The past couple of weeks I have been spending some of my extra free time canning. My friend let me borrow this nifty little machine called the "deni jar vac." It is so easy to use and actually really fun. I went to costco and bought some of our favorite snacks and dry packed them. Apparently it keeps most things good for 3 to 5 yrs.
My kids actually helped & had fun stuffing jars full of snacks!
I probably went a little crazy but this is obviously something you would do once you have most of your year supply. It is just a little added bonus and may taste really good after eating the cannery's food or my dehydrated stuff.
A few things that I chose were.... fishies - marsh mellows - licorice - snickers bars - M&Ms - trail mix - almonds - walnuts - pretzels - pistachios - fruit snacks - jolly ranchers - chocolate chips - turkey jerky - etc!
This past week we spent a few days @ one of my sister's house CANNING ALL day! It was a team effort and was really fun. Her poor kitchen was a total mess - we canned BUTTER - GROUND BEEF - SALSA & PINTO BEANS. Thanks Carrie for allowing us the use of your kitchen, next time it will be in mine or Tiff's!
The ground beef was so easy & I believe will be nice to have someday to add to different meals
Yummy Salsa
We borrowed my mom's food saver and stocked up @ costco again. We bagged and sealed lots of yummy dry snacks.
Our family loves popcorn and with my butter..... DELICIOUS!
Here is the salsa - ground beef - butter & pinto beans getting ready to be stored away
We also did granola bars - oreo's - ritz crackers & graham crackers. This is also a really cool machine to have @ your home. I like the use of the jars but this is probably better if you have limited space.
This is a part of my storage room down in my basement ( favorite room in my house) I try and use it as my little grocery store and just keep things rotating all the time.
I am just showing a part of my supply - on the other side are all the boxes of dehydrated and cannery food.
And then last but not least you gotta have your water! Scott buys a crate @ costco every few months and we just rotate thru it!
I do not believe you can ever have to much food and water. As scary as our world is becoming, I feel much more @ ease with anything that will come our way as long as I am doing my part to be prepared spiritually and temporally. Hopefully when the time comes and things start to fall apart... I can have the attitude "Bring it on" and will not fear what is to come. I guess that is why we are told to have our year supply. Any of you who have this hanging over your head..... just take baby steps & don't get over whelmed - it has actually been a little addicting for me!
22 comments:
hey its me and Carrie, You got some fantastick pictures, looks so yummy I don't want to wait for a disaster.(perhaps we won't be waiting too long ha ha)..Next time I come lets get together for another marathon of canning..love ya mama-seeta
That is really awesome.
Now I know where to come if we have a disaster! You have me motivated to expand what I have! I will have to give me the full low down. Great work!
It was so fun to can this past week. Since I haven't been shopping as much this has been the perfect little activity. I would like to do more this week, I just wish I had a big storage room like yours to put it all!!!!! It definitely made it more fun to do it together!
wow that is so great, i wanna do all that stuff for my future home. it could be way sooner than we even think... that all looks yummy. i bet it is addicting!! what a great way to spend your extra time. hope all is well, i just got back from my road trip to idaho this weekend, it was such a blast!! i will post pictures soon, love ya!!
WOW!! Great Job Tracey! I needed some motivation...Thanks! Can you give me some tips on the actual sealing of the jars? I've never canned before.
You are killing me. I am so impressed Tracey. We've been putting together ours also, but after seeing your supply I'm feeling inspired to improve. I was just thinking about ya. It's been awhile since I've checked in. I hope you are doing good. Life should now be settling down. Let's get together.
Good Job..can you come do that for me? I need to borrow one of those little machines!! Looks like you all had fun doing it.
Thanks for motivating me. I need details on the hamburger!! Great job!
Tracey, i am very impressed with this post! good job! where did you get that little machine? i am very interested. i never even though of canning yummy snacks. i love your water supply. holy cow, that's tons of water. i need to wash out our 50 gallon barrels and fill with good water to store. isn't it addicting? i am sure glad that your meat turned out great. i seriously have been having fun canning and stocking up on our food storage. keep up the good work.
I'm really impressed with how much canning you guys did! Too bad I had SO many appointments last week. Let me know when you plan on doing it again.:)
What a great post! I've been thinking about ways to build up our food storage, now that we actually have some extra space to keep it in. Thanks for the great ideas - what a fun activity for you girls to do together!
xo-Jennifer
Impressive! You are inspiring me. Totally true - if you have some good snacks, it will help ease the pain of the not-so-great stuff I may make out of our other food storage.
Fun stuff. What a good idea. It seems pretty easy. Where do you get the jar sealer?
Oh I am so jealous of your storage room! My mom has one of those and it is so nice! I am having to use some really creative juices to find places to store all my stuff! I told Tiff I want directions on how to can butter. That is such a good idea. I told my mom what you guys did and we might just have to copy!
sooooooo impressed! I was just going to start the pressure canning thing but was a bit intimidated. Now, I must keep up with the Simas' family! Great work!
That looks like a candy store! AMAZING...seriously all my favorites. I'm SO impressed at how prepared you are.
I freaked out when I looked at your blog this morning and saw your picture of your deni-vac cuz I was using mine last night and laughing at myself that I took pictures of it to BLOG about it when I'm done. Last night I finished my chicken and beef bullion and cheese powder. Today I will jar 25 lbs of tomato powder, cocoa and more. It's the best feeling and addicting!!! Good job you! Great minds think alike!
Wow Tracey you are SET! I'm so impressed. I so need to get working on that! I love that you have a great storage room to keep it all in, and that you actually utilize it. I'm impressed how organized you are. Man that's a skill I need to develop!
It was GREAT to see you tonight!!!! I always enjoy talking to you.When I need a great treat I know who to call
you are AWESOME!!!
Love
Vanessa
I have one word for you........SUPERMOM! Where can I get some of that energy you have?
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