Category Archives: Canning

Sweet Pickled Beets Recipe

The Keys to Farmgal Pickled Beets is Roasting your beets (never boil them) and the brine.. Sweet Pickling Brine per 4 pints, double or triple or more at will.. In a non-reactive pot, add the above together, bring to a … Continue reading

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Canning Pantry -Beets, Beef and Chicken Soup

The Canning pantry on the farm has been in steady use for the past two years with not much refill, between my own personal health issues, Hubby’s foot issue getting him a medical leave to work full time from home … Continue reading

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Chicken Barley Veggie Canned Soup Recipe

Pint jars at two cups each are perfect sizes for Dear Hubby to take as a lunch soup or for here on the farm as a reheat and go! Our pressure canner does 18 pints jars per load. Chicken Barley … Continue reading

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Canning Up : Hibiscus Tea Concentrate

I love a good canned Tea Concentrate Hibiscus has so many traditional health benefits that it was the clear winner for me to make up a batch for the fridge first and then for the canning pantry! Hibiscus Tea Concentrate … Continue reading

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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

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

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Cara Cara Orange Marmalade Recipe

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

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Victorio Food Strainer Sauce Maker Review

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

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Pressure Canning Chicken

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

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Zucchini Fruit with Pinnapple

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

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Rhubarb Fruit Blends – Canning 2019

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

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