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Cucumber Overabundance

Posted in canning, food recipes, food storage, gardening, tagged , , , on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We have been blessed to overflowing with cucumbers this year.  I don’t know if the wet/mild summer is the reason, or if the Good Lord just saw fit to teach me how to make pickles. 
I’ve made pickles 4 times so far – two batches of bread & butter, 2 batches of dill.  I [...]

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Taco/Enchilada Sauce – canning a whole batch

Posted in canning, food recipes, frugal living, main dishes, tagged , , , on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Well, I finally ran out of the enchilada sauce I canned in October, and after paying $1.79 for one teeny tiny can at the store, I decided it was time for another batch.
I made spaghetti sauce yesterday and canned it today.  While I have the canner out,  it was now or never on the enchilada [...]

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Another canning spree!

Posted in canning, food storage, pictures, tagged , , on September 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Guess what was on sale recently?      I pressure canned several pints of baby carrots and also quarts of chicken breast (it was $1/lb at our local grocery store).  I froze some of the chicken breast after cooking/chopping and separating into ziploc freezer bags.  It makes quick meals so much easier if the chicken [...]

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Going on a canning spree!

Posted in canning, food storage, tagged , , on August 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »

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 [...]

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