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.
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.
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!
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.
Old Fashioned Pear Preserves for Canning
These gingered pear preserves are a delicious way to save your favorite fall fruit. It’s excellent on toast, but good on oatmeal, too!
Homemade Peach Preserves for Canning
This canning recipe for thick and gooey delicious peach preserves is great for toast, but don’t forget about ice cream!
Making Homemade Pizza Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes
This pizza sauce recipe from fresh tomatoes utilizes your garden crop. Flavored with herbs and spices, it will make your homemade pizza just that much better.
Canning Jalapeño Jelly [Hot Pepper Jelly Recipe]
This small batch jalapeno jelly is perfect as a last-minute appetizer or for gift giving. It’s sweet and tangy, with just a little spice!
Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam Recipe
Preserve the flavor of summertime berries in a jar! This homemade strawberry jam recipe is easy for beginners, sweetened with honey, and delicious!
Canning Dried Beans: Planning Ahead for Fast and Easy Meals
Canning dried beans at home makes them ready to use for fast weeknight dinners. It’s a budget-friendly way to stock the pantry!
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.
