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FOOD PRESERVATION
Whether you have a garden abundance or support your local farmers market, there are a number of food preservation methods that will allow you to store food to last through the winter. There’s nothing better than pulling a jar of fresh applesauce out of the panty in the middle of a cold winter. It’s like summer in a jar. And tomato sauce from the garden? So much better than the store bought stuff.
But canning isn’t the only way to preserve food for long-term storage. In addition to water bath and pressure canning, dehydrating fruits and vegetables, fermentation, and freezing are other methods to try. Start with the food preservation method that seems most doable to you. Soon you’ll have a pantry full of produce to enjoy in the off-season.
Zucchini Relish Recipe for a Tasty Burger Topping
This zucchini relish recipe is sweet & somewhat tangy & great on burgers. It’s one of our favorite ways to preserve summer squash for the winter pantry.
Preserve the Harvest: How to Can Tomatoes at Home
Canning crushed tomatoes at home allows you to preserve the harvest for the pantry. Learning how to can tomatoes starts with the basics.
Jaboticaba Jam Without Seeds
Enjoy this seedless jaboticaba jam on toast or spread on pancakes. It’s a tropical treat made from a native Brazilian fruit.
Canning Applesauce for the Pantry
Turn your favorite fresh apples into applesauce. Eat it right away or can it for the pantry!
Dehydrated Peppers to Stock the Pantry
For fast flavor in recipes, dehydrated peppers can’t be beat. You can use sweet peppers or hot peppers, store bought or home grown.
Make this Easy and Delicious Tangerine Syrup!
This delicious and easy to make tangerine syrup is great to have on hand for adding instant flavor to recipes and drinks. Keep it refrigerated, or for longer storage, can it using a water bath process.
Garlic Dill Pickle Recipe – Fermented Deli-Style Cukes
Love crispy pickles? This garlic dill pickle recipe makes delicious deli style pickles using a fermentation method. BONUS: The resulting pickles are probiotic!
Delicious Caramelized Onion Jam with Balsamic Vinegar
This easy to make savory-sweet caramelized onion jam recipe is a great way to preserve onions. It’s divine on toasted baguettes with goat cheese. Or pizza.
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.
