Canning

Yay! It’s asparagus season again. We have asparagus fields not even 10 miles from where we live and I have never gone to a farm to buy fresh cut asparagus. Well, this year I did, and I am so glad that I did. Time to learn how to can pickled asparagus. Pickled asparagus is one…

I always thought it would be hard to make homemade grape juice, but it really isn’t! It takes a little time and you need to have the right (inexpensive) equipment, but canning grape juice really is very easy.   Grape Juice Recipe Ingredients: Canning Expertise: Rachel Paxton is a certified Master Home Food Preserver with…

Canning Cinnamon Pears   Ever wondered how to can cinnamon pears? I had never heard of them before, until just recently.   Canning Expertise: Rachel Paxton is a certified Master Home Food Preserver with over 25 years of hands-on experience in safe home canning and food preservation. This year I was able to get my…

Canning tomato soup is easy when you have a good recipe. I’ve tried some different recipes, and this one is definitely the best. If you love Campbell’s condensed cream of tomato soup, then this would definitely be its copycat recipe. This is one of my 6 favorite soup canning recipes for food storage.   This tomato…

It’s zucchini season! If you are like me and always end up with too many zucchini in your garden (or your friend shares their zucchini with you), you are probably looking for some way to use up that extra zucchini.   Using extra zucchini to make zucchini bread is always an option, but that gets…