Should We Can or Freeze Our Fruits and Vegetables?

Three big jars of canned tomatoes, stewed, sauced, chopped. Home food canning and crafts or homemade style tomato recipes.

We occasionally link to goods offered by vendors to help the reader find relevant products. Some of these may be affiliate based, meaning we earn small commissions (at no additional cost to you) if items are purchased. Here is more about what we do. This is the time of year when gardens and fruit trees are …

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Putting Up: Preserving More Than Just Food with Home Canning

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There’s a joke in our family that my great-grandmother kept her canning jars handy while traveling from southern Texas to California during the Dust Bowl era, just in case she needed to stop by the side of the road and “put something up.” But I wasn’t aware of my matriarch’s legacy when I started home …

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How to Start Canning Your Own Foods at Home

Jars of Tomato Sauce

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Thinking of Making Wine at Home? Here’s How to Get Started

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Bakers & Chefs Brand Cookware Review: Good Product, Low Price

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Parsley: The World’s Favorite Herb

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Every wondered what parsley can be used for other than a garnish or an ingredient in Italian food? Believe it or not, parsley has many medicinal benefits. Explore how this vivacious herb can be used to improve your well-being now.

The Health Benefits of Fresh Herbs

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Many herbs and spices offer potent healing powers and health benefits. However, many of the bottled spices found at the grocery store have been irradiated, not to mention that they have generally been hanging around on the shelf for quite awhile, which nullifies the health benefits (and, in many cases, the flavor and aroma). To …

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Make Your Own Nutritional Baby Food

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Baby food is just another convenience food- full of added fat, sugar, and sometimes even artificial food colorings and other additives. Take control of what goes into your baby’s diet at various stages of development (and do a favor for your wallet and the environment, too) by making your own baby food at home. Read more on Foodal.

A Guide To Roasting Times For Various Types Of Meat

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Cooking meat can be a mystery to many people. Those new to cooking, of course, are to forgiven easily for not realizing exactly what kind of time must be given for roasting a chicken or broiling a steak. There are also those who are quite proficient and adept at knowing just the exact moment to retrieve …

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