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Preserve Food for a Healthy Well-Stocked Pantry & Peace of Mind

Discover the 9 home food preservation methods to safely store delicious food for year-round eating with Melissa’s step-by-step tutorials, recipes, and easy-to-use charts. Get ready to learn everything you need to know about cold storage (aka freezer), water bath/steam canning, pressure canning, dehydrating, fermenting, freeze-drying, root cellar, infusion, and salt/curing!

Over 420+ pages for only $39 USD!

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Want one reliable source for all your preserving needs?

Popular podcast host and 5th generation homesteader Melissa K. Norris shares how to preserve fruits, vegetables, and meats for year-round eating with over 80 delicious recipes. From A to Z you’ll learn which methods can be used for each food, and important safety techniques. You’ll get expert tips, detailed instructions, and easy-to-use recipes to preserve your food. 

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    Know when fruits and vegetables are at their peak, the fresh volume needed for processed yield, and what method to use in order to safely preserve all your favorites. 


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What’s in the Book?

  • Over 80 delicious recipes
  • 50+ charts, methods, and instructions for preserving  36 types of fruit
  • 50+ charts, methods, and instructions for preserving 34 types of vegetables
  • 15+ charts, methods, and instructions for preserving over 15 different types of meat — everything from beef to poultry and fish.
  • Low and no sugar fruits, jams, and jellies (including no store-bought pectin recipes)
  • Easy grab-and-go meals in a jar
  • Crisp pickles no matter which preservation method you pick (including canned pickles with crunch!)
  • Easy to read charts on how many pounds per jar, fermented brine solutions for each vegetable, how long to blanch (or if you need to), and MORE.
  • Root cellar techniques WITHOUT a garage, basement, or root cellar. 
  • Discover how to put your freezer to work and how many cubic feet you need for bulk meat purchases.
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About the Author

Melissa K. Norris believes that the simple things in life are truly the best and everything looks better in a Mason jar. Her mission is to inspire people’s faith and pioneer roots. Through her popular YouTube channel, blog, and podcast, Pioneering Today, she reaches hundreds of thousands of people, inspiring them to live their dreams, while sharing easy tips and ways to live frugally, grow it yourself, and make it at home pioneer-style. Her advice has been featured in Forbes, Homestead Living Magazine, and The New Pioneer Magazine.

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Podcast

Farm Dog Breeds (Which is Best for You?)

Time Spent to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food

Fruits and Vegetables in Season by Month and Tips for Preservation

How to Start Seeds Indoors (Planning, Starting & Mistakes to Avoid)

Books

  • Everything Worth Preserving
  • The Family Garden Planner
  • Handmade
  • The Made from Scratch Life
  • The Family Garden Plan

Education

  • Organic Gardening Workshop
  • Home Fruit Preservative Canning e-course
  • Home Canning With Confidence
  • Homemade Bread & Baking Class
  • Natural Homemade Bath and Beauty
  • Pioneering Today Academy


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