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Canner gets its first run of the year with 8 pints and 2 quarts of homemade chili and 5 quarts plain kidney beans for making tamale pies #homecanning #preparedness #foodstorage #EmergencyMeals #LessStoreDependence #BetterThanStoreBought

New on the blog: Setting up and Maintaining a New Pressure Canner. Learn how to set up your canner, the parts and how to care and maintain it for years of safe, reliable canning. Includes a video! **** *** #pressurecanning #pressurecanner #simpleliving #thewellspentday #dayswellspenthomestead  #homesteader #sustainableliving #homesteadinglife #puttingfoodby #preppingfood #canning #homecanning #preservetheharvest  #learntocan #preservingtheharvest #growyourownfood #growwhatyoueat #growsomething #growfoodnotlawns #foodpreservation #vegetablegarden #foodinjars

What better way to preserve the flavor of blackberries than making homemade blackberry jelly. Today's blog post will show you how to make blackberry jelly with only two ingredients. This jelly can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks or follow the steps I share to easily can it in a water bath canner. Link is in bio***** *** #blackberryjelly #waterbathcanner #blackberries #growwhatyoueat #thewellspentday #sustainableliving #dayswellspenthomestead  #preppingfood #canning #homecanning #preservetheharvest  #urbanagriculture #instagarden #freshfromthegarden #urbanhomesteading #foodstagram  #seriouseats #recipes #tasty #forkyeah

This is my VERY FAVORITE cutting board that my husband makes! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So tell me what your superpower is! ....don't be shy....we all have them.‍♀️

Calling all my home food preservation wanna be peeps! ⁣ Summer is otherwise known as filling up the Mason jars and pantry season around here. Making sure we have our shelves lined with delicious healthy food for my family, aka no GMO's, no pesticides, no nasty preservatives, no food dyes... I think ya get the picture.⁣ .⁣ One of the things I get asked the most is how do you preserve all that food and which methods are best and safe?⁣ .⁣ We use many different methods depending on the food (not all foods are safe for home canning and some I've found I prefer done with a different method). So next week I'm sharing with you a free video series walking you through how we preserve over 60% of our own fruits and veggies for the year.⁣ .⁣ Make sure you get yourself signed up here because you don't want to miss it (link in profile @melissaknorris ) https://melissaknorris.com/food-preservation-video-series/⁣ ⁣ P.S. If you're on the wait list you'll be getting some extra resources ⁣ So tell me, what method of home food preservation are you most excited to use this year?

I made Peony Jelly! It’s like other flower jelly in that you boil the petals in water, steep overnight, drain & discard the petals, & cook the liquid with lemon juice, sugar, pectin. Oh, and remove all ants before beginning! You can pick the peonies right before they turn brown. So it’s a good way to make use of flowers that don’t seem to last very long. If you have pink peonies, you’ll end up with a lovely pink jelly. I have white peonies, so it looked like someone peed in my jars. For one jar, I added a drop of red food coloring. . I used Pomona’s Pectin. This is a special pectin that comes with a calcium powder & pectin. It allows you to use much less sugar than regular pectin (like 3/4 c sugar versus 2-3 c). I’m not that experienced with this pectin. I made jam with it a few times & it has a more firm consistency. Someone recommended that I slightly undercook it to avoid the firm texture. I used 3/4 cup of sugar in total, so my jelly is not overly sweet. That’s good because I don’t like super sweet stuff. . So what does it taste like? I read that peony jelly tasted like a mix of strawberry & peach jelly. @woodsygolightly made a beautiful pink batch & said hers tasted like watermelon. I found mine to taste pretty much like how peonies smell with a touch of lemon, ha! Perhaps if I had used more sugar it would’ve masked the strong floral taste. If I make this again, I will add more sugar or try a white grape juice concentrate for the sweetener. . Shop for Plaid Floral canning labels on CanningCrafts.com . . .

I’m a firm believe your jam shouldn’t have more sugar than it does fruit. And because every home needs an easy strawberry jam recipe without pectin (specifically store bought pectin) and low sugar. .Anyone else? Great-grandma didn't need store bought pectin and you don't either..This strawberry jam only uses 3 ingredients and no questionable packets or pouches. I can't wait for our strawberries to be ready, some of you lucky people already have them coming on..Recipe here (link in profile @MelissaKNorris ) https://melissaknorris.com/strawberryjamrecipewithoutpectinandlowsugar/

Weck Jars. This is a coordinate to my pickles collection, but I just really love it as a stand-alone. I have HUGE love for Weck jars (I don’t do home canning) just the shapes and the orange seal and all the possibility!.... I would love to have this on a tea towel. . . . . #surfacepattern #surfacepatterdesign #patterndesign #homecanning #preserves #foodpreservation #jars #endlesspossibilities #artlicensing #bottling #containers #teatowels #canning #weckjars

20 artichokes from my garden processed into 10 pint jars of canned marinated artichoke hearts #artichoke #artichokehearts #frommygarden #preserved #canned #canning #masonjars #backyard #backyardgarden #organicgardening #suburbanhomestead #suburbangarden #preserving #foodpreservation #gardening #artichokeseason #homecanning