The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home

The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home

Janet Chadwick

You don’t need lots of time or years of experience to preserve garden-fresh fruits and vegetables. Simple step-by-step instructions give you the confidence and know-how to freeze, dry, can, root cellar, and brine your favorite vegetables and fruits. Grate and freeze excess zucchini; it will be perfect in quick breads and muffins all winter long. Pick up a crate of inexpensive, less-than-perfect tomatoes at the farmers’ market and turn them into jars of spicy salsa, or buy a few extra peaches and can a delicious batch of jam. Use the overflow of green beans from your garden to make tasty dilly beans to give as holiday gifts. These techniques and recipes will have you eating locally all year long.

• Paper
• Pages: 240
• Size: 7 x 9
• Color: Two-color; Illustrations throughout
• ISBN: 978-1-60342-145-4
• Order Number: 62145