Even if you don’t have ripe grapes on hand, you can whip up a batch of jelly. This grape jelly recipe can be made even in the winter with this little trick.
FOOD PRESERVATION
Try this Easy Honey Maple Fig Jam Recipe
This easy fig and ginger jam recipe starts with fresh figs & is sweetened with honey & maple syrup. This fig spread is a snap to make in a slow cooker!
Canning Supplies: Equipment You Need to Get Started
While home food preservation is not difficult, there are some things to know. Get started with an understanding of the necessary canning equipment. From canning jars and lids to water bath canners and pressure canners, here’s what you need to know to safely preserve your garden harvest at home.
Homemade Nectarine Jam Recipe
Use sweet summertime nectarines to make up a batch of nectarine jam for your morning toast! Can it using safe methods for a shelf-stable addition to your pantry.
Easy Homemade Cherry Syrup
Adding the flavor of cherries to drinks and baked goods is easy when you make up a batch of this sweet cherry syrup.
Black Cherry Preserves with Thyme and Honey
Savor summertime flavor with these cherry preserves. Stock your pantry during cherry season and you’ll enjoy them all winter long.
Old Fashioned Apple Butter Recipe for Canning
With no added sugar, this slow cooker spiced apple butter recipe is a delicious way to preserve the flavors of fall.
Easy Lower Sugar Apricot Preserves
These apricot preserves allow the flavor of fresh apricots to shine. With a thicker consistency than jam, these preserves retain bite sized pieces of fruit.
Chow Chow Canning Recipe – Old Fashioned Green Tomato Relish
This chow chow recipe has a funny name, but it’s a delicious green tomato relish ready for canning. Preserve some for your pantry!
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
If you’re ready to shake up your pantry routine and shift from boxed to homemade, be sure to check out my latest project, Attainable Sustainable Pantry (National Geographic Books).
My earlier book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (also from 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 encourage readers to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
