Strawberries are one of my favorite summer fruits, and I look forward to canning strawberries every year. Unfortunately the birds usually get to my strawberries before I do! This bird netting was a life saver last year, and totally saved my strawberry patch. I have tried many recipes for canning strawberries over the years. I…
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Easy crock pot pear butter recipe to make from fresh pears. One of my favorite fall canning recipes!
I always look forward to making homemade crock pot apple butter every fall. I never knew that pear butter was even a thing, but apparently a lot of people like it so I had to give it a try. It’s just as easy to make as apple butter, and tastes just as great! You…
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Recipe for the best apricot barbecue sauce. Easy recipe for beginning canners. This tangy barbecue sauce goes great with chicken and pork.
I am always on the lookout for good barbecue sauce recipes. I recently purchased a big box of apricots and started looking for recipes to use up all my apricots. Seeing that apricot barbecue sauce recipes are popular on Pinterest right now, I decided to come up with a version of one of those recipes…
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Preserve fresh asparagus with this delicious Easy Pickled Asparagus recipe! Made with simple pantry ingredients, these crunchy pickled spears are a wonderful addition to sandwiches, appetizers, and snack trays. Perfect for simple homemade living, from scratch recipes, home canning, and homesteading.
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…
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Easy recipe for canning old-fashioned homemade grape juice. Learn how to make homemade grape juice like a pro!
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…
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