Neither my husband nor I grew up in a hunting family, fishing yes, hunting no. However, when we moved to this area we met many people who hunt and over the years we have become a family who eats wild game. Each fall you’ll find me canning venison as it’s my favorite way to preserve […]

We’ve been canning up a storm lately and most of has been done using a pressure canner. We ordered extra meat from our meat co-op and canned some with onions and garlic like we do venison. We also canned some chili con carne (recipe will be on the blog next week). A friend gave us […]

I love the convenience of having canned black beans and other dried beans on hand. However, I don’t like the price of buying canned black beans. So one of the first things I learned to can in my pressure canner was how to can dried beans. Every year I buy dried beans in bulk and […]