I've never tried canning with tomato based stuff. I just freeze it in quart or gallon sized ziplock baggies. Here is my recipe:
1 to 1½ pounds of ground beef
½ onion, chopped
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1 can tomato sauce
1 bell pepper, chopped
Italian seasoning, oregano, salt and pepper (to taste)
Brown beef with onion til well cooked. Drain. Add other ingredients and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
This is the recipe I use for speghetti and lasagna. I usually make a big batch of it and freeze it in meal size portions. You can add some carrots and/or whatever other veggies you want in it, too.
When you start talking about putting vegetables into the tomato sauce then you start talking pressure canning. Here's one recipe I found that calls for that. NEVER MESS WITH A CANNING RECIPE. Don't change ingredients! You can end up poisoning your family. I don't mean to scare anyone, except I kinda do.
I just want to thank you for the recipes and the instructions. I have looked all over the web for this.And now i even have the instructions on the water bath method thanks agian
This is why I freeze instead of can. I mess with recipies as I go along and seldom measure. I just hate to take the chance. Besides, I have plenty of freezer space.
That happens around here every other year or so for at least a little while and sometimes for the better part of a day. I wouldn't be surprised if you, knowing you, have a backup generator an' a tank of diesel, but some folks don't!
It's always good to be able to do either; it is possible to get too dependent on the freezer and lose all of your hard work and food storage in a bad storm--not because a tornado carried off the chest freezer, but because a tree downed a power line somewhere.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
proud owner of a chest freezer and a large collection of canning jars...
There is a generator in the camper if I need it (can just plug anything in with an extension cord), and I have an 8,000 gallon diesel tank, and have a 250 gallon tank ready for gas (the generator is gas, not deisel). But as long as you don't open it, a power outage shouldn't hurt it for long. We usually don't lose power for long, couple hours or so.
But I have to laugh at the thought of a tree downing a power line here. You've never seen our treeless Llano Estacado (high plains), have you? LOL!
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I freeze, don't can
I've never tried canning with tomato based stuff. I just freeze it in quart or gallon sized ziplock baggies. Here is my recipe:
1 to 1½ pounds of ground beef
½ onion, chopped
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1 can tomato sauce
1 bell pepper, chopped
Italian seasoning, oregano, salt and pepper (to taste)
Brown beef with onion til well cooked. Drain. Add other ingredients and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
This is the recipe I use for speghetti and lasagna. I usually make a big batch of it and freeze it in meal size portions. You can add some carrots and/or whatever other veggies you want in it, too.
Jenny
Here's a recipe
When you start talking about putting vegetables into the tomato sauce then you start talking pressure canning. Here's one recipe I found that calls for that. NEVER MESS WITH A CANNING RECIPE. Don't change ingredients! You can end up poisoning your family. I don't mean to scare anyone, except I kinda do.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
Thank you!
I just want to thank you for the recipes and the instructions. I have looked all over the web for this.And now i even have the instructions on the water bath method thanks agian
Which is why
This is why I freeze instead of can. I mess with recipies as I go along and seldom measure. I just hate to take the chance. Besides, I have plenty of freezer space.
Jenny
ah, but what happens...
...if the power goes out?
That happens around here every other year or so for at least a little while and sometimes for the better part of a day. I wouldn't be surprised if you, knowing you, have a backup generator an' a tank of diesel, but some folks don't!
It's always good to be able to do either; it is possible to get too dependent on the freezer and lose all of your hard work and food storage in a bad storm--not because a tornado carried off the chest freezer, but because a tree downed a power line somewhere.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
proud owner of a chest freezer and a large collection of canning jars...
You got it!!
There is a generator in the camper if I need it (can just plug anything in with an extension cord), and I have an 8,000 gallon diesel tank, and have a 250 gallon tank ready for gas (the generator is gas, not deisel). But as long as you don't open it, a power outage shouldn't hurt it for long. We usually don't lose power for long, couple hours or so.
But I have to laugh at the thought of a tree downing a power line here. You've never seen our treeless Llano Estacado (high plains), have you? LOL!
Jenny
not talkin about you!
I live in Tree Central!
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
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