Pickled beets are one of my favorites! This recipe is a staple in my kitchen. I hope you enjoy! Print How To Can Pickled Beets Rating: 51 Prep Time: 25 minutesCook Time: 50 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Yield: 7 pints Ingredients30 beets (aprox) 2/3 cups water 4 cups sugar 4 cups vinegar In [...]
Bread and Butter pickles are my favorite, and bring back memories of lunches with my Grandma. They are also so easy to make. An excellent way to use up medium to large cucumbers. Print How To Can Bread Rating: 51 Prep Time: 3 hours, 20 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 2 hours, 40 minutes IngredientsSmall [...]
I’ll try to update this with photos tomorrow. Pickled Carrots 5 pounds carrots 2 cups water 6 cups vinegar 1/2 cup pickling salt 1 tsp pickling spice per jar 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes per jar 1 sprig of dill weed per jar Wash and peel carrots. Slice into rounds 1/4″ thick or into sticks. [...]
This week I decided to try making marmalade. Now as I had mentioned before, my hubby and I don’t like the peels that in most marm Print Smooth Marmalade Rating: 51 Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 30 minutesTotal Time: 50 minutes Yield: 2 1/2 pints Ingredients10 oranges (3 pounds) 1 lemon 4 cups sugarInstructionsPeal oranges [...]
Canning ground beef is so easy to do and very convenient to keep on hand! I prefer to keep canned meat on hand rather then frozen for a few reasons. It is always ready to use, no waiting for frozen meat to thaw out. Yes, I know I could take it out of the freezer [...]
I enjoy canning our own conveniences food. Store bought soups are expensive and high in salt and other additives. I love having home cooked suppers on our pantry shelves. Lets face it we ALL have crazy days that we are tempted to pick up fast food. I try to keep a stock of home canned [...]
Making your own fresh cranberry sauce taste so good. It also saves a lot of money. In our area one small can is close to 3.00. You can make your own for much less. Print Homestead Series How To Make Cranberry Sauce and Can It Ingredients1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 bag cranberries (3 [...]
This video show how I make our tomato sauce. I used to blanch and peal the tomatoes, but I found that pureeing them in the food processor worked just as well and was much faster! My basic method is to wash the tomatoes, cut them in half and squeeze out the seeds/water. Then trim off the [...]
We are starting to can our bean crop. This is so easy to do! Simply wash your beans, trim the ends off. Then cut or break into pieces about an inch long. Fill the jars leaving 1 inch head space. Add 1/2 tsp salt per pint, 1 tsp salt per quart. The salt is optional [...]
It is cherry season!! My favorite way to buy cherries for canning is prepitted in 5 kg buckets. Its cheaper and saves a lot of time. Recipe originally from http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod01/01600844.html Print How To Can Cherry Pie Filling Rating: 51 Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 30 minutes Yield: 7 Qourts Ingredients 1 Quart Jar 3-1/3 cups [...]
