Category Archives for "Fruit, Jam and Jelly"

How to Can Rhubarb- 3 Ways to Preserve Rhubarb

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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Homemade Spiced Cranberry Sauce + Canning Instructions

By Anastasia Sakawsky | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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How to Can Apple Pie Filling Recipe

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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Spicy Peach Jam Recipe Low Sugar and No Pectin

By Anastasia Sakawsky | Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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Easy Blackberry Jam Recipe Low Sugar with Canning Instructions

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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How to Can Apricots- Easy Canned Apricots Recipe

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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How to Stay Safe Canning Homemade Jam & Jelly

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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Cherry Jam Recipe Without Pectin and Low Sugar

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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 […]

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Strawberry Jam Recipe without Pectin and Low Sugar

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , 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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Apple Pie Jam Low Sugar Recipe

By Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath

This apple pie jam recipe is seriously the next best thing to apple pie filling. Except, dare I say it, maybe better because one can smear it on just about anything and not have to wait for said apple pie to bake? Okay, dare accepted, I said it.Seriously, apple pie jam is my new… jam. […]

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