The spiced peaches and icebox pickles, dilly beans and tomatoes in every shape and form, the blackberry jam and hot pepper jelly--it’s summer, and a whole world of summers past, in a jar. Pack the pantry the way Grandma did, and put away the sweetest fruits and preserves, the most tender savory vegetables, the taste of the sunny day and the scent of the crisp harvest air, with more than 250 blue-ribbon canning and preserving recipes culled from TheFarmer’s Wife magazine. A reliable resource for the farm wife, the new mother, the suburban transplant, the magazine shared recipes that made the kitchen sing and the family sigh with contentment. Along with instructions for canning and preserving fruits and vegetables from your garden or the farmer’s market, this wonderful cookbook, like an old family friend, offers recipes for using the tomato sauce, raspberry jam, peaches, and other tasty fruits and vegetables that you’ve “put by.”

In one concise volume, you can learn—and master like a pro—all the ways to put up food in jars, from water-bath canning to pressure canning, from pickling to jam-making, and beyond! Whether you are a gardener, a fan of farmers’ markets, or just someone who likes to browse the bountiful produce at the supermarket, canning and preserving are easy, fun, and affordable ways to enjoy fresh-grown foods all year long. This book provides all the information you need to know to get started today, including basic steps to canning foods safely and easily; recipes for preserving everything from tomatoes and jams to soups, sauces, and other hearty meals; and tips on how to find the freshest local produce. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions with color photographs make this a must-have book. The recipes include lots of preparations, both savory and sweet, and they range from blue-ribbon classics like dilly beans, sweet gherkins, applesauce, strawberry jam, and sauerkraut to new creations like Lavender Apple Butter, Raspberry-Rhubarb Sauce, Green Tomato Chutney, and Hibiscus Lime Jelly. A special chapter introduces readers to jam- and jelly-making using Pomona’s pectin, which requires little to no added sugar—thereby letting the natural sweetness of the fruit shine through beautifully. This comprehensive book teaches beginners how to get started and gives seasoned veterans new techniques and recipes to try.

Canning is an easy, fun, and affordable way to enjoy fresh-grown local foods all year long. The Fresh Girl’s Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving provides all the information you need to know to start canning today, including basic steps to canning foods safely and easily; recipes for preserving everything from the standard tomatoes and jams to soups, sauces, and other hearty meals; and tips on where to find the freshest local produce.

Long before the Internet and high-speed travel connected us all, The Farmer’s Wife magazine gave hard-working rural women a place to find—and share—advice about everything from raising chickens to running a farm kitchen. One of the magazine’s most popular offerings was advice on cooking and baking, providing farm family recipes for making everything from basic bread to nourishing stews and delicious desserts. The Best of The Farmer’s Wife Cookbook brings together 400 easy-to-follow recipes and variations along with dozens of menus that originated in farm kitchens nationwide and appeared on the pages of the magazine between 1893 and 1939. Readers will be able to prepare these foods easily and quickly, because the recipes have been updated to match the conveniences and ingredients of the modern kitchen. The Best of The Farmer’s Wife Cookbook is sure to satisfy readers in search of the flavors of farm country or those simply on the lookout for a piece of homegrown nostalgia. Here’s a sampling of the recipes you’ll find inside:Macaroni and CheesePieSouthern Fried ChickenFried Green TomatoesRhubarb Brown BettyScotch ShortbreadGingerbread Banana ShortcakeSpiced Oatmeal CookiesMichigan Cherry PieApple Plum JamEnglish Orange MarmaladePear HoneyCorn ChowderSwedish MeatballsSour Milk Griddle CakesStuffed Sweet PotatoesCherry Batter Pudding

Are You Looking for Fail-Proof Canning Methods to Say “No” to Harmful Preservatives in Store Canned Foods? Homestyle canning has been in place for several years. Everyone knows it’s a better and healthier option. However, sadly, people have lost awareness of the exact processes and instructions to follow for canning foods. Some people think it’s time-consuming and difficult and stay away from it. But that’s not the truth. It’s easy and quick if done correctly. Traditional Amish communities have been doing this at home as part of their cultural heritage to eat healthily and live long. Here in this book, we will introduce you to the history of the Amish lifestyle, how they remain fit with the benefits of canning food at home, and avoiding processed foods and chemical-based preservatives. You can also include the canning processes in your kitchen and life without disturbing your busy schedule. Read this book to get the exact step-by-step methods and measures to follow to preserve your food. Additionally, you’ll get over 27 Beginners Friendly Quick Recipes to Prepare with your canned Amish-style food. Inside this book, You’ll find: Background about Amish Lifestyle History on Why Canning Benefits of Canning Basics of Preserving Types of Canning List of Supplies Needed Detailed Instructions on Canning How to Find if Food is Expired No-Fail Tips for Success with Canning Ways to Include Amish Eating Habits in Your Life Over 27 Beginner-Friendly Simple and Quick Amish Recipes Conversion Charts Living better with Simple and Tasty Food Do you want to eat the Amish way to improve your lifestyle? This book is designed and written in such a way as to give you information on how the Amish community evolved and became one of the most known for their canning and healthy ways of eating. Along with this, you learn how to integrate the fit Amish lifestyle into your hectic modern-day schedule without any hassles. Additionally, it includes detailed information on different canning types, their benefits, and how to do it at home on your home with no mistakes. As a bonus, we give you quick and easy over 27 Amish recipes at the end of the book that can be prepared using canned food. Click “Buy Now” at the top of the page and instantly download: Amish Canning & Preserving Cookbook for Beginners: Simple and Delicious Homemade Recipes for Fruit and Pie Fillings, Pickles, and Sweet Spreads, That Everyone Can Enjoy

