I am blessed beyond measure.
Truly.
One of these blessings is that I am alive and healthy.
My own personal conviction is to try the best I can, with what I have (and whom!), to keep myself (& us) that way.
Which, for our family, means healthy eating, among other things.
My dear friend Holly posted a recipe for salsa a while back. I have always wanted to try canning. Loving the natural/healthiness of the process, yet a tad unsure if I was actually capable of doing it.
Yesterday, I overcame that fear and, started chopping a gigantic pot of fresh, healthy, wholesome, YUMMY! goodness.
**okay, so when I said healthy, I meant healthy PLUS a bit of diet coke.**
okay, minus the paste and 2TBSP of sugar..shh..don't tell!!
had my cookbook on the counter!
mmm..yummy...starting to boil.
I knew that IF I was to try canning, I HAD TO figure a way to keep the kitchen clean. Which, for me, means doing the dishes AS I go. As well as putting away 'extra' ingredients while I cook. I simply can not leave it all to the end. I'm weird that way.
First round of dishes.
"A picture of me mama, pease !"
After a few tries the cans end up in my NEW (thanks dad!) pot. With a little help from Mike.
VOILA!!!
I have to wait 24 hours to see if it really worked. I did hear some popping though, so let's hope!
7 comments:
There is nothing more beautiful than the sound of those lids sealing: "POP!"
I ususally leave the jars on the counter for a week so I can admire them! lol (I wish I was joking...)
I also just have to try a jar right away even though it gets tastier over time. : )
Great job Amy! I hope you had fun! Did the kid's complain about the "smells" in the house that day? Our boy doesn't care for it much, so I open the windows to air out the house a bit, afterward.
H.
Congratulations...you are WONDER WOMAN!!!!
lol..not quite Jen.
But pretty darn close..haha!!
I'm thinking of canning apple pie filling next..what r ur thoughts on that? easy? good to eat after?
hmmmm
Hol.
no complaints on smells.
Hannah LOVES salsa and LOVED the smell.
Isaiah didn't notice. Mike said it smelled yummy.
I did try some that was 'left over'. not so bad at alL!
nice! looks so good! i love salsa, but when we've made it, it really stinks up the house! :)
Megan
: ) Yummy!
Yum ... I used to do lots of canning and loved opening a jar in the dead of winter and having nice fresh tasting "whatever"! Haven't done it in awhile though ... maybe it's time to start again?
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