Canning

I love canning quick meals that I can use for serving dinner in a hurry. Some of my favorites are these recipes for canning beef stew and this recipe for canning bean and ham soup. A new family favorite is this recipe for canning sweet and sour chicken.   My family really likes orange chicken…

I love to grow green beans in my garden every year. On good years, I end up canning many pints of green beans to store away for winter. To can green beans, you need a pressure canner to process them. If you like pickled vegetables, you should give these pickled green beans a try! Because…

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…

For the past couple of years I have been having fun making a variety of different kinds of jams. This year I took my boys to pick blueberries, and decided it was time to try making homemade blueberry jam. We weren’t disappointed, it is delicious!   Blueberry Jam Recipe Ingredients: 4 1/2 cups prepared blueberries…

I love rhubarb, and it’s that time of year again where I am looking for all the things to do with rhubarb. My plant is actually doing really well this year, much better than it did last year. This year I decided to try making rhubarb butter for the first time, and it turned out…