I think it would be cool to have a category to share our recipes and food advice for cooking and canning with our harvests. I love to see what other people do with what they grow (this is how I found Cowboy Candy!!!!!!!). Anyone got any unique recipes for canning they want to share?

I made a great tomato chutney. If I can find the recipe again, I'll post it.

My cooking is too simple. Fresh foods for salads and stirfries with about everything else. And an occasional spaghetti with meatballs. Ok a 3oz steak.

Just give me 3 veggie sides too.

I am really bad at stir fry. Maybe a recipe would help. Lol

The tomato chutney recipe that I used can be found here:
https://localkitchenblog.com/2...

It's quite delicious!

Mizshelli said:I am really bad at stir fry. Maybe a recipe would help. Lol

I don't make a chinese style sauce usually, though a bit of cornstarch and some chicken broth will work cooked for 90 seconds or so on low heat after the meat and veggies are out of the wok.

I usually just toss them with cooked angel hair spaghetti and add some soy sauce and sesame oil after.

I had a major find today, I was taking some trash to the dumpster behind work, opened the sliding door on it . Someone had thrown out a bunch of canning jars! I checked with my sister to see if I could use her dishwasher for them. There were more than I first thought, ended up being 15 quart size, 21 pints, and 12 8 ounce. I still need to look them over carefully and get new rings and seals but it was my lucky day.

Holy moly, Robin -- that's quite a find! Make sure there are no chips in the rims of the jars (if there are, they won't seal properly). It's a simple matter to get new rings and lids.

Now I'm wondering how many jars that I've given away over the years have ended up in the trash...

I found some at a garage sale and she just gave them to me. I love when that happens because I can almost everything I grow!!!

Sprouts had tomatoes on sale this week. Bought a bunch, made sauce in the Instant Pot and then canned 6 pints.

Mizshelli said:I think it would be cool to have a category to share our recipes and food advice for cooking and canning with our harvests. I love to see what other people do with what they grow (this is how I found Cowboy Candy!!!!!!!). Anyone got any unique recipes for canning they want to share?

Earlier this month someone asked for a place for recipes and this is the post made by dave.
https://garden.org/plants/sear...

Greene, that link took me to the plants database, "View all plants in the genus Callicarpa"

@Weedwacker
That is where it took me as well
@LizDTM
Can you post your sauce recipe for your instapot?
@Yardenman - what's not to love about simple cooking do you make your spaghetti sauce? Do you have a technique and recipe?
I would love to post a recipe for lunch pickles I tried a few weeks ago. It was delicious. I am in Texas right now with my ill Mother. When I get back home I will post it if anyone is interested.

Oops
@Weedwhacker Please see above post

@Toni, I simply cut the tomatoes up, smash them down as I go. Then I put the cover one and cook at pressure for 20 minutes. I let it release naturally usually about 25 minutes. Then I use an immersion blender, because I like a thick sauce.

I can it like that, no spices or anything, just the tomatoes. I prefer to flavor it when I'm using it.

I purchased some peaches at a local produce stand to make low sugar jam. I was not impressed by the flavor of the peaches, ended up adding some cinnamon. Turned out okay, put a spoonful in my cream of wheat yesterday.
I purchased some peaches elsewhere and plan to make more jam today (no sugar). Hoping these peaches have a better flavor.