Canning – Page 2 – Cathy At Home on the River

Pinto Beans

My husband loves pinto beans and ham, but the rest of us are just okay with them. So, I decided to can some with ham broth, onions, and ham so he can have a modest amount instead of the giant batch we usually end up with. I started by soaking my pinto beans overnight coveredContinue reading “Pinto Beans”

Shitake Harvest

We harvested SO MANY mushrooms and we used a bunch, but there were too many for us to use before they went bad. I estimate that we picked a total of about 7 lbs. So, I cut the stems off of all the mushrooms. I borrowed my mom’s dehydrator, and I dehydrated the mushroom. IContinue reading “Shitake Harvest”

Buon Appetito! Homemade Roasted Garlic Marinara and Limoncello

We went to the Mennonite market with a friend and their canning tomatoes were a really great price $14/box. I wasn’t going to have time to work with them then, but I went back later and bought a box of them to make sauce out of because we are COMPLETELY out of the sauce IContinue reading “Buon Appetito! Homemade Roasted Garlic Marinara and Limoncello”

Blueberry Lemon Jam

We had this during our trip to Highlands, NC and it was fantastic, so I decided to make some. Here’s how I did it: Ingredients: 4 cups frozen blueberries, thawed 4 1/2 tablespoons pectin 1/4 cup lemon juice Zest from 2 large lemons 5 cups of sugar Process about half the blueberries in the foodContinue reading “Blueberry Lemon Jam”

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

My rhubarb produced enough harvestable stalks for me to put some in the freezer, and to make some jam. I love strawberry and rhubarb together and it tastes like summer to me and reminds me of my grandmother. Here’s how I made it: Ingredients: 4 cups of crushed strawberries 2 cups of rhubarb cut intoContinue reading “Strawberry Rhubarb Jam”

12 Days of Christmas Jams, Jellies and Marmalades

I got a crazy idea to make 12 different kinds of fruit spreads to put in boxes for my sons’ girlfriends (and also a few other people). Even when I am using my own fruit, I like to freeze it first (especially berries) because then they are so much easier to crush. So I startedContinue reading “12 Days of Christmas Jams, Jellies and Marmalades”