Do you find yourself drooling over beautiful photos of pickles and jams on pinterest? 🥒🥫
Have you been impressed by the home canning skills of your fellow Homemade ladies?😋
Well the truth is; it’s actually really easy to do!
And this month’s topic is a great way to get more healthy, whole ingredients into your pantry:
You’ll learn everything you need to know, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced canner looking for some fresh tips and recipes.
Just scroll down to see some of the exciting techniques you’ll be learning and exploring this month.
Here’s just a couple techniques you’ll get to try:
✅(1) Preservation in Oil: Olive oil is a natural preservative that can help you store the flavors and nutrients of fresh produce! By creating a seal over your ingredients, it prevents oxidation and spoilage, and aids your body in absorbing more vitamins.
✅(2) Fermentation: Fermentation is one of the best ways to preserve ingredients and nourish your gut health. Foods that have been fermented are rich in probiotics, and can aid in better digestion and stronger immunity.
✅(3) Canning: By learning this process for yourself, you’ll be able to keep the nourishment of fresh fruits and vegetables year-long, and avoid added preservatives canned items from the store contain.
You’ll get to practice and master each of these techniques, and a few more, including a healthy twist on making jam! 🍓🍇🍒
Here’s some of this month’s recipe highlights:
By pickling your green beans you’ll preserve all their vitamin C, dietary fiber, folate, and vitamin K. This ensures your heart health, brain function, and immune system will be supported all year long.
The fermentation process adds even more nutritional benefits by building up good bacteria, called probiotics. These can help lower inflammation, resolve skin and digestive issues, and even curb sugar spikes.
Italian-style Tomatoes Preserved in Oil
Tomatoes are rich in potassium, folate, and Vitamin K and can help lower blood pressure, decrease bloating, and prevent osteoporosis- but these benefits and nutrients start to drop off once the summer months end.
Many tomatoes you find at the grocery store during the off season have much lower nutrient levels, and they taste like it! By packing seasonal, fresh tomatoes in oil, you can preserve all their flavor and health benefits right at home.
Pineapples are loaded with antioxidants, which can help lower levels of inflammation and support metabolism. Pineapple is great for improving digestion, hormonal health, and overall mindset; thanks to an all-important enzyme, bromelain!
By roasting the pineapple, we bring out its natural sweetness and intensify the flavors through browning. Both these natural sugars and the high levels of acidity, make for a flavor-packed salsa that is perfect for storing.
Here’s the link to the rest of this month’s recipes:
Every recipe in one document for easy printing.
And here are the individual recipes:
Zesty Pickled Green Beans and Onions
Simple Chia Jam with Any Fruit
Roasted Broccoli and Citrus Pesto
Oil-packed Italian-style Tomatoes
Mild Red Pepper Jelly
Maple Pumpkin Apple Butter – 3 Ways
Caramelized Pineapple Salsa
Canned Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce
Bread and Butter Pickles
As always, you can download or print these recipes to use at anytime.
I’m so excited to find out how your preserve making goes! Be sure to post and share what you create in our Homemade Facebook Member’s Only group.
And if you tag those posts with #successplus, they’ll be easy for everyone to see!
