Canning

How to Make Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes   There is nothing better than homemade tomato sauce made with fresh tomatoes. If you have an abundance of tomatoes in your garden this year, then consider canning some easy homemade tomato sauce. It’s one of my 13 favorite tomato recipes for canning.   One of the…

Canning Chopped Tomatoes   If you’re like me and have an abundance of tomatoes in your garden this year, then you are probably looking for some quick ways to preserve them for winter. There are many ways to preserve tomatoes, including freezing them, but canning diced tomatoes is also very easy. It’s one of my 13…

I have to admit I was skeptical about adding cinnamon and spices to blueberry jam. I mean, why ruin a good thing? It turns out that this spiced blueberry jam is really, really good. So good in fact that my son is already working on his second jar of jam.   Spiced Blueberry Jam Ingredients:…

Canning Strawberries   Strawberries are one of my favorite summer fruits, and I look forward to canning strawberries every year. Unfortunately the birds usually get to my strawberries before I do! This bird netting was a life saver last year, and totally saved my strawberry patch.   I have tried many recipes for canning strawberries…

I am always looking for new homemade jam recipes to try. I’ve tried a lot of different recipes, but I like to try at least one new jam recipe a year just to see if I am missing out on something good. I just tried making cranberry pear jam for the first time, and it…