How to Use this Book This book is based on my desire to preserve vegetables in ways that my family will eat and do that as efficiently as possible. When possible, I preserve vegetables in a meal-ready way. Instead of canning a bunch of carrot slices in quart (1-L)-sized jars when I bring in a large carrot harvest, I’ll make a batch of Canned Spice Carrot Soup and a couple of jars of Fermented Mexican Carrots. Then, I’ll use the tops to make Frozen Carrot Top Pesto for the freezer. The carrot soup is the only time-consuming item; the other two can be put together while the soup is processing. The first part of this book is an overview of food preservation methods: canning, both water bath and pressure canning, dehydrating, fermenting and freezing. You’ll find the basics of how to use these methods to safely preserve vegetables, but you won’t find details for every scenario that could happen while preserving vegetables. I’ve written these chapters with enough information to get you started preserving the harvest, but not so much information that it leads to confusion and information overload. The rest of this book is focused on growing and preserving the most popular vegetables and herbs that are grown in the home garden. Each vegetable has its own chapter and, in that chapter, you’ll find instructions on how to grow, purchase, can, dehydrate, ferment and freeze that vegetable. You will also find recipes that highlight the vegetable; most of these recipes are for preserving the vegetable, but some recipes use the preserved vegetable. Most of the recipes are written so that you’ll preserve small batches at a time, simply because I find that adjusting recipes to scale up is easier than scaling down. If your family likes a recipe, or if you have enough of one vegetable to make two batches of a recipe, just double the ingredients and it will work out fine. The exception to this is any of the jam or jelly recipes; don’t ever double a jam or jelly recipe or you run the risk of it not setting up. I hope you read through the whole book to get a vision for how these different preservation methods can work together to stock your pantry with food your family will eat. Then, when a vegetable is in season, I hope you reread that vegetable’s chapter and make a plan for preserving all of the harvest in a variety of ways. Of course, I hope that some of our favorite preservation recipes become your family favorites, too.

A celebration of seasonality and the farmers and artisans whose products have inspired 150 original recipes. The Farmers Dinner Cookbook is a celebration of seasonality and the farmers who work tirelessly to bring the best food to market. Since 2012, the Farmers Dinner has sold out 61 consecutive pop up dinners without once repeating a menu item. The 150 original recipes created for this cookbook reflect that same commitment to locally-sourced, seasonal originality and innovation. Inside this book, you’ll find: Recipes that revive forgotten classics and introduce enticing innovations Dishes that emphasize a seasonal approach Instructions on canning and fermenting so you can preserve and enhance your ingredients Numerous techniques that cut down on waste This book will inform you everywhere how to get the most out of each season through techniques like preserving, fermenting, and canning. Along with the recipes, The Farmers Dinner Cookbook tells the stories of the farmers and artisans whose products are used to compose these dishes, highlighting the importance of knowing where your food comes from.

Compiled by the members of the Mobilized Women's Organizations of Berkeley, California, this 1918 cookbook was written to provide homemakers with menus and recipes that would allow them to create satisfying meals within the restrictions of World War I food rationing.

From America's most trusted test kitchen, a beginner's guide to canning and pickling with more than eighty simple, small-batch recipes—includes photos. Making your own great-tasting canned goods is wonderfully easy . . . and a delicious pleasure, too. Good Housekeeping Canning and Preserving teaches you all the techniques you need to get started, such as preparing mason jars and canning equipment and how to form airtight seals. More than eighty recipes feature all-time favorites such as Freezer Strawberry Jam and Classic Dill Pickles, as well as Caramelized Onion and Bacon Jam, Blackberry Preserves, Blushing Apple Butter, Fig Chutney, and more. Plus, you get recipes to show off your creations—including Chutney-Glazed Pork Tenderloin; Spicy Tuna Sandwich with crunchy, pickled green beans; and Prosciutto-Melon Panini made with Cantaloupe Jam.