Canning Recipes and Food Preservation Tips for Beginners and Homesteaders

Whether you’re an experienced homesteader or just starting to explore how you can live a little more self sufficient, you’re in the right place. I’m showing you how easy it is to make food from scratch, preserve your garden harvest or that deal you scored at the grocery store by canning, freeze drying, dehydrating, or freezing! 

Explore Canning Recipes and Food Preservation

Easy and delicious recipes for water bath canning and pressure canning, plus freezer meals ready to pop in the oven, dehydrating and freeze drying tips, baking recipes, homesteading and natural living resources.

Preserving The Summer

If you’re looking to preserve your summer harvest – whether it be from the garden or a deal at the grocery store, this digital canning book was made for you! 

This Preserving The Summer digital cookbook is packed with 26 canning recipes showing you how to preserve everything from zucchini to strawberries to pickles. 

This cookbook is also great for beginners as every recipe only requires a water bath canner (which is just a big ol’ pot of water)! 

homemade strawberry lemonade concentrate canned in glass mason jar with fresh watermelon and lemons on kitchen counter

Get my Processing Times + Elevation Chart Freebie!

This chart gives you processing times for over 40 different types of canning ingredients. Print this and put on your fridge!

homemade chicken pot pie filling shelf stable canning recipe

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Meet the author

Hey there! I’m Ashlie!

I’m a stage IV breast cancer survivor turned homesteader, who now has a passion for cooking from scratch, preserving food the way my grandma did, and finding ways to live a more toxin free life.

What products do I recommend?

Check out my Resources page!

I’ve included everything from canning, pantry essentials, kitchen gadgets, to non-tox and low-tox items.