Canning
4 Reasons to Start Canning and Preserving Today – Saving Grocery Money
As I have mentioned before, I am a thrifty Yankee at heart. I still adhere to the guiding principles of reduce, reuse, recycle. If I don't need it, I don't buy it. If I can make it myself, I won't purchase it. Which brings us to the fourth good reason to start canning...
4 Reasons to Start Canning and Preserving Today – High Quality, Safe Food
Many of us have champagne taste, a desire for the finer things in life. But reality, in the guise of our pocketbooks, limits our accumulation of high quality items. For example, I love Donna Karan's clothing designs, would love to own an Aston Martin Rapide S, and...
4 Reasons to Start Canning and Preserving Today – Taming Garden Overload
GARDEN OVERLOAD, [def]. Mounds of ripe foodstuffs from a copious home garden harvest. The result of seed catalog lust, freakishly positive weather patterns, or (possibly) farmer's market enthusiasm run amuck. If you've ever planted a garden, even a small garden,...
4 Reasons to Start Canning and Preserving Today – Your Family’s Health
Adam was a challenging baby from the get-go. Long before he was born, pregnancy brought months of morning, noon, and night sickness that gave way to unreasonable cravings for fresh peaches, crunchy cucumbers and McDonald's french fries. Not to mention midnight...
Pickled Asparagus or When the Canning Gods Are Angry
Last weekend I snagged 15 pounds of asparagus at the Farmer's Market for only $25. It was the end of the harvest, but it was still in great condition. I hadn't made pickled asparagus in a few years and it was time to fill the pantry. Sounds simple. That's where...
