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"Posted in response to a request for soups to can. Adapted from The USDA Canning site. The source was told to come from The Best of Friends Cookbook."

Ingredients: cloves, celery & leaves...

"While it's not difficult to use dried beans from their natural state, I find that I don't tend to remember that I need to soak/pre-cook the beans until it's too late to use them for dinner. The convenience of being able to reach in the pantry and open up a jar of beans that I've home-canned (without added preservatives) is worth the..."

Ingredients: jalapenos, onions, dried beans...

"From Ball Blue Book of preserving. I hate to admit this but I had a case of 'canning fever', my boys ate our carrots from the garden when they were only an inch long and I just felt I 'had' to can something, So bought the carrots from the supermarket...whew it felt good to get that out of my system!
Yield varies- 6 pints or 3 quarts..."

Ingredients: orange juice, water...

"This actually was a mistake on my part when I was going to make raspberry jam and found out that I didn't have enough raspberries to make it. I'm almost glad that I didn't though because then I wouldn't have made this great recipe."

Ingredients: frozen raspberries, frozen strawberries...

"This sweet and delicious marmalade has a secret that your carrot hating kids will never know unless you tell them.
It is a cousin to orange marmalade, using grated carrots instead of orange rind.
Try it, you'll love it!"

Ingredients: powdered fruit pectin, granulated sugar...

"A tasty and quick Marinara sauce for pasta, and all sorts of other foods calling for a marinara sauce...can also be turned into a pizza sauce by adding more spices. Takes a little over a 1/2 hour to make."

Ingredients: dried basil, extra virgin olive oil...

"Apple butter may be the highest use of the apple, especially some kinds of apples! This recipe works well with mealy, not-too-sweet "cooking apples," such as White Winter Pearmain, which we used. You may want to back off on the sugar, especially if boiling in apple juice. My mom and I started with a standard recipe and adjusted to taste...."

Ingredients: salt, water, white sugar...

"From Libbie's little black book . She has alot of canning recipes that are a little different. Always check Ball canning book. No amount was given so I am guessing how many pints this makes."

Ingredients: pepper, fines herbes...