Canning

We thought about canning last year when we got an abundance of tomatoes at the end of summer. Instead, we made tomato sauces and froze them. However, we were left with an overstuffed freezer.

This year we thought of canning again, but it has been so warm (and we have no AC) that we didn't want to add too the heat of the house. However, the past couple of days the heat has been manageable...and my hubby has become a canning machine!


I cannot take any of the credit. He's in the kitchen canning right now. With help from a cookbook (recent gift from my mother-in-law) In the past three days he has canned:

• Pickles (cucumbers)
• Beets
• Beets and potatoes
• Beans (green and waxed)
• Cauliflower
• Peppers
  

I hope that this is a way to bring some of the flavors of local and garden grown food into the long Minnesota winter months.


We are looking for ideas and recipes. Please share!