Dry pack canning

What is dry canning? Is it safe? Pressure canning vegetables without liquid is a new trend. Sometimes trends are fun, sometimes not so wise.

Learn the art of dry pack canning. Dry-pack canning is selecting dried foods to store for the long term in mason jars. Foods to dry can include dried pasta, beans, or rice; hard wheat; sugar; powdered sour cream, or powdered cheese. Dry can a whole meal!

When you buy dry stores in bulk (oats, lentils, barley, beans), you are sometimes left with storage problems: creepy-crawlies in your oats...or no room in your freezer. Black beans, brown lentils, oats, red lentils I read an article a while back in Countryside Magazine (Sept/Oct 2011?) that described dry canning - and I couldn't believe how easy it was! Basically, this is what I do: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Take clean, dry quart or half-gallon canning jars and fill them with…

Use these delicious dry packed carrots to compliment any meal or create a meal from scratch. Use these beauties in stir-fries, soups and stews, one-pot meals, as a side dish and so much more. Because they retain their shape when dry packed, they work wonderfully in casseroles, when baking and roasting with other root crops.

These make the BEST fried potatoes on the planet! Because they are not canned in water, the potatoes retain their shape and integrity, and can be used successfully in a variety of recipes like German potato salad, soups and casseroles. Feel free to slice, dice, make French fries or shred your potatoes.

My husband and I have been talking for years about being prepared for an emergency. But when this Covid-19 pandemic hit, we found we were pretty low on many staple items for long term supply. In the beginning, I only had a six-pack of paper towels and a 24-pack of toilet paper in the hall closet. I mean, the items we had in the pantry would probably last us two or three months if we had to stretch it. But what we would really feel more comfortable with is having a year's supply of basic food…

Learn how to can dry packed potatoes with this easy, step-by-step guide. Perfect for preserving your harvest and stocking your pantry year-round.

Why stop at canning fruit? Carnivores can stock up for winter, too! Learn how to dry can ground beef using a pressure canner, from cooking meat to cooling jars.

Canned sausages like this are one of my absolute favorite home-canned convenience foods. Go into the pantry, grab a jar, heat 'em and eat 'em. A meal doesn't get any quicker than that. The other day, I found 19-ounce packages of these sausages for $2.95 each at my favorite discount grocery store. Now, I know some folks assume discount groceries are either outdated, dented, or busted packages and cans. Sometimes, but less often than you think. How's that? As a retired truck driver's wife, let…

How to pressure can dried beans in canning jars so they are shelf stable.