
I definitely did not can as much this year as I did in the past two years, but I have continued to can, steadily, especially some of my favorites. As i sit here on a snowy, Minnesota evening, waiting for the year to end, I wanted to do a quick update.
My Most and Least Favorite Jars from 2022
The Things I will definitely can again next year:
Tomato Sauce
Roasted Tomato Soup
Green Beans
Sweet Corn
Mexican Corn (great on n nachos!)
Ugly Chicken
Stock - all types
Cherry Jam
Posole
Beef Stroganoff (possibly with the left over and frozen Christmas Prime Rib!)
Hearty Chicken Stew
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Blackberry Jam (the sugar free was a failure!)
Things I probably won't can again next year:
Tomato Paste
Holiday Spice Jam (at least made without enough strawberries)
Ground Beef
Hatch chiles (we still have many from 2 years ago, and they were so much work, it's not hard to just purchase them!)
Things I want to try to can next year:
More of the prepared foods for quick weeknight dinners.
More soups
Salsas
Jalapeño jam, cowboy candy again or pickled jalapeños
That's the wrap of canning for the year. I don't have a total count of how many jars I canned or how many are still in the pantry, but my kitchen shelf is full and my basement stash is only 1 shelf, which is a much more reasonable level of canned jars of food for my small household!
Thanks for stopping by!
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