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 [...]
Well today was a busy day on the homestead. Today I canned 7 pints of pickled beets and 6 pints of cherry jam, if you don’t count the 3/4′s full jar. That’s getting tuck into the fridge to enjoy now. We headed out to the gardens this afternoon, to find the Italian zucchinis had exploded [...]
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 [...]
What am I up to in the kitchen now? I’ve been canning for over 15 years and made many jams. However one thing I’ve never made is marmalade. Now hubby and I both love the taste of orange marmalade, so you may wonder why have I not made my own. Well you see we love [...]
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 [...]
We are under a winter storm warning…Some time tonight it’s suppose to start. I wonder if I should believe them this time? LOL We are suppose to get 10 to 15 cm of snow with high winds, then rain tomorrow, then a flash freeze and more snow. That will be a nice icy mess eh? [...]
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 [...]
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