Saturday, March 27, 2010

Crazy Veggies!

We had such a great night on Thursday night. Lots of yummy food, a great presentation, and a wonderful conversation group. I have all the recipes up that I have so far. So if you have one for me, PLEASE e-mail me. aka_caity@hotmail.com
Hope to hear from you all soon sisters.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Tips from all of You!

Bottling and Freezing Tips
¨ Wash bottles in dishwasher after using them. Then put lids and ridges on jars and they are clean and ready to use next time.

¨ Put 2 tablets of vitamin C in each fruit jar before processing in hot water bath.

¨ Make large portions then divide and freeze in portions.

¨ Make big pot of beans, add dried garlic and dried onions. When cooked and cooled put 2 cups in each freezer bags and freeze.

¨ Precook large portions of meat and freeze in small bags.

¨ Take fresh cut meat, sear & season, then put in freezer bags and grill after completely thawing.

¨ Left over pizza is delicious when reheated in a frying pan.

¨ Put vinegar in pressure cooker water to get rid of hard water on outside of bottles.

¨ Use white grape juice instead of making own syrup for peaches

Thursday, March 4, 2010

All Sorts of Canning

Thank you to everyone that came to our heart to heart last Thursday night. We enjoyed everyone recipes so much. We hope that everyone that came learned something that will help them in the coming canning season. Here are some links that will be able to help with canning questions.

http://healthyeatingclub.com/info/articles/food-proc/food-pres.htm

http://missvickie.com/canning/waterbath.html

http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/canning.htm (Great one for Beginners)

http://www.freshpreserving.com/