What have you canned/dehydrated/froze this year?

[Saeriu]

Oh--I almost forgot:

freezer 10 pints of blueberries

canned fake maple syrup and tomato paste

I think that's it.

[Amberngriffinco]

how do you make tomato sauce?

my tom's are slow so I pick them ripe and freeze till I have a 'healthy' amount to can.

thx

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

Amberngriffinco wrote:
how do you make tomato sauce?

my tom's are slow so I pick them ripe and freeze till I have a 'healthy' amount to can.

thx

I am using Acadia's recipe for tomato sauce. I think it is here somewhere.
I can copy it and post if for you.
Today I canned 9 quarts of tomato soup! All down in my pantry in the basement! It's gluten and lactose free!!! Really tasty too!!! Yum!
I am still picking tomatoes! This was the year for bumper crop tomatoes!!!

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

Acadia's Marinara Sauce

Ingredients:
Servings:
8 88-10 Servings Size
Update.
.Units: US | Metric
.2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup onion (sliced or diced)
2 tablespoons garlic (minced)
1/2 yellow bell pepper (minced)
1 tablespoon basil
1 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon italian seasoning mix
1/3 cup sherry wine (sweet)
56 ounces crushed tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (optional)
1 bay leaf
Directions:
1
In a 3 quart Dutch oven add the olive oil and onions. Saute on medium low until tender about 4 minutes stirring frequently.
2
Add garlic and saute for an additional 1 minute stirring frequently (Do not let garlic burn).
3
Slice up bell peppers, add to mixture and saute an additional 4 minutes stirring frequently.
4
Add sherry.
5
Add basil, oregano, parsley, Italian seasoning and mix with other ingredients.
6
Remove mixture and place in food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
7
Place pureed mixture back into dutch oven.
8
Add crushed tomatoes and bay leaf. Add salt (optional).
9
Bring to a low boil stirring frequently, then reduce to simmer.
10
Cover and cook for 45 min on low/simmer, stirring every 5 minutes (I set my timer).
11
Remove bay leaf before serving.
12
Enjoy!


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By mama smurf
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on March 22, 2012

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Wonderful! Made this in advance so when I came home all I had to do was heat this up and serve it with some meatballs (heated) that I had in the freezer and served them over pasta. A green salad was served along side. Definately will make this one again...so simple and delicious!


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By Starrynews
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on February 13, 2011

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Great sauce! The extra flavor and nutrition from the bell pepper is a nice touch. Thanks for sharing! Veg*n Swap 31


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By Mindelicious
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on January 02, 2011

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The DH really loved this one!! I'm not a huge fan of store bought sauce and this is a great reason why!! Very easy & big on flavor. DH isn't a huge tomato guy so the addition of the pepper was perfect and I just blended it all up after adding the tomatoes so there weren't any dreaded chunks for the DH. Will make this again!! Thanks Acadia!!



Servings Per Recipe: 8

[Krislady]

Amberngriffinco wrote:
how do you make tomato sauce?

my tom's are slow so I pick them ripe and freeze till I have a 'healthy' amount to can.

thx

If you're looking for just tomato sauce (not marinara), I used these directions and I was amazed by (1) how simple it was, (2) how much sauce I ended up with, and (3) how well it worked.

I used the skins and cores from, I think, about 30 quarts of tomatoes, and I ended up with 5 and a half pints of sauce.

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

That is a heck of a lot of work. I have a Norpro sauce maker food strainer.
Easy as can be and well worth the money. It cost about $50 about 4 years ago.
I don't know what they cost now. But you can do anything with it.
I love it and it is one of my favorite kitchen tools!!!
Highly recommend it!
You can flavor your sauce the way you like it. No mess, no fuss. Easy clean up too.

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

All you do is quarter your tomatoes and run them through. The debris comes out one area and the puree comes out another. It makes doing bushels of tomatoes a lot easier!
I use it for apples too! Made about 18 quarts of applesauce and 3 pints.
Just quartered the apples and this lovely machine did the rest!
You just add sugar if you want to the pots and some cinnamon and cook it til it boils fully about 10 minutes and then fill your hot sterilized jars and hot bath for 10 minutes after bringing the canner to a roiling boil.
For the tomato sauce and marinara sauce I hot bath for 40 minutes.

[tasb]

Grape Jam, 3-1/4 half pints

Me and the girls were on a Yum That Looks Good, last Saturday. Me and the kids went to the farmer's market without hubby.

The grapes (mixture of green and purple), the purple looked like ones we bought a few weeks ago and the girls loved, but they weren't. They were seedy and slip skins, so I hummed and searched and made a half batch of Grape Jam with them. I didn't want to break out the canner to seal the 3 jars, so I am just going to freeze them. I tried doing the whole, dish cloth on the bottom of a stock pot twice and ended up with soap bubbles.

