I’ve never been a fan of split pea soup. Gerry likes it so I decided this would be a good staple to have on the shelf during the winter as my goal is to stop purchasing all store-bought canned goods. I served a bowl of this for lunch and it’s actually really quite good. Who knew?! The…
Category: Recipes
Canning – New Potatoes
I love the idea of having cooked potatoes on the shelf for a quick meal. I admit I was skeptical about how canned potatoes would turn out so I made a small batch first to test them out. I opened one of the jars and fried up the potatoes in butter with a bit of…
Canning – Beet Pickles
I first tried making beet pickles a couple of years ago with a recipe I got from the Ball Blue Book. They were not like the ones my mom used to make and I didn’t care for them at all. The recipe called for spices like cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, which should have been a…
Canning – Vegetable Soup
I want to have a good supply of soups on the shelves for the winter for those days when we want a small bowl of soup for lunch or need a quick supper. I also want to eliminate store-bought canned goods from our diet so was on the lookout for some soup recipes to can….
Canning – Coleslaw
Canning coleslaw? Yes, I was skeptical too but I read account after account about how delicious this was and so I decided to try a small batch. It was so good that a small batch led to another small batch which led to a larger batch and now there are fifteen quarts and two pints on…