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Canning + Preserving

Feed your family healthier food all year long by preserving your harvest (or your farmers’ market’s harvest). Canning, freezing, and drying are all easy and fun once you know the basics. Bonus: you can save boatloads of cash by making your own canned salsa, sundried tomatoes, strawberry jam, or millions of other home preserving recipes!

Start with these posts:

  • Canning 101  →
    Glass jars of tomatoes and peaches lined up on a table
    Afraid of canning? Don’t be! Let us walk you through the ins-and-the-outs of home canning.
  • How to Freeze Herbs  →
    Hand pours olive oil into a food processor filled with fresh basil leaves.
    Save some serious cash by freezing herbs while they are in-season using our "herb bomb" method!
  • How to Freeze Corn  →
    Rows of bags filled with corn kernels.
    Looking for an easy place to start preserving food? Start with corn! Follow this step-by-step tutorial.
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Red, yellow, and green apples are arranged in rows, ready for storage.

The Best Way to Store Apples Both Long Term and Short Term (No Root Cellar Required!)

Two glass jars filled with Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter, next to biscuits and a plate

Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter

Rows of bags filled with corn kernels.

How to Freeze Corn

Hand pours olive oil into a food processor filled with fresh basil leaves.

How to Freeze Basil

Winter Squash

How to Cure and Store Winter Squash

2 tall glass jars of Instant Pot Applesauce with some apples

Perfect Instant Pot Applesauce

Hand holding a glass jar of diced tomatoes - how to can diced tomatoes

How to Can Diced Tomatoes

Open jar of Salted Cantaloupe Jam, with a halved cantaloupe behind

Salted Cantaloupe Jam

Side angle shot of Homestyle Corn Relish in glass mason jars, ready for canning

Homestyle Corn Relish – Canned

How to Make Pumpkin Puree

How to Make Pumpkin Puree

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam

Glass jars of tomatoes and peaches lined up on a table

Canning 101

Bourbon-Vanilla Bean Apple Pie Filling

Bourbon-Vanilla Bean Apple Pie Filling