Make a large batch, eat, can what is left

[seedcorn]

With the use of pressure canner, makes it so easy. Last year made a large batch of gumbo-minus meat-then in winter, brown meat, add gumbo- quick, good meal. Do the same with spaghetti sauce.

Anyone else do that?

 

[majorcatfish]

With the use of pressure canner, makes it so easy. Last year made a large batch of gumbo-minus meat-then in winter, brown meat, add gumbo- quick, good meal. Do the same with spaghetti sauce.

Anyone else do that?

love the gumbo idea... usually we make certain base sauces we just freeze them, got to try gumbo ...thanks...

 

[Ridgerunner]

I can spaghetti sauce and vegetable soup to use that way. Our Saturday night meal is usually open a quart of vegetable soup, add cooked chicken, and have some cheese and crackers. A quick easy meal with minimum clean-up. I don't do it often but have made eggplant parmesan (fully cooked) and frozen it for an easy meal. Just warm it up. I don't do it with left-overs though, these are all planned.

 

[majorcatfish]

left overs never happen around here....as long as our dd and ds live with us....

 

[seedcorn]

Mom used to do vegetable soup. Pressure cookers make life so much easier. Always hated water bathes as too slow and always felt like mis use of energy as it took so long to bring it to a boil.

 

[baymule]

I never canned gumbo, but I have canned vegetable soup with whatever was ready in the garden. Sometimes if I make a large meal, like lasagna or enchiladas, I make two pans and freeze one for later.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I have to get over this fear of tomatoes and water bath.

 

[canesisters]

It's really kinda dumb of me - but I never eat what I'm canning right away. I just can't seem to bring myself to break that seal if it's only been on the shelf a couple of days. The other week I canned up several pints of tomato sauce. It smelled sooo good! And the next day I was craving a simple pasta and sauce... but nope! Can't open the jars yet.
I know... I'm weird

 

[seedcorn]

@canesisters why not go to garden and use fresh tomatoes?

 

[Ridgerunner]

@seedcorn convenience, at least for me. It takes time to cook tomatoes down into a sauce of the proper thickness. It takes an effort and time to harvest or gather, cut and chop, the onions, peppers, herbs, and spices to flavor a good sauce. After they have been processed the flavors have blended quite well, better than fresh sauce.

I can dried beans purely for the convenience of going to the pantry and opening a cooked jar of beans. it saves a lot of time and effort, plus you are not heating up the kitchen in the summer with all that cooking.

@canesisters I understand. Too bad one didn't seal so you would not feel guilty about using it right away.