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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...

"Clear Jel is a modified food starch (powdered form) that will not break down in high heat during processing. DON'T SUBSTITUTE!! Clear Jell is well worth the effort, it leaves a cleaner and thicker filling that is simply delicious. Kitchencraft (1-800-776-0575) in Waterville, IA sells it by the 1# ($3.25 + S&H) or 5# bags. Also sold by Bakers..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cold water...

"I like to have meals on the table quickly. Canning meat allows me to do that, since I don't have to thaw it out first! Canning is easy, and you prepare for several meals at one time! You can use this in casseroles, salads, chicken & noodles--any recipe that calls for pre-cooked chicken. The liquid in the jar is broth!"

Ingredients: salt, water...

"A canning recipe for Chicken Mexican Soup. I came up with this great tasting soup by following safe canning guidelines. I pressure can soup every summer to enjoy through the winter. It is easy and taste great! This recipe makes 7 quarts."

Ingredients: ground cumin, corn...

"This recipe works not just for chicken, but for any meat or fowl. I make this whenever I can a bunch of chicken, but I've also made pork broth. You can use the defatted drippings after roasting/baking meat or fowl. If the drippings are already salty, omit the salt. The salt is in this recipe for flavor, not for preservation. When I can broth, I..."

Ingredients: salt, stock, broth...

"This is a home canned version of a Cuban Black bean soup. If you want it creamy, you can puree a portion of the beans after canning (when you heat for seving). I adapted this from a traditional Cuban recipe for use in home canning. It is pretty good, I think."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, ground cumin...

"I found a recipe similar on all recipes, but I did not like how long it took to cooked down. I like chunky jam and do not like to stand at the stove that long. So I changed it to use pectin instead. Cooking time has canning time added, but does not count the 1 hour soaking."

Ingredients: fresh pineapple, lime juice...

"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...

"One pot chicken and rice, easy and delicious"

Ingredients: cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese soup...

"Sweet 'n' Sour Meatballs w/Rice; Spaghetti 'n' Meatballs; BBQ Meatballs--you name it! When you have them canned, you're only minutes away from a meal! (I'll post those recipes later-for now, we'll concentrate on meatballs. You don't need to use my meatball recipe: whatever is your favorite meatball recipe, make a quantity..."

Ingredients: garlic powder, salt...

"I am trying this recipe out today, I found it at www.elise.com"

Ingredients: cinnamon, cooking apples, salt...

"We used to raise chickens.I would freeze and can at least 75 to 100 per year for our personal use.Every one of our children know how to prepare food and live off the land. Some do not like it but some do. Living in the country has many advantages. One of them is knowing what you feed to animals and birds that you eat. Another is the pride you feel..."

Ingredients: dried cilantro, dried parsley...

"This recipe is from "Preserving the Harvest" by Carol W. Costenbader. You can either make your own cranberry sauce or use a store-bought canned variety."

Ingredients: eggs, fresh lime juice...