Category Archives: Canning

Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The wonderful scent of simmering marmalade filled the kitchen on this bitterly cold winter day, for here in Canada, the citrus season comes in during our bleak winter months. The color on these oranges as i cut into them was … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Food in jars, frugal | Tagged Blood Orange, Blood Orange Marmalade, Can what you eat, Canning, Canning Pantry, Deep Pantry, Do it yourself, food, Frugal, jam, make your own, marmalade, orange, recipe, recipes, save money, Shelf stable, Waterbath canning | Leave a comment

Cara Cara Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Last Week Dear hubby sent me a message that at the store in the city where i normally get my Seville oranges for marmalade didn’t have any.. However they had my Blood Oranges and they had wonderful looking and Cara Cara … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning, Canning Pantry, Cara Cara Marmalade, Do it yourself, Farmgal, food, Frugal, homestead, marmalade, Preserving, recipe, recipes, Rising Costs, Self Gel, Shop the sales, Trade War, Water Bath Canning | 1 Comment

Victorio Food Strainer Sauce Maker Review

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

My Sauce Maker has been getting a good work out, Apple sauce, Tomato sauce, Salsa, and yesterday Silky Smooth Peach Butter.. As I was working my way though turning two bushels of peaches into sauce that by ends day was … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Food in jars, Food Storage | Tagged apple sauce, Canning, farmgal review, making things simpler, peach sauce, sauce making, tomato sauce, Using a victorio sauce maker, victorio food strainer review | 2 Comments

Pressure Canning Chicken

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

The best thing about canning your own food is that you know what went into that jar! You know that the meat was fresh and clean, you know that the jar and lid/ring was properly looked after, you know it … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning Chicken Breasts, Canning Deboned chicken meat, Canning Pantry, cold storage, Home Canning, home canning meat, Pressure can your chickens, Pressure Canning Chicken | 6 Comments

Zucchini Fruit with Pinnapple

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I love this, for full recipes please read this page on making mock pinnapple.. Otherwise, enjoy the photo of the process! so so good, the extra juice was made into a amazing jelly! Peeling, chopping, cooking and then getting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Dried Mock gummies make with zucchini, Flavoured colored zucchini fruit, mock pinnapple made from Zucchini | 1 Comment

Rhubarb Fruit Blends – Canning 2019

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

The biggest rhubarb crop is coming off and I am certainly noticing the difference in the cool wet spring and the fact that I did not feed my rhubarb plants last year. I will give them some extra feedings but … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning Mixed fruit rhubarb, Canning Rhubarb, Canning Rhubarb stewed fruits, rhubarb, spring canning, using up from the freezer | 2 Comments

Pineapple Tidbits Canning 2019

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

If you get your flyers.. check them over well and watch for SALES! In this case Large Pineapples were on sale for 1 dollar each.. now I will admit that normally they are extra large for 1 and that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Buying on sales, Canning Pineapple, don't waste food, Frugal habits, use what you buy | Leave a comment

Lets talk about Jars.

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I found two cases of Quarts and two cases of half-gallon dark Amber, (takes out 99 percent of UV light) and I bought them all.. I have looked at smaller jars at times but the costs where quite high.. as … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning, Canning costs going up, cost of canning jars, Cost of replacement canning lids, jars | 15 Comments

Canning Log Jan 2019

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I am going to see if I can make this work for 2019, we will see.. its never easy at all to do something like this, forget even a few times and it slips though the cracks. So I need … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning log 2019 Jan | 1 Comment

Food In Jars Challange 2019 -Jan Citrus

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Food in Jars is once again hosting an awesome canning/preserving challenge for 2019. The idea for January is Citrus. I have been busy already this past month, I made a number of syrups, I had a enough marmalade that I … Continue reading →