Canning Chicken Stock Once you can your own chicken stock, you may never buy it from the store again. Canning chicken stock is a pretty easy thing to do after making a whole chicken dinner. If you have an Instant Pot, it will save you hours. Hours in processing. How Long Does Chicken Stock Last? […]
How To Can Spiced Pickle Beets | Canning Beets
Canning Pickled Beets Canning pickled beets is similar to canning pickles (in my opinion). You make a brine that you put the beets in and can them. Do You Have to Boil Beets for Canning? Yes! You need to wash beets, remove the beet tops (and bottoms) before boiling them for 15-30 minutes, until tender. […]
Canning Cranberry Juice | Canning Recipes
Homemade Cranberry Juice Cranberries are not something that are always in the stores here in Michigan. So when we start to see them in the store about Fall time, we end up buying 4-5 bags a season. Canning cranberry juice is super easy and a great way to enjoy your fresh cranberries all year. And […]
Can Whole Tomatoes | San Marzano Tomatoes
Can Whole Tomatoes When making a good sauce, you sometimes need whole tomatoes. You can easily can tomatoes instead of purchasing. This is perfect when your garden is plentiful with the San Marzano tomatoes and you want them, but not ready to fully process them into tomato sauce. Lots of tomatoes from your garden? You […]
Canning Tomato Juice | Canning Recipes
Canning Tomato Juice Canning tomato juice is a great way to use tomatoes for your garden and incorporate them into your recipes. You can also make tomato soup from tomato juice too. We use regular canning tomatoes to make tomato juice and process them through the food mill to remove the seeds and skins. See […]
Homemade Tomato Sauce | Canning Recipes
Homemade Tomato Sauce The preferred way to make homemade tomato sauce is to use a plum tomato If you don’t have San Marzano tomatoes, you can use other plum tomatoes, like Romas (used here). The reason to use plum tomatoes is they have less water and will take less time to reduce to make a […]
Canning Tomato Sauce | San Marzano Tomatoes
Canning San Marzano Tomato Sauce Canning tomato sauce can be daunting sometimes. Such big batches of tomatoes, can make it an all day process. We have a small batch recipe that allows you to make your delicious San Marzano tomatoes and make 2-3 pints of tomato sauce. Perfect for your next spaghetti, lasagna or pizza. […]
How to Make Cherry Jam Recipe | Small Batch
How to Make Cherry Jam Cherry Jam is so delicious. And since we like so many different flavors, we make a small batch of cherry jam, to enjoy a variety of jams and jellies throughout the year. We used tart cherries for this recipe. Can your garden and enjoy your fruits and veggies year round. […]
How to Can Tomato Sauce with Basil
Small Batch Canning – Tomato Sauce It’s a lot of work to make homemade tomato sauce. And being upfront and honest, after making this recipe, it made 3 pints. Yes, after a few hours, it makes 3 pints (with a a 1/4 cup more – give or take). But tomato basil sauce is really delicious […]
Orange Marmalade Recipe | Small Batch Canning
How to Make Orange Marmalade Love orange marmalade, but not sure how to make it? We have a recipe that is perfect for making a small batch of marmalade. You can make whenever you run out and need more. Or maybe you want to give as gifts for the holidays or house warming. We used […]
Pina Colada Jam with Rum | Small Batch Canning
How to Make Pina Colada Jam Looking for a new kind of jam to make? You can make pina colada jam with pineapples and enjoy a small batch. Make it for yourself or for gifts for the holidays and house warming parties. Who do you know that loves unique jams and jellies? When you can […]
