Blueberry season in the South is quickly approaching. This delicious Better Homes and Gardens conserve requires only 4 cups of blueberries and you can use …
Canning
Cranberry Sauce with Cherries
Change up tradition without giving up the tradition. Add dried cherries to your cranberry sauce. Save some for Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner (and the leftover turkey sandwiches) …
How to Conserve Water When Preserving Fruit
Preserving fruit with a boiling water bath canner can use large amounts of water. Not only is the canner large but you need water for …
Increase canning options with a steam juicer
I love my steam juicer. A steam juicer will increase your canning options and help you get more out of your produce (and other food). …
Stewed Rhubarb
Since we now have access to fresh rhubarb at our family home, I have started canning stewed rhubarb. Stewed rhubarb is just sweetened cooked rhubarb. …
Kool-Aid
I often stock up on Kool-Aid when it’s on sale and put it into storage. I don’t store it to use as a soft drink. …
Rhubarb Sauce
Summertime is rhubarb time. I found a recipe for Rhubarb or Victoria Sauce in the Ball Blue Book: Guide to Preserving when I was looking …
Tomato Basil Soup
This is a quick tomato basil soup that can also be home canned for an even faster meal. Some of you may want to leave …
Applesauce and Food Strainers
During our last visit to our family home in Idaho, we harvested apples from our 3 trees. From that harvest, we canned 27 quarts and …
Pickled Cabbage Slaw
Take advantage of Fall cabbage and carrot harvest to make pickled slaw to use any time of year. Even if you don’t like traditional coleslaw, …