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

tasb wrote:
Grape Jam, 3-1/4 half pints

Me and the girls were on a Yum That Looks Good, last Saturday. Me and the kids went to the farmer's market without hubby.

The grapes (mixture of green and purple), the purple looked like ones we bought a few weeks ago and the girls loved, but they weren't. They were seedy and slip skins, so I hummed and searched and made a half batch of Grape Jam with them. I didn't want to break out the canner to seal the 3 jars, so I am just going to freeze them. I tried doing the whole, dish cloth on the bottom of a stock pot twice and ended up with soap bubbles.

What I do when I have a few jars is put a lid from an old pot in the botton of a pan and that works great! Easy and no soap bubbles!

[Amberngriffinco]

Thanks to all.

I hav en't a few lbs now frm the garden before the freeze.

Now, to get in the mood to do it!

a

[Krislady]

We did another batch (7 quarts) of stock this weekend - it was mostly chicken, but it turned out that there were a couple of pork shoulder bones in with the chicken bones. No matter - it wasn't enough to flavor it at all, and it probably added some body to the stock. Plus the bits of cooked pork are a welcome addition to our dog-and-cat treat collection - man those two go NUTS for the pork!

Also canned 8 pints of kale and bean soup - my first time canning soup. I had a pint for lunch yesterday, and, well, I'm still here.

(It was actually very good - the beans could have stood a little less cooking time before canning, and I'll double up on the kale next time. Other than that - I'd say it was a win!)

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

Krislady wrote:
We did another batch (7 quarts) of stock this weekend - it was mostly chicken, but it turned out that there were a couple of pork shoulder bones in with the chicken bones. No matter - it wasn't enough to flavor it at all, and it probably added some body to the stock. Plus the bits of cooked pork are a welcome addition to our dog-and-cat treat collection - man those two go NUTS for the pork!

Also canned 8 pints of kale and bean soup - my first time canning soup. I had a pint for lunch yesterday, and, well, I'm still here.

(It was actually very good - the beans could have stood a little less cooking time before canning, and I'll double up on the kale next time. Other than that - I'd say it was a win!)

I've never canned stock or soup. Always been a little leary of it not being safe....advice if you will share please!
I freeze my stocks and soups. Feel safe doing it this way.

[HotPepperRosemaryJelly]

Canned more Roasted Tomato Soup this week. 8 more quarts. My tomatoes are ripening like crazy under the cut up brown paper bags!!! I am so psyched!!!! Such a brilliant idea!!! Thank you!!!!
Think I am going to make more sauce. Not sure yet. They are looking good!!!
Still have to get to the apples. Two more huge boxes....uffda...
Making chili now. It is 24 degrees out there!!! Brrrr.....

[Amberngriffinco]

HotPepperRosemaryJelly wrote:

Krislady wrote:
We did another batch (7 quarts) of stock this weekend - it was mostly chicken, but it turned out that there were a couple of pork shoulder bones in with the chicken bones. No matter - it wasn't enough to flavor it at all, and it probably added some body to the stock. Plus the bits of cooked pork are a welcome addition to our dog-and-cat treat collection - man those two go NUTS for the pork!

Also canned 8 pints of kale and bean soup - my first time canning soup. I had a pint for lunch yesterday, and, well, I'm still here.

(It was actually very good - the beans could have stood a little less cooking time before canning, and I'll double up on the kale next time. Other than that - I'd say it was a win!)

I've never canned stock or soup. Always been a little leary of it not being safe....advice if you will share please!
I freeze my stocks and soups. Feel safe doing it this way.

I made chix stock last year - my first year pressure canning. Just make sure that your pressure remains constant and you can for the specific times shown.

Amber

[Krislady]

Amberngriffinco wrote:

HotPepperRosemaryJelly wrote:

Krislady wrote:
We did another batch (7 quarts) of stock this weekend - it was mostly chicken, but it turned out that there were a couple of pork shoulder bones in with the chicken bones. No matter - it wasn't enough to flavor it at all, and it probably added some body to the stock. Plus the bits of cooked pork are a welcome addition to our dog-and-cat treat collection - man those two go NUTS for the pork!

Also canned 8 pints of kale and bean soup - my first time canning soup. I had a pint for lunch yesterday, and, well, I'm still here.

(It was actually very good - the beans could have stood a little less cooking time before canning, and I'll double up on the kale next time. Other than that - I'd say it was a win!)

I've never canned stock or soup. Always been a little leary of it not being safe....advice if you will share please!
I freeze my stocks and soups. Feel safe doing it this way.

I made chix stock last year - my first year pressure canning. Just make sure that your pressure remains constant and you can for the specific times shown.

Amber

It makes life SO much easier not to have to defrost stock! Plus, I save the freezer space!

As I recall, chicken stock is canned at 10psi for 20 minutes for pints and 25 minutes for quarts.

The kale and bean soup I did for 75 minutes for pints.