How are you enjoying those fresh-from-the-tree apples? Oh, we are! Just yesterday my mom and siblings were up and we all chowed down on gluten-free apple crisp. As well I’m working my way through the apple recipes found in this round-up (#14 is the best!), and of course I’ve been canning some as well. I shared my apple pie filling recipe with you earlier, and now it’s time to share the recipe I use to make applesauce and how to can it. (super-duper […]
Homemade Apple Pie Filling to Can!
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Apples! Apples! Apples! Ever read the cute children’s book titled 10 Apples up on Top? Kinda how I’ve felt lately. Trying to keep all my apples balanced. But at least I’ve gotten the applesauce and the apple pie filling canned! Yay! Today I’m sharing how to make Homemade Apple Pie Filling to Can. There’s nothing quite like a fresh apple pie and using pie filling from the store is just never the same. However, using your own home-canned pie filling is […]
Food Storage Inventory Sheets
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Living in a land of plenty, we are blessed. If I go hungry it’s simply because I haven’t taken the time to eat. Food shortage isn’t an issue here. Food storage is. Because we live in a smaller home, I have to be very strategic and organized with my food storage technique. We buy most of our meat from farmers during the winter, and summer-time finds me preserving all sorts of fruits and vegetables. This means stuff really gets piled into […]
How to Can Beef Stew
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Today Jane from Mary and Martha is sharing how to can beef stew. I’ve canned beef before, but never a stew. I really think I should give it a try! Nothing like having healthy foods from your own garden (or you at least know where they came from) all canned and ready to heat for easy meals or surprise company! Home Canned Beef Stew; Simple to make, Simple to Serve The past several years I have enjoyed canning my own […]
How Canning is Beneficial to Everyone.
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Been thinking about canning lately; maybe because I’ve been doing a lot of it. And any rate, I got to thinking about how canning is beneficial to basically everyone. I love going out to my shelves and seeing the jars full of food all lined up in rows. It makes me feel good to know that we have food for the winter months ahead. And of course, it makes my tummy very happy! How Canning Benefits Everyone: The Earth: Buying […]
Canning Homemade Salsa
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Late summer finds me in the kitchen canning homemade salsa. We eat so much salsa during the year that it would be insanely costly to buy it. If you know how to can and don’t mind chopping onions and hot peppers you can also can homemade salsa. My homemade salsa is one that mother and I have been making for years. However, each year it tastes a little different. In fact, the salsa I can, tastes different than the salsa […]
Canning Problems and Solutions ~Simple Prevention
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For the homemaker who preserves her family’s food for the winter knowing canning problems and solutions is an important part of canning. Whether you use a hot water bath, or pressure canner, the problems and solutions are often the same. Jars don’t seal. Jars break. The liquid leaks out of your jars while canning. Jars unseal after they have been canned and shelved. I’m not THE expert on canning, but I’ve been canning for over 10 years and thought I would […]
Save Money Growing Food ~In Small Spaces and Patios too!
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Whether you have a huge backyard with lots of space for a garden, or a small deck with just a limited amount of space, you can save money growing food. The other week I shared how we make a small garden work for us. How we make sure to plant things like tomatoes, green beans, cabbage, and other plants that don’t take up a lot of room but still produce nicely. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which help support […]
Investments that Save Money ~Spend to Save?
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We try to live frugally around here, but that doesn’t mean we never spend money. In fact, there have been times where we’ve made rather large investments that save money. In some cases they quickly pay for themselves monetarily, in other cases, the side benefits help pay for them too. When you want to save money, it can be hard to “let” yourself spend a lot of money on an item when maybe you could get something else a little […]
Dehydrated Tomatoes ~How to Easily Dry Tomatoes
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The arrival of fall signals the end of my garden. But as usual my tomatoes are still slowly producing, so I’ve been making dehydrated tomatoes. It’s easy to do them in small batches, because 4 or 5 tomatoes won’t make much sauce, but it’s easy to dry them and you can do a little at a time. Originally I was going to make dehydrated tomatoes in my oven. I had cooling rack (for cookies and such) that fit perfectly in […]
Chipotle Strawberry Jam
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Last week at a blog hop I came across the most delicious sounding recipe ever! It was for Chipotle Strawberry Jam, it sounded so good that the next time I went to the store I bought strawberries to make some. I ended up with about 8 pint, I say about because I kept “sampling” while I was making it. 🙂 It ended up a little sweeter than I like jam to be, so next time I will not use so […]
