For many of us, the holidays revolve around gathering with family and friends to enjoy food, and there’s no shortage of ways to spread holiday cheer with tasty treats. As you start to gather up the ingredients you need to make your family’s holiday favorites, don’t forget the most important ingredient: food safety! Without it, […]
Preserving Your Green Beans
As summer gives way to fall, our gardens are giving way to their bounties for harvest. So how do you preserve some of your favorites? Some of my favorite ways to preserve green beans are either pressure canning or pickling. History of Preservation Preserving food whether fruit, vegetables or meat reduces the spoilage of food, […]
Choosing the Best Preservation Method for You
This is the time of year that many of us are seeing lots of produce ready for harvest in our gardens, community gardens or a surplus coming through food banks. Even as an experienced food preserver, having the time to can all of the produce is not an option for me. Sometimes I have just […]
