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Easy recipe for canning green tomato salsa verde. Easy recipe for canning green tomato salsa verde.

Traditional green salsa is made from fresh tomatillos. You can find that recipe here. An easy alternative can be made from fresh green tomatoes. They are often easier to find, and it’s a great way to use up extra green tomatoes from your garden at the end of the summer. It’s now one of my 13 favorite…

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Turn fresh rhubarb into sweet homemade jelly with this simple step-by-step recipe. Great for beginner canners and perfect for stocking your pantry with jars of spring flavor. Turn fresh rhubarb into sweet homemade jelly with this simple step-by-step recipe. Great for beginner canners and perfect for stocking your pantry with jars of spring flavor.

If you love rhubarb season, homemade rhubarb jelly is one of the prettiest and most delicious ways to preserve it. This clear pink jelly has a bright sweet-tart flavor that’s perfect on toast, biscuits, English muffins, and even as a glaze for desserts. It also makes a beautiful homemade gift. Looking for more rhubarb ideas?…

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Learn how to make homemade strawberry jelly with this easy canning recipe. Sweet, bright, and bursting with fresh strawberry flavor, this pantry staple is perfect on toast, biscuits, and English muffins. Learn how to make homemade strawberry jelly with this easy canning recipe. Sweet, bright, and bursting with fresh strawberry flavor, this pantry staple is perfect on toast, biscuits, and English muffins.

Canning strawberry jelly is one of my favorite things to do during the summer, and it’s one of the easiest ways to preserve fresh strawberries while they’re in season. There are so many things you can make with strawberries—jam, pie filling, syrups—but homemade jelly has a special place in my kitchen. It’s smooth, clear, and…

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Canning pepper onion relish. This pepper onion relish is made from a combination of green and red bell peppers and onions. It is slightly sweet and would taste great on a sausage or hot dog. Canning pepper onion relish. This pepper onion relish is made from a combination of green and red bell peppers and onions. It is slightly sweet and would taste great on a sausage or hot dog.

Have you ever heard of pepper onion relish? I thought it was worth a try. I never realized that there are so many different kinds of relish. Way back when people grew gardens and canned out of necessity, there were many recipes for different kinds of relishes you can make from a variety of garden…

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