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…

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,…

If you have a big plum tree or you know someone who does, you know that it’s easy to run out of plum canning recipes. You can only eat so much plum jelly! I have tried many different plum recipes over the years, and these are my favorites. I hope you enjoy them as much…