Pressure Canning Archives - Melissa K. Norris

Category Archives for "Pressure Canning"

May 12

9 Ways to Preserve Food at Home

By Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Food Preservation - Other , Homestead-Life , Preparedness/Survival , Pressure Canning , Root Cellar , Skills , Water Bath

Jars of preserved food lined up on a table.

These preservation methods will help you build your food storage up and be well prepared in case of an emergency. Learning these methods to preserve your own food at home is something every family should implement, not just for survival or preparedness, but for frugality, better health, and working together. An old fashioned kind of […]

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Aug 15

Canning in Electric Pressure Cookers & Other Pressure Canning Questions

By Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Podcast , Pressure Canning

Wondered about canning in electric pressure cookers? Are you interested in pressure canning but also worried that you will make a mistake that causes your canner to explode or your family to get sick? I have good news for you: pressure canning doesn’t have to be scary! In fact, it’s one of my favorite methods […]

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Mar 01

How to Can Rhubarb – 3 Ways to Preserve Rhubarb

By 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 […]

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Oct 10

6 Fall Canning Recipes

By Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Pickles , Podcast , Pressure Canning , Recipes , Water Bath

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  Getting produce in season and preserving it for the following year is the most frugal way to cut your food budget and increase your pantry. These 6 fall canning recipes are what we’re putting up on our homestead right now and the perfect time for you to do so as well, before prices rise […]

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Sep 10

How to Can Tomato Sauce- Waterbath and Pressure Canning

By Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Pressure Canning , Recipes , Water Bath

Learning how to can tomato sauce is life changing. No, seriously, with a jar of tomato sauce you can create spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, barbecue sauce, tomato soup, chili, cabbage rolls…. see, pretty much anything your heart desires can be made with the base of tomato sauce. I am able to grow enough tomatoes to […]

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Jun 04

10+ Easy Home Canning Recipes

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

Am I the only one always on the hunt for awesome canning recipes? I’ve rounded up my favorite 10+ easy home canning recipes for you. I have a love affair with canning. Seriously, wholesome food, ready to go meals with just a pop of the lid, food storage in case of emergency or financial crisis, […]

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