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2 comments on "Sweet and Simple Canning Recipe: Homemade Grape Juice!"

Easy recipe for canning old-fashioned homemade grape juice. Learn how to make homemade grape juice like a pro! 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:   *You can prepare this recipe with purple or green grapes. It…

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Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week. Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week.

Busy weeknights got you scrambling for dinner? Try one of these 10 easy crock pot soups, perfect for busy weeknight meals!   Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini Soup   This is a delicious, classic homemade tomato soup recipe. It will take you about 15 minutes to prepare this recipe in the morning before you…

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6 comments on "How to Make Old-Fashioned Chokecherry Jelly from Wild Chokecherries"

Learn how to make homemade chokecherry jelly with this traditional canning recipe. Sweet, tart, and packed with wild fruit flavor, chokecherry jelly is a delicious way to preserve a seasonal harvest. Perfect for toast, biscuits, and gift giving. Learn how to make homemade chokecherry jelly with this traditional canning recipe. Sweet, tart, and packed with wild fruit flavor, chokecherry jelly is a delicious way to preserve a seasonal harvest. Perfect for toast, biscuits, and gift giving.

  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 jelly is now one of…

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It's green bean season! Learn how to freeze the green beans from your garden with these easy step-by-step instructions. It's green bean season! Learn how to freeze the green beans from your garden with these easy step-by-step instructions.

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 my family…

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