Canning Essentials: Jam-Packed with Essential Tools, Techniques, and Recipes for Fruits, Veggies, Jams, Pickles, Salsa, and More

Your complete beginner's guide to canning!

• Over 60 recipes for homemade jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, relishes, and more
• Learn different methods for canning and freezing produce, including high- and low-acid canning, and discover the differences between water-bath and pressure canning
• Helpful reference charts thoroughly detail methods, timings, temperatures, and equipment
• Step-by-step details to walk you through every process you need to know about home food preservation

Canning Essentials is a go-to beginner's guide that will take you step-by-step through the various processes of canning fruit and produce, whether homegrown or store-bought. From canning vegetables like tomatoes and squashes to preparing homemade jam, salsas, relishes, and so much more, this book simplifies food preservation so that even with your busy schedule, you can find time to do it yourself!

With an emphasis on cost-saving and sustainable food safety, this detailed guide will teach you methods for freezing, canning, pressure canning, and water-bath canning. Once you understand the basics, you'll then discover more than 60 delicious recipes for homemade jellies, jams, chutneys, pickles, relishes, salsas, conserves, fruit butters, marmalades, and more.

Inside this book, you'll find freezer recipes for berries, beans, peaches, and pumpkins, canning recipes for apple juice, grape juice, tomatoes, and beets, and even a chapter featuring classic Amish and Mennonite recipes like red cinnamon pickles, gooseberry ketchup, and dandelion jelly.