Tag: Canning

Water Bath Canning Crushed Tomatoes
Homesteading · Recipes

Water Bath Canning Crushed Tomatoes

Sarah

When the end of summer hits hard, and all you see are piles of tomatoes staring back...a quick recipe to process them can be very useful, so you don't waste tomatoes. Especially this year as the droughts are leading to tomato shortages and rising prices. If all you do is process them into crushed tomatoes,… Continue reading Water Bath Canning Crushed Tomatoes

Chocolate Strawberry Spread/Sauce
Preserving · Recipes

Chocolate Strawberry Spread/Sauce

Sarah

My inspiration for this chocolate strawberry sauce was for a chocolate raspberry sauce I saw on Fresh Preserving's website. It contained a lot of sugar - over 6 cups of it. And while I love raspberries, my body reminds me seeds are not my friend. So I got thinking, and adapted the concept to using… Continue reading Chocolate Strawberry Spread/Sauce

Canning No Peeling Pasta Sauce
Preserving · Recipes

Canning No Peeling Pasta Sauce

Sarah

It's first week of September and I am picking tomatoes daily to process. With salsa prepped for the winter, it was time to move onto pasta sauce. I hate peeling tomatoes. It involves spending more time in the kitchen, and more time sweating. This is how to use all the tomatoes you grow: white, yellow,… Continue reading Canning No Peeling Pasta Sauce

Homesteading · Preserving

Canning 101: Cinnamon Blueberry Jam

Sarah

Last night I hosted a Canning 101 class on the island, and had us make cinnamon blueberry jam. If you attended, and missed the recipe, here it is: ~Sarah

Corn Tomato Salsa
Gardening · Homesteading · Preserving · Recipes

Corn Tomato Salsa

Sarah

While we are growing corn this year on the homestead, we don't have a lot of it, so while out on the mainland I saw the annual signs along the highway for fresh corn. I wasn't the only one peeling off the highway for it. At 4 ears for $1 you stop! It was being… Continue reading Corn Tomato Salsa