it’s hard to make homemade fudge. Well, I’m here to tell you that its not! You need to use a no-fail recipe and high-quality ingredients. Don’t skimp on them and follow the listed cooking times exactly as stated to …