By Anastasia Sakawsky | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly
This chocolate cherry sauce canning recipe is a must make! Of all the summer fruits, cherries are my favourite by far. I love to eat them fresh, I love to dehydrate them and eat them dried, I love to make old-fashioned low sugar cherry jam and of course canned cherry pie filling can’t be beat […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Podcast , Pressure Canning , Recipes , Water Bath
Preserving rhubarb is one of my favorite spring forays, especially canning rhubarb. My heart can’t help but love rhubarb, a vegetables that lends itself as a fruit and is one of the first things we can harvest in the spring, long before my berries and fruit trees produce. It makes a mean dessert, excellent sauce […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Sides , Water Bath
Homemade spiced cranberry sauce put those tinned canned jelled versions to shame. And you wouldn’t expect anything less than from scratch cranberry sauce pioneer woman style on a homesteading blog and podcast entitled Pioneering Today, am I right? You’re in for a treat today because Anna is sharing her best homemade cranberry sauce recipe today […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly
Learning how to can apple pie filling means you never have to buy apples out of season, when they cost an arm and a leg, and it also means you can have pie whenever you want. Which makes it one of my favorite pantry staples. Nothing says fall like a good crisp apple. I love […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes
Spicy peach jam is one you can’t miss this canning season, especially when it’s a peach jam recipe without pectin. This sweet and hot chipotle peach jam makes an amazing accompaniment to cheese platters, as a sticky marinade on grilled or roasted meats, a dipping condiment for grilled cheese (oh ya, I did that at […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
This no sugar blackberry jam recipe, that’s low sugar and high on taste, is something no home should be without. Especially when I share how you can make this without any sugar. Yes, no added sugar, just one secret ingredient to replace all those white granules, and it can be grown on your homestead, if […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
Learning how to can apricots was the first canning I ever did. It was a fantastic introduction. Quick. Easy. Not to mention it yielded great results and a huge smile from my husband. That was all it took; I’ve been canning ever since. Basic fruit canning is very simple and a great jumping off point […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Podcast , Water Bath
Learning how to stay safe with canning homemade jam and jelly is extremely important. While I love canning and Mason jars, I want to make sure the recipes I’m using are safe, and I want the same for you. I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately and though this was the perfect time to […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
A cherry jam recipe is a must in every kitchen and my low sugar no pectin cherry jam recipe is the way jam should be. High on flavor instead of bucket fulls of sugar. I had the pleasure of hosting a canning party with another mom and we knocked out two batches of this cherry […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
Every home needs an easy strawberry jam recipe without pectin (specifically store bought pectin) and low sugar. Because I’m a firm believe your jam shouldn’t have more sugar than it does fruit. Like any pioneer woman, the beginning of summer marks jam and jelly season on our homestead. Fingers are sure to be stained with […]
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