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Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week. Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week.

Busy weeknights got you scrambling for dinner? Try one of these 10 easy crock pot soups, perfect for busy weeknight meals!   Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini Soup   This is a delicious, classic homemade tomato soup recipe. It will take you about 15 minutes to prepare this recipe in the morning before you…

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How to can cinnamon pears. Adding red hots to canned pears gives fresh pears a nice cinnamon twist. How to can cinnamon pears. Adding red hots to canned pears gives fresh pears a nice cinnamon twist.

Canning Cinnamon Pears   Ever wondered how to can cinnamon pears? I had never heard of them before, until just recently.   This year I was able to get my hands on some free pears, so I decided to can some. My cousin mentioned that she makes “cinnamon pears”. I was intrigued…sounds delicious! It turns…

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It's green bean season! Learn how to freeze the green beans from your garden with these easy step-by-step instructions. It's green bean season! Learn how to freeze the green beans from your garden with these easy step-by-step instructions.

Did you ever wonder how to freeze green beans? I am an avid canner, but I also like to freeze some fruits and vegetables, depending on what I am going to use them for.   Canned green beans are good, but they are really soft like canned green beans from the store.   Some of…

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How to can bread and butter pickles. Step by step boiling water canning for beginners. How to can bread and butter pickles. Step by step boiling water canning for beginners.

If you are new to canning, try this recipe for canning bread and butter pickles!. They are one of my favorite easy pickling recipes. These pickles are sweet and great for hamburgers and other sandwiches. You can buy pickling cucumbers at farmer’s markets or try growing them on your own.       Step by…

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Canning green beans. How to can green beans from the garden. Step by step pressure canning for beginners. Canning green beans. How to can green beans from the garden. Step by step pressure canning for beginners.

Green beans are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in your garden. In no time you will be swimming in green beans! Canning is a great way to preserve green beans so that you can enjoy them all winter long. If you are new to pressure canning, canning green beans is a great way…

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