How to Can a Whole Turkey
Learn how to break down & pressure can whole turkeys for easy pantry meals. Fully-cooked & ready to use in homemade soups, casseroles & more!
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Cajun Red Beans and Sausage (Canning Recipe)
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.
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Five Alarm Venison or Beef Chili (pressure-canning recipe)
Canning venison chili is a great way to preserve the flavor of fall, & ensures you have almost instant delicious homemade dinners on hand. This zesty, spicy chili is great on its own or as a foundation ingredient for many other quick and easy meals. You can also substitute ground beef, pork, goat, elk, bear… almost any large game animal that has a listed USDA-approved home canning processing time for ground meat should work. Do not substitute ground poultry like chicken, turkey, or game birds, or meat substitutes if you are canning this chili.
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Traditional Beef or Venison Mincemeat
This old-fashioned recipe for mincemeat contains ground meat and suet, but don't worry, it doesn't taste meaty. It's very rich and delicious, and makes the most delicious mince pies, tarts, and pastries. This is a traditional mincemeat, echoing the flavors of Christmas and Yule tables of many centuries past!
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Traditional Beef or Venison Mincemeat
This old-fashioned recipe for mincemeat contains ground meat and suet, but don't worry, it doesn't taste meaty. It's very rich and delicious, and makes the most delicious mince pies, tarts, and pastries. This is a traditional mincemeat, echoing the flavors of Christmas and Yule tables of many centuries past!
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How to Can Fresh Fish
Pressure-canned fish is a great shelf stable ingredient to have in your pantry (and free up space in your freezer). It's a great way to use panfish that are too small to filet. After canning, you can flake the fish off the bones (small bones will become soft, and the larger ones are easily removed) and make fish cakes and croquettes, salads, soups, and more.
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Spaghetti Sauce with Meat and Mushrooms (pressure-canning large-batch recipe)
This 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.
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Enchilada Roja Sauce
This makes a big batch of rich, smoky-sweet authentic red enchilada sauce. You'll need a pressure canner to can this safely, but you can always freeze it in meal-size portions or wide-mouth jars, or have a giant fiesta! This recipe is based on a tested recipe from Ball, with only substitutions or changes made in the dry seasoning, varieties of peppers, and the total recipe volume that are generally considered safe.
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Garlic and Herb Potatoes (Pressure-Canning Recipe)
This 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.
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Enchilada Roja Sauce
This makes a big batch of rich, smoky-sweet authentic red enchilada sauce. You'll need a pressure canner to can this safely, but you can always freeze it in meal-size portions or wide-mouth jars, or have a giant fiesta! This recipe is based on a tested recipe from Ball, with only substitutions or changes made in the dry seasoning, varieties of peppers, and the total recipe volume that are generally considered safe.
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