Want to be able to stock up food for emergencies? Have a garden and want to know what to do when you have a surplus harvest? Or maybe you just want to know how to stretch your food and reduce food waste. Either way, preserving food could be the solution you’re looking for. Preserving Food: What You Need to Know About Freezing, Canning, and Pickling Food What Does it Mean to Preserve … [Read more...]
Easy Pickled Brussels Sprouts Recipe (Water Bath Canning)
Ever tried Pickled Brussels Sprouts? If you're looking for an interesting and delicious twist on traditional pickles, try this Pickled Brussels Sprouts recipe. I've included canning instructions too. Maybe you grow Brussels Sprouts in your garden. Or, perhaps you found a fantastic sale at the grocery store. Maybe you picked up a large bag of Brussels Sprouts at the local farm market this … [Read more...]
How to Make Sauerkraut
Since cabbage grows so easily (and big!) here in the Cariboo, we often end up with heads over 10 pounds. What to do with all that cabbage?That's easy - we make Sauerkraut. We love having jars of home canned kraut on hand for a quick meal in the winter. Here's how to make Sauerkraut (and how to can it too). We do keep several heads in the Cold Room and they will easily … [Read more...]
How to Make and Preserve Pickled Beets
Beets grow great in a northern garden. And they taste delicious. You can can them up to serve as a vegetable at dinner. Have you ever wondered how to make and preserve pickled beets? Here's the complete process and recipe to make your own homemade pickled beets. Here is more information on growing beets in your garden. Beets are easy to grow and you can get a really … [Read more...]
Canning Cherries – Water Bath Preserving
When there is a great deal on cherries at the local grocery store, I buy a flat. Sometimes, if we are on a road trip, I can find a good deal. For canning cherries, water bath preserving is used. It makes for a pretty easy job. Want to about canning cherries at home? Read on! We like to use sweet cherries for our canning. Some people prefer Morello cherries, which are somewhat sour. I have not … [Read more...]
How to Make Pickled Garlic Scapes
In this second installment on Growing Garlic, I'm going to share a fantastic Pickled Garlic Scapes recipe. In the first post, I gave an overview about the process involved with growing Garlic. Garlic is one of the easiest garden vegetables to grow! Here in the Cariboo, the Garlic Scapes come on hot and heavy in early July. Since we have almost 300 garlic plants in the garden, we basically … [Read more...]
Canning Salmon at Home
This weekend, we canned most of the Salmon we had in the freezer, leaving only 4 bags with filleted fish to eat with meals. Canning Salmon is not hard - you definitely need to use a Pressure Canner. Here's how we can Salmon and enjoy eating it all year around. How to Can Salmon We thawed the frozen fish overnight and then rinsed each piece well. Graham then used his fillet … [Read more...]
Canning Asian Pears using Tattler Seals and Lids
Once when I was in the grocery store, they were having an awesome sale on Asian Pears. So good of a sale, I just couldn't pass them up. I had never even heard of Asian Pears, but I knew Graham likes pears so thought I would pick some up and can them so we can use them over Winter. Asian Pears are a cross between an apple and a pear. They have the shape of a … [Read more...]
How to Make Homemade Tomato Sauce
Here in the Cariboo, it is almost impossible to grow tomatoes outside. It cools down too much at night here for them, and the afternoons can be cookin' hot - 35C is the norm here. But we love tomato sauce and use it a lot in cooking. There is no way I have enough room in our greenhouse to grow the amount I need to make large batches of sauce. I do plant enough tomato plants so we could have … [Read more...]