Canning

If you grew a bunch of turnips this year, like I did, you are probably wondering what to do with them all. I have canned turnips before, but you need a pressure canner to process them. I just finished up a bunch of pickled beets, and was wondering if I could do something similar with…

What Can I Make With Lots of Pears? If you have a lot of pears on your hands, you do with them what you would do with apples, make pear sauce! If you’ve never had pear sauce before then you are in for a real treat. Pear sauce is prepared the same way as applesauce,…

How to Make Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes   There is nothing better than homemade tomato sauce made with fresh tomatoes. If you have an abundance of tomatoes in your garden this year, then consider canning some easy homemade tomato sauce. It’s one of my 13 favorite tomato recipes for canning.   Canning Expertise: Rachel…

Canning Chopped Tomatoes   If you’re like me and have an abundance of tomatoes in your garden this year, then you are probably looking for some quick ways to preserve them for winter. There are many ways to preserve tomatoes, including freezing them, but canning diced tomatoes is also very easy. It’s one of my 13…

This is kind of an old-fashioned recipe, but I love trying out old recipes! In the old days they used up everything they had to save money. I never would have thought of saving watermelon rinds to watermelon rind preserves!   I loved how my watermelon jelly turned out, so I will be giving this…