Throw some rice in your rice cooker (or use your favorite stovetop recipe) and heat up a jar of these spicy Cajun red beans with smoky pork and andouille sausage for a hearty, warming dinner in almost no time at all. This pressure-canning meal-in-a-jar recipe is adapted from a tested recipe by Ball. I have changed the seasoning and modified the preparation steps and recipe volume somewhat from the original, while still following safe-canning practices.
View RecipeThis homemade spaghetti sauce canning recipe is flavored with meat and mushrooms, for a traditional Italian ragu that is a perfect pantry staple. It’s a versatile foundation sauce that is great served on pasta or polenta, in lasagna, stuffed shells, ziti or other baked casseroles, and more. This meaty mushroom ragu is adapted from and and based on a tested USDA spaghetti sauce canning recipe. I’ve scaled this up to a double batch that fills my pressure canner [https://amzn.to/3XSHVIM] (18-19 pints, and sometimes a bit of leftover sauce to enjoy right away). You can of course make a smaller batch if you prefer… just halve all the quantities listed.
View RecipeThis roasted vegetable puttanesca sauce is a rare find… it's a safe and tested water-bath canning recipe from Ball that will help you when your garden is overflowing with eggplant, sweet peppers, and tomatoes! Try this piquant sauce on pasta, as a simmer sauce for chicken or pork, or served over grilled or broiled fish for an easy meal-in-a-jar from your pantry!
View RecipeThis easy raw-pack pressure canning recipe makes flavorful ready-to-serve canned potatoes. It's adapted from a published & tested recipe by Ball. For simplicity, the quantities given are per quart jar, but you need to do at least two quarts at a time for safe processing. You can also use pint jars (divide the quantity by two). If you can pints, you need to process least four pints per batch for food safety.
View RecipeThis authentic bistro-style French onion soup is a safe pressure canning recipe or is ready to serve as a party-sized batch. Or, you can freeze portions for easy elegant meals!
View RecipeThis authentic bistro-style French onion soup is a safe pressure canning recipe or is ready to serve as a party-sized batch. Or, you can freeze portions for easy elegant meals!
View RecipeThis pressure canning recipe for Zuppa Toscana is a flavorful, substantial soup that combines Italian sausage, potatoes, white beans and greens to make a delicious, pantry-ready meal. This recipe was developed using the guidelines in FNH-00065, "Canning Soups and Sauces", a bulletin released by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Extension, which permits using diced celery and onion in make-your-own brothy soup recipes, even though those two ingredients do not have listed individual processing times per the USDA Choice Soup canning guidelines. It has not been individually lab-tested but was written in accordance with these safe-canning guidelines. You can also skip the pressure canning steps, simmer the soup until done, and serve or freeze right away!
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