Just getting started with canning? You can use kitchen tools you likely already have on hand. No need for a special water bath canner!
Quick & Easy Hummus Bowls
Hummus bowls are a delicious and healthy meal with endless variations. Make up a batch of hummus and serve it with your favorite toppings.
Home Canning Recipes for Beginners
If you’re a novice at food preservation, these easy canning recipes are a good place to start. They all use a simple water bath method.
How to Make Chewy Dried Bananas — You Won’t Stop at One
These chewy dried bananas are a great healthy snack and dehydrating bananas couldn’t be easier. These chewy dehydrated banana chips are a winner!
Cookies in a Jar for Easy Gift Giving
For an easy-to-make gift, cookies in a jar can’t be beat. Everyone loves homemade cookies! Make a bunch of these for gift giving & hostess gifts.
Gluten-Free Homemade Cheese Crackers
This cheese cracker recipe is easy to make at home & replicates those famous-brand cheez crackers people love. (Regular flour option, too.)
Persimmon Jam Recipe for Canning
Fall flavors are in full force with this delicious persimmon jam. It’s a lower sugar option than many jams, and a safe canning recipe.
Easy 5-Ingredient Cilantro Sauce with Garlic
No cooking required! Just buzz up the ingredients in a food processor and you’re ready to serve this delicious cilantro sauce with tacos!
Fresh Ginger Cookies for Sweet Snacking
Ginger cookies with fresh ginger can’t be beat for flavor. Serve these easy ginger cookies with a glass of milk or a hot cup of tea, or give them as gifts.
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
I’m thrilled that my book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I aim to encourage readers — that’s you! — to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
Limited on space? Don’t let that keep you from growing some of your own food! In my 5-Gallon Garden course, I’ll show you how to grow food in the space you have! Learn more about it here.
