Canning

A few weeks ago, Jewel and I spent 13 hours canning on a Sunday.  We ended up with all-purpose tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, ketchup, sweet pepper relish, classic cucumber relish and tomato cashew chutney.  It was a long day, to say the least, but well worth the effort.  Ty and I also had already canned some spicy carrots, dilly beans and hot peppers.  An entire shelf in our pantry is filled with jars and it is a very satisfying sight!! 

I've officially been bitten with the canning bug and we are now planning to more canning days in October - one for more tomatoes and one for apples.  Both days will be shorter now that we have a better idea of how long it can take.  We have also invited a few friends to each day - if they come, it'll make for more hands to do the prep work.  More beer will also be included in these upcoming canning days!! 

In the meantime, a friend has ripe tomatillos that she's willing to trade me and I am planning to make a batch or two of salsa verde. 

I'll leave you with two pics from our epic canning day:

Jess and Jewel canning away!



This is about half of what we ended up with at the end of the day.