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The USDA maintains a whole section on canning. They also give suggestions as to if something can be Steam, pressure or water bath canned. For those just starting out, I highly suggest you look through their site and start there. As for me, I can meats all the time. Canned meat or "potted"...

Rather than using refined sugar in my diabetic diet or artificial sweeteners which I appear to react quite negatively to, I cook with honey. Because honey is so expensive, its natural to keep my "sweets" to a minimum or I would be spending a fortune. Honey doesn't spike like refined sugar...

The original crockpot in our family at least; is a huge cast iron pot that was used on cattle drives over the fire. "Cookie" as the camp cook was always called could put those beans on over the coffee fire to heat them up, place them in a box with straw and all the other cow hands could simply...

Refrigerator clean out stew. I almost always have a few vegetables or slices of roasted meats left over. I toss almost all the vegetables into the crockpot and what ever left over roast I have until the crockpot is filled to the top with ingredients. I then will brown a large onion and a...

This time of year, fresh cranberries are in nearly every store. I love fresh cooked cranberry sauce. You can eat it fresh, pressure cook it or freeze it to preserve and add "other items" to change the complexity and dishes you can serve it with. We even use it as an ice cream topper in our...

Hi all, new here and wanted to introduce myself real quick. Having multiple jobs and many pets my cooking time is limited. Add to this the fact that I am diabetic, I am always looking for new and delicious ways to cook for either the dogs or for my family with the crockpot. My first job...