Canning

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: Grapes* Sugar (optional)   *You can prepare this recipe with purple or…

Canning Cinnamon Pears   Ever wondered how to can cinnamon pears? I had never heard of them before, until just recently.   This year I was able to get my hands on some free pears, so I decided to can some. My cousin mentioned that she makes “cinnamon pears”. I was intrigued…sounds delicious! It turns…

How to Can Chokecherry Jelly   If you have ever seen chokecherries, then you know that they are tiny pint sized cherries that are definitely too tart to eat off the tree. They make a great jelly or jam. Our mothers and grandmothers often used chokecherries for canning chokecherry jelly in the old days. Chokecherry…

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…

Did you ever wonder how to freeze green beans? I am an avid canner, but I also like to freeze some fruits and vegetables, depending on what I am going to use them for.   Canned green beans are good, but they are really soft like canned green beans from the store.   Some of…