When I was first getting into the homesteading lifestyle, one of my huge goals was to learn canning. I wanted to be able to preserve the harvest but even more so, I wanted to take Big Food company labels out of my cupboard. We wanted to get away from the boxed and store packaged foods. Canning is extremely intimidating for many people, myself included and oh how I wish “The Organic Canner” had been published at the time! It would have saved me from making more than one mistake but I will get into that later. The things that I enjoyed about this book is the fact that it is both a “how to” and a recipe book! It’s like getting two for one!
Daisy Luther is the author of this wonderful book and she also has a blog: The Organic Prepper.ca. She hails from the Pacific Northwest and I have been following the blog before I even started my own. I appreciate her writing style not only because it is clear and concise, it also has a warm and friendly voice to it that makes you feel like she is in the room with you, just talking.
This is a fantastic book for everyone: from the complete newbie to those who are more proficient. It walks you through the steps for water bath canning AND pressure canning. Daisy even gets into the finer details, explaining the science of why canning works and what is happening during the process. Along with the step by step directions are pages and pages of recipes and ideas that are sure to inspire and get the imagination flowing. I am a big fan of opening my cupboard and seeing shelves of home canned food that is also ready to heat-and-eat! TAKE THAT, Big Food! I have canned up soups or meat and beans before but some of these recipes shared in the book will definitely take me to a whole new level of awesome meal preparation. I love the convenience on those chaotic days when the last thing you want to do is make something from scratch. Instead of reaching for a hamburger helper type mix or some other chemical filled ‘food product,’ I reach for a jar of homemade food where I know where the food actually came from, how the food was processed, and know that what I am eating is actually good for me. Learning to can your own food gives you this benefit and so much more besides!
The book teaches you ways to preserve your harvest while keeping it fun and that is what I appreciated the most. Very well done and highly recommended! If you don’t want to wait to get your hands on a copy of The Organic Canner, click here to buy on Amazon!
this would really help kick start the wife’s part of the homestead dream
It really would! It is a great book. Good luck!
Would love to learn from this book.
It’s a great one! Good luck!
Nice. Thanks for the opp. Looks like a great book.
Thanks for the chance. I have most of the supplies but have never used them due to lack of knowledge. Would really be helpful.
You are ahead of the game then! Good luck!
This is exactly what I’ve been searching for!
I started canning last year & would love this book. I just did basic things like potatoes, beans, soup & apples.
That is exactly how I started out. Now I am making beans/meat/onion jars that are WONDERFUL to take to work for a quick ‘heat and eat’ meal. I am going to have a blast this coming harvest season, playing with all the new recipes! Good luck!
hopefully this will help my daughter in law.
Would love it!!
“TAKE THAT, Big Food!” 🙂 As a single working mom of 3, I would LOVE to have a book at my fingertips to help me on the beginning of my “organic journey”! 🙂 Pick me, pick me!!
“CAN” I get in on it ?
HA! Yes, you CAN! 😉
I just did my first non-broth canning session with some Zaycon chicken this past week. I was quite the bundle of nerves. I would love to have more recipes and guides at my fingertips. Thanks for the chance!
Congratulations! Pressure canning meat is one of the longest time consuming foods to process. If you get meat canning down, you’re set! Good luck!
I have wanted to start canning for at least a year. This would be a great resource and tool to get me started. Ty!
This would be nice to have…..
Sounds like a great book.
Awesome to learn.
My daughter brought home our NEW 21.5 qt pressure canner today! Need to know how not to KILL us!
I would have All the info I need in one book, instead of being spread out across endless articles from the net. WOW, what a treasure!!!
I’ve been wanting to get into canning, have a veggie garden, and some canning stuff, but just learning, thx
My mom was always to busy to teach me to can. I would love to learn so that I can feed my family healthy food and save money too!
This is a great book for a newbie to canning like me. I’d love to have it.
Awesome book, This winter finally convinced my wife that Canning is way better than she remembers her parents doing. This book would let us take it to a whole another level!
Congratulations on the rediscovered skills! Good luck. 🙂
I really want this for my canning this summer!
This would be awesome to have
I am super excited to can this fall!! This book would help so much!
Learned from watching my Grandmother Can 😀 She had a room in her Basement that was Full of Jars. Need to get back into it!
Health problems have led me to healthy choices and canning beef broths.. hopefully.. I just need the right tools.. and up comes this post. I luv it when things work out like this. Hope to hear from you soon!!
I would be very interested in learning how to can in the ways that were before artificial ingredients.
Going all organic after learning of my disease. I just started canning last year did grape juice, pears, and apples. Need to learn pressure canning for my ducks and the deer in my freezer.
Canning is a FANTASTIC way to extend the life of meats that have been in a freezer for several months. Other than our hunting trip, I only buy meat twice a year and save big when I do, because of canning (Here is a link to that article http://www.homesteaddreamer.com/2014/12/29/buy-meat-twice-a-year/). You might want to check for other articles I have about water bath canning and whatnot. If you have questions, you can ask me on Facebook, email (akhomestead.dreamer@gmail.com) or leave a reply on the post and I will be happy to help. Good luck on the giveaway!
This is a fantastic resource Id love to learn more all the time, thank you!
I am still a beginner canner and can use all the inspiration I can get!!!
Woohoo! Congratulations on your new skills. Good luck! 🙂
This would be a great book to have! Thanks for sharing .
It would be wonderful to get this book. I have a pressure cooker but need to get other canning supplies, and knowing this book will help me learn how to can as well as recipes to can would be great. I have been stocking some boxed food but would feel better knowing exactly what I am feeding my family.
I would love to win this book and get started with canning!
I’ve always wanted to learn to can. My attempts so far have been traumatic!