Canning and Preserving for Beginners: The Essential Canning Recipes and Canning Supplies Guide

by John Chatham

Canning & Preserving for Beginners provides step-by-step directions to start your home-canning projects today. Discover just how easy and fun canning can be.

With Canning & Preserving for Beginners:

* Choose from 70 user-friendly recipes and additional helpful tips for canning success
* Get started quickly and painlessly with equipment and supplies checklists
* Make perfect pickles, relishes, and jams and jellies throughout the year as fresh fruits and vegetables become available
* Stay safe with comprehensive instructions and safety guidelines that ensure your canning projects are both easy and foolproof
* Satisfy family members' special dietary needs with low-sodium and low-sugar recipes. Simplify the process of pressure canning of home-cooked meats and prepared dishes.

Canning & Preserving for Beginners: The Essential Canning Recipes & Canning Supplies Guide is your best source for getting started on home canning. Created for novice canners, Canning & Preserving for Beginners is also a great resource for experienced canners interested in trying new recipes.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Reference

164 pages, Paperback

First published June 16, 2013

Reviews

[Kristi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for beginners like myself! Will be trying out some of the recipes this summer!

[Twinkletoes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for beginners and those like myself that have preserved for a little while but aren't experts. It has very helpful tips and recipes with photos. It also gives a bit of a history lesson on the benefits of preserving your own foods. Freezing, water bathing, pressure canning and blanching certain foods. What foods should be frozen and what shouldn't and same with the other two methods. Very helpful book.
I got a free copy from netgalley for reviews and my opinions are my own.

[Lisa Haynes]

I read this book as a beginning preserver. Once COVID hit, I decided to ensure that I could eat healthy in the event of another disaster. These easy to read book gave me all the tools and guidance to produce an amazing canning cabinet.

If you want to know everything in a simplistic way, read this book

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring

Information on both water bath and pressure canning, recipes, altitude charts. Confidence-building chapters filled with reasons for home canning. Sounds like a lot of work but rewarding.

[michelle yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive

Very good book to have on hand. Lots of canning information and recipes. Good book for the price. Do wish they gave fruit measurements in pounds not cups though.

[Maren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good beginner resource

[Ashley S · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I've read on this subject so not sure how it compares to others, but it taught me a lot!

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am curious about canning and serious about giving it a try. This was a highly rated book for beginners that I purchased based on those reviews. Upon receiving it, I read it--skimming the recipes, but lingering on the explanations of the canning process. I feel like I have a good basic understanding of the canning process, both water bath and pressure canning. The recipes are pretty basic, but that's what I was looking for. There are plenty that I am eager to try, and from the clear and concise explanations in this book, I'm confident enough to get started. I did find a couple of copy/paste typos in the recipes--for example, one recipe says to simmer until sugar and salt are dissolved, but there is no sugar in the recipe, only salt.

[Judy Foltz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great canning book.

I love the recipes in this book. I can't wait to start canning!! I am waiting for the fruits and vegetables to grow so they can be picked for canning.

[Violet · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book for beginners. Easy to follow instructions and some good recipes to start out with. Before you know it you'll be hooked on home canning and expanding your recipe files. Enjoy!