Canning

I have made plum jam and plum blackberry jam before, but I have never tried this recipe for canning spiced plum jam. It just has some cinnamon and nutmeg added to it, and it is so good. I liked this recipe so much that it’s now one of my top favorite plum canning recipes.   This recipe…

I have been wanting to try to making and canning chicken broth or chicken stock for quite awhile. It always seemed so intimidating, especially since most of the chicken we eat is the frozen chicken tenders. Recently I branched out to try cooking rotisserie style chicken at home. It was so easy! And gives you…

Last summer I picked a bunch of elderberries for the first time. I had so much fruit to can that I didn’t have time to do anything with the elderberries so I just put them in the freezer. I later decided to try making a batch of elderberry syrup from them. It’s really easy!  …

This year I am trying to make many new kinds of jams. You wouldn’t believe all the fruit combinations you can come up with. Yesterday I tried canning strawberry mango jam for the first time. It is so delicious. It is now one of my favorite recipes for canning strawberries.   Plain strawberry jam just doesn’t…

I have to admit that I have never had corn salsa before. I love homemade salsas, however, so I decided to give it a try. It’s now one of my 5 favorite salsa recipes for canning.  One of the great things about this recipe is that although you need a pressure canner to can corn,…