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Brassicas and Root Vegetables for the Community Canning Challenge – Food in Jars

Metal bowl holding shredded green cabbage

Hello friends! This post is here to help give you some ideas about how you might participate in this month’s Brassicas and Root Vegetables Community Canning Challenge. If you missed the introductory post last week, you can find it here. Sign up to participate using this form, and join me over at Substack (all challenge related posts will be entirely free) or our Facebook group for topic discussions. On the food preservation side of the Community Canning Challenge this month, we are focusing on brassicas and root vegetables. These storage friendly crops are widely available in the northern hemisphere this … Read more

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The Community Canning Challenge – Food in Jars

Red currants in a yellow enamel colander.

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Hello friends! It has been a VERY long time since I’ve shown my face around these parts. But with the start of the new year, it is time to shake the dust off, pull my brain back together and get back to the business of canning and making connections with all of you. Enter the Community Canning Challenge! Twice in the past, I’ve hosted year-long challenges in which I would present a series of monthly food preservation topics and we’d all work through them together. I’d like to do it again this year, with a bit of a twist. Instead … Read more

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Pancakes with Preserves – Food in Jars

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It’s National Canning Day! In honor, the makers of Ball® home canning products asked me to turn some of the preserves I’ve made using their recipes into a meal. Given that my sons are my best culinary audience these days, I sharing our regular Sunday morning meal of pancakes with preserves. This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* Canning is an act that always gives pleasure twice. The first fun happens in choosing the recipe, getting the ingredients, and making the product. Later, comes the joy of opening the jar and enjoying the contents. I love the … Read more

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Food / Jars / Pancakes / Preserves

Homemade Harissa Sauce – Food in Jars

Three half pint jars of homemade harissa sauce, sitting in a row on a wooden table.

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Just a small spoonful of this homemade harissa sauce brings a powerful boost of flavor to soups, stews, and braises. Add some to your next pot of chili! This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* I started keeping store bought jars of harissa sauce in my fridge a handful of years ago. It’s such an easy way to add a punch of flavor to a quick skillet meal or a simple pot of soup. One of my favorite dishes to make when I only have myself to feed is a speedy simmer of chickpea, onion, … Read more

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Food / Harissa / Homemade / Jars / Sauce

Lemon Peach Turmeric Chutney – Food in Jars

Close up of the lemon peach turmeric chutney in a jar.

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Earthy and unusual, this Lemon Peach Turmeric Chutney is an unexpected winner. Pair it with crumbly cheddar and a tender oatcake. This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* Chutneys are one of my favorite things to make, particularly during the waning days of the canning season. After months of carefully cooking batches of jam to the set point and hand packing jars of pickles, I like a preserve that allows you to dump everything in a pot and simply cook it until it has thickened. This Lemon Peach Turmeric Chutney from @ballcanning has all the ease … Read more

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Chutney / Food / Jars / Lemon / Peach / Turmeric

Butternut Squash Soup – Food in Jars

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Attending an autumnal potluck? Have a friend in need of some care? Fill a Ball® Quart Jar with butternut squash soup and take it to go! This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* This time of year always awakens my urge to make a huge amount of food and gather people around a table. There’s just something about the cooler days of fall that makes me long for the coziness of a small (or not so small) party. Before kids and the pandemic, I was known among my friends and family for my willingness to host … Read more

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Butternut / Food / Jars / Soup / Squash

Spice Shelf Overhaul with Ball® Mini Storage Jars – Food in Jars

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Cleaning and reorganizing my spice shelf using a whole bunch of Ball® Mini Storage Jars has left me with a storage solution that is beautiful and easy to use! This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* The week before Scott and I got married, my dad cut a hole in my kitchen wall and built a massive spice shelf into the space he carved out. As soon as he put the final shelf into place, I filled up those shelves with jars of spices and never looked back. That was a little over 12 years ago … Read more

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Ball / Food / Jars / Mini / Overhaul / Shelf / Spice / Storage

Spiced Nuts for Holiday Giving – Food in Jars

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Sweet, crunchy spiced nuts are simple to make and win raves from everyone who tastes them. Add them to a cheese board or a hearty winter salad. This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* My list of to-make holiday treats is ever evolving. Every year, I start baking thinking that I know exactly what I’m going to make. And then I spot a new recipe and am overcome with the urge to try it out. This is doubly true if said treat can be gifted in a festive Ball® Snowflake Keepsake Jar. You all know … Read more

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Food / Giving / Holiday / Jars / Nuts / Spiced

Mulled Apple Cider Syrup – Food in Jars

Mulled apple cider syrup mixed with sparkling water in a Ball Flute Jar.

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Make a batch of mulled apple cider syrup to keep in your fridge. You’ll be ready for festive sparkling drinks all season long. This post is sponsored by the makers of Ball® home canning products.* Between fertility treatments, being pregnant, and time spent nursing, it’s been over than four years since I’ve had more than a tiny sip of alcohol. In that time, I have developed a deep appreciation for syrups, shrubs, and other flavorful mixers that can bring easy interest to a glass of sparkling water. When my friends at @ballcanning asked me to come up with something festive for … Read more

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Apple / Cider / Food / Jars / Mulled / Syrup

Strawberry Hibiscus Butter – Food in Jars

Three pint jars filled with finished strawberry hibiscus butter.

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Strawberry hibiscus butter. Smooth and spreadable, this low sugar preserve gets an added boost of color and brightness from the dried hibiscus blossoms. We are smack in the midst of strawberry season here in the Philadelphia region. I picked up a flat on Saturday and the boys and I (they are nearly three years old!) met some friends out in Bucks County yesterday for a round of picking. I am still trying to find my way back to the blog after a quiet winter and spring, so while I dust off my rusty recipe development skills, I thought it would … Read more

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Butter / Food / Hibiscus / Jars / Strawberry