How to Can Homemade Tomato Sauce

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* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   When it comes to home-canned food, tomato sauce reigns supreme in terms of versatility. I don’t know about you, but in our house we eat a lot of tomato-based...

How to Use A Pressure Canner Safely

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* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.     Canning and preserving food goes hand-in-hand with homesteading and self-sufficiency. And for the most part, it’s pretty safe and straight-forward....

How to Can Homemade Broth or Stock

Blog, From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

We cook the vast majority of our meals at home, from scratch, and one of the ingredients we use most is stock (or broth… We’ll discuss the difference in a minute). I probably use a quart or two of chicken stock every week on average— sometimes more if I’m making a big...

Spiced Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe (+ Canning Instructions)

From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

I’ve never liked cranberry sauce. The way it slid out of the tin and into the bowl (and it was STILL in the shape of the tin). That “glurp” sound it made on its way out (very appetizing). The bland, boringness of it all… Honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of...

8 Time-Saving Canning Tips to Help You ‘Put Up the Harvest’

Preserving

Puttin’ up the harvest (aka. canning and preserving food) is by far one of the most rewarding aspects of this homesteading lifestyle, in my humble opinion. I can honestly say there’s nothing better than the feeling I get come fall and winter when our pantry...