Is the practice of reusing glass bottles safe to use for canning? Can you reuse store bought jars 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. Even… [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]
How To Make Homemade Jam Without Pectin
Making and canning homemade jam is a great way to save the fresh fruits of the season. When Spring and Summer fruits are in season, many of us will reach for our homemade jam recipes for canning to preserve that precious harvest. Not much can beat the flavor of homemade jam spread over a biscuit or… [read more]
Pear Sauce
Ah, to be able to bottle the tastes of fall and enjoy it all year long. Did you know that you can? How, you may ask? With this delicious pear sauce! Pear sauce is just what you think it is. It’s ripe pears, mushed and cooked into a slightly chunky, slightly smooth sauce. It’s great… [read more]
4 Quick And Easy Ways To Preserve Eggplant
We planted purple eggplant in our garden this year. It was our first time, as a matter of fact. A friend of mine blessed me with 4 eggplant starts and I figured, “why not?”. The eggplants took over. Seriously. There was no room left to run or hide. I had made all the eggplant recipes… [read more]
Make And Can Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
How to make and can homemade spaghetti sauce for all your pasta recipes! We love to plant tomatoes in our garden in the spring. We always underestimate how many tomatoes each plant will give us, so we end up with so many ripe globes of goodness! Fortunately, there are salsas to be made, chilis to be… [read more]
Making Homemade Peach Jelly From Peach Peelings
When peaches are in season, this recipe for peach jelly is one you’ll want to keep nearby! We make this peach jelly from peelings to avoid waste. This peach jelly is a great way to use up all the “scraps” of the peaches, and it’s so delicious! My kids will eat through a jar of… [read more]
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