Pressure canning ham

Quite a few stores are clearing out their ham supplies this week. A few days ago, I happened upon a deal that was too good to pass up. I ended up buying 4 fully cooked holiday hams at a great price…

Canning meat is one of the best uses of canning know-how. It allows you to purchase meat when it's at its most affordable, and then easily turn it into something that will last for years without spoiling. Plus, in my opinion, it actually improves most meat! (Because the canning process makes the meat super tender and moist.) Best of all - having canned meat on hand is super convenient and really speeds up meal-making. But not very many people are used to eating canned meat, so it can seem…

Last week Meijers had Cooks Choice bone in hams on sale for 87 cents a pound. I bought 4 of them. One I bought for Easter Dinner and the ot...

This easy recipe for canning delicious ham and bean soup is a great example of awesome things that you can preserve in jars and have on your shelf ready to eat. This simple recipe is very easy to make, just add ingredients to a jar and put in the pressure canner. It does not require cooking the beans, just some chopping up of the ham and vegetables. It is also a great way to use up that leftover holiday ham!

Home-canned soups has got to be one of the best ‘pantry meals’ you can make for yourself. Here I go into what to harvest from your garden, tools you need, ingredients, and step by step …

This is hands down my very favorite potato soup! It is the one I grew up eating, as it is the one my grandma (Nonny) always made. I love to have this on my shelf at the ready. If you don’t ca…

Having canned hamburger meat in the pantry is a staple at my house. Follow along step by step as I can hamburger for fast dinners.

Derived from the 1966 Ball cannng book. Delicious! A must try for sure! Yields 7 half pints 1 Qt chopped ham 1/2 Cup chopped pickle 1 Small onion, chopped 1/2 Cup apple cider vinegar 1/4 Cip pickle…

Another of my rainy week canning sessions using up some of my sales that I ran across this month already. Ham and white bean soup is one of ...