Preserving Summer's Bounty is filled with hundreds of delicious, healthy recipes that are also quick and easy to prepare. From salads to desserts, these healthful, money-saving recipes will satisfy even the most finicky tastes. 100 illustrations.
This book covers everything you need to know about freezing, canning, preserving, pickling, drying, juicing, and root cellaring. Step-by-step instructions make it easy for even a beginner to follow.
The book starts out with a harvesting guide that includes all methods that can be used to preserve each crop. Next, freezing is covered including a crop-by-crop guide and blanching methods.
Then both bath and pressure canning are demonstrated in detail. A processing timetable for each crop is included as well. Instructions for making fruit butters as well as cooked, pectin, and refrigerator jams and jellies follows.
The drying section includes shelf life for dried food and instructions for making your own dryer. There are also over 250 delicious recipes you can freeze, can or preserve and a resource guide for modern and heirloom seeds.
Paperback: 384 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 9.15 x 7.45
