Are you making these mistakes when you are preserving your food? Avoiding common canning mistakes to make your home canned food safer is important! Part of the homesteading lifestyle, no matter how large your homestead is, is preserving foods. Some methods of food preservation can take the form of canning, freezing, dehydrating, or fermentation. You… [read more]
How To Host A Canning Party-Preserve Food With Friends
Getting your garden produce can sometimes be a chore. There’s food to clean, chop and prepare, jars to wash, canners to fill with water and processing time to get down. Hosting a canning party can make this a fun time for all. Why host a canning party? A canning party is great for beginners. If… [read more]
Home Canning Equipment You Need (and where to get it cheap!)
When it’s time to start preserving your garden produce, many homesteaders turn to canning. Canning your food makes it shelf and pantry stable, can easily be stored for a year or more, and meals are heat and eat. If the power is out, you can still consume your home canned food, just open the jar… [read more]
The 2 Big Problems With Canning-And How To Solve Them (with Avalon Bay IC100B Square Induction Cooktop)
Growing a garden and being able to harvest all the goodness is amazing. There simply is nothing like a fresh off the vine tomato, right? Of course, most of us grow more than we can eat fresh. We do that on purpose. See what varieties of tomatoes grow GREAT in containers here. Having quart jars… [read more]
Mason Jar Make Ahead Meals-Meals In A Jar
Getting your food storage pantry stocked with delicious, easy to prepare foods will make busy nights much easier. Just heat and eat is the key here. With all the easy to prepare foods you can make, it’s a great way to add healthy, quick prepared foods to your pantry. Meals, drinks, and desserts in jars… [read more]
Reusing Glass Jars From Store Bought Products For Canning
Canning is a great way to save your garden produce. It’s made to be shelf stable, so you can store it on the pantry shelf, saving you plenty of freezer or fridge space. There are lots of jars to be found at thrift stores, yard sales and more to get you started. There are jars… [read more]
Best Ways To Preserve Apples {4 Ways To Get Started!}
Since apples are abundant in the fall, they are usually a great price. Knowing how to preserve apples for winter use is a great idea to save money and have apples all the time! Fall brings lots of apples in our area. We have an apple festival that lasts an entire weekend, where you go… [read more]
Fermenting Homemade Kimchi {Homestead ’Chi}
When you are wanting to preserve your garden goodness, there are generally a few ways to accomplish that. You can freeze, dehydrate, can or preserve foods by fermenting. Canning foods requires jars, a water bath or pressure canner, lids, bands and takes a lot of time. Even fruits and jams can take at least an hour… [read more]
How To Can Peaches At Home {For All Year Long Enjoyment!}
Are canned peaches healthy? YES! When you can peaches at home, you can control the amount of sugar in the canning syrup. Canning peaches without sugar can also be done, but the color and consistency of the fruit may change. Keep in mind, sugar is used as a preservative. When peaches come into season, it… [read more]
How To Can Strawberry Jam Without Adding Pectin
Strawberries normally come into season in late spring through early summer. The bright, red jewels are a thing of beauty, to be sure! When those beautiful berries are ready, I save several quarts from going bad by canning strawberry jam. My family can enjoy the fruit in this form all year long. As an added… [read more]