My pressure canner just came in, and I have a stack of recipes to try. I’ve been water-bath canning for several years now (jelly, spaghetti sauce, etc.), but wanted to try preserving some other things as well. I need to make some grape jelly before I get too carried away, but I have pear honey on my “to do” list, and also cheese sauce.
I found the instructions for canning cheese at: http://jordansfarm.wordpress.com/recipes/ – scroll down towards the bottom of the page. She has tons of great information on her blog! I bought a #10 can of aged cheese sauce and am going to attempt to break it down into smaller quantities.
There is just something about seeing rows of filled canning jars on the shelf that makes me smile! 
I’ll try to get my spaghetti sauce recipe posted one day soon. It’s a multi-tasker in my kitchen – I use it over pasta, on pizza, and also as a dipping sauce for breadsticks.
Have a wonderful day!
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Becky
Congrats on the canner! I love to can things. I’m actually entering a jar of peach jelly, a jar of cinnamon pickles and a jar of zucchini relish in the county fair this week!
I just finished using my new pressure canner for the first time! Yeahhhh, it didn’t explode! I called Presto about 5 times to help walk me through all my questions. They were very helpful ~ must get these questions all the time. Anyway…Now I’ve got 2 pints of stew meat, 2 pints of chicken thighs and 4 pints of ground beef to add to my 11 pints of butter. Baby steps…
WOOHOO – Congrats!
It does the heart good to see home canned jars sitting on the shelf. I’m very proud of you!
And now the addiction to canning begins …. LOL!
Thanks! You’ve inspired me to try the baby carrots, so I’m off to the thrift stores for jars! I hope to find a few here and there at a better price :- )
Try your local Freecycle group too (do a search on the internet – there are Freecycle Yahoo Groups across the country). If you have any neighbors or family who no longer can, they can be a great resource also.
Wish I knew how to add those smilies!
Don’t use the nose part – just the colon and either end parenthesis, or the colon and capital letter D.
Hope that helps!
Thanks!
I’m checking out Freecycle now!
OHH! how did the colon and D automatically turn into the smiley? Is there a cheat sheet for these tips somewhere???:)