Pressure Canning for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Tomatoes, Vegetables and Meat the Safe, Fast and Easy Way

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Pressure canning is arguably the easiest and most reliable way to preserve shelf-stable foods year round, and this one-stop guide walks beginners step by step through all the nuances. Preserving guru Angi Schneider, author of The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables, shares her abundance of knowledge on pressure canning the safe and easy way. Angi teaches reliable methods that are in accordance with the latest food safety recommendations for pressure canning. Readers will find answers to all their canning questions, as well as creative recipes to meet their every need. Enjoy the flavor of garden tomatoes all year with jars of Italian Style Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilis, Marinara Sauce and more. Learn how to can all kinds of soups for easy grab-and-go meals, such as Butternut and White Bean Soup and Mushroom Soup. One of the most popular benefits of canning is that it's a safe shelf-stable way to preserve meats. Angi covers the gamut from Pot Roast in a Jar to Chicken Marsala, Spaghetti Sauce with Meat, Swedish Meatballs and so much more. Packed with 100 practical family-friendly recipes and full-page color photography throughout, this beautiful, modern guide to pressure canning will become a trusted resource that readers turn to again and again.

Angi Schneider is the creator of the blog SchneiderPeeps where she shares tips on gardening, real food cooking, preserving food, herbalism and more. She has written for Countryside magazine and participated in the Beyond Off the Grid summit. She is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables. Angi lives on a 1.5-acre homestead with her family on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Praise for Pressure Canning for Beginners and Beyond "Angi Schneider's recipes are well researched, easy to follow and accompanied with gorgeous photos. This comprehensive guide is a must-have for your food preservation library!" --Stephanie Thurow, author of Can It & Ferment It "This amazing book will help you have healthy, delicious meals from scratch with just the pop ofa jar lid." --Kathie Lapcevic, founder of Homespun Seasonal Living "Angi's book is a must-have for every home, homestead and farmstead. I am excited to dig in to this recipe book and begin filling my pantry with items I've never preserved before!" --Ann Accetta-Scott, founder of A Farm Girl in the Making Praise for Angi's First Book, The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables "When you find yourself with an abundance of vegetables, Angi Schneider has got you covered. She makes home food preservation accessible to everyone--no experience required." --Kris Bordessa, author and creator of Attainable Sustainable "Using the tips, tricks and yummy recipes within, you'll learn to build a pantry guaranteed to make your great- grandmothers beam with pride." --Jan Berry, founder of The Nerdy Farm Wife, author of The Big Book of Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home "This beautiful preserving guide is a must-have for your homestead kitchen. Angi's book is perfect for anyone wanting to preserve the harvest in every way possible!" --Colleen Codekas, founder of Grow Forage Cook Ferment, author of Healing Herbal Infusions "This is the perfect resource for any home gardener, CSA subscriber or farmers' market shopper. Angi gives concise recipes and ideas to keep your vegetables in the pantry for the next season. Even better are the creative and simple recipes to use those preserves in your meal planning routine." --Kathie N. Lapcevic, creator of Homespun Seasonal Living "I have books on dehydrating, books on fermentation, books on canning and freezing. But The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables not only has it all in one beautiful book. I absolutely love the cheat sheets which give a quick comparison of all the methods of preservation for a particular vegetable so I can easily decide which method to choose. And to top it all off, dozens of tasty recipes are included so that I'm not just preserving plain vegetables, but soups and side dishes ready to serve when time is limited." --Susan Vinskofski, founder of Learning and Yearning "I've loved gardening all my life, and the one thing that drives me crazy is seeing my veggies go bad before I get the chance to use them. Well, problem solved! With Angi's book, I can turn all those fresh veggies into delicious treats that can be stored away for later. It's such a gift!" --Nicole Malik, author of Weeknight One-Pot Vegan Cooking, founder of Delicious Every Day "The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables is filled with beautiful photos and step by step directions for everything you need to preserve your garden harvest. This will be a resource I'll come back to again and again." --Kathy Berget, founder of Beyond the Chicken Coop "Angi shares great tips for preserving food that your family will love and using parts of the plant that might normally go in the compost. Many of these recipes are quick and easy, saving you time and using ingredients you already have on hand. If you are looking for a thorough guide on preserving vegetables from the market or your garden, this guide has got you covered... and then some!" --Lisa Lombardo, founder of The Self Sufficient HomeAcre "Angi makes preserving vegetables seem easy and gives so much useful information. This book is perfect for anyone that loves to garden, cook, or is interested in learning more homemaking skills." --Lisa Sharp, founder of Retro Housewife Goes Green "A beautifully scripted guide on preserving food and giving you the confidence to put healthy food in the pantry for your family that they will truly love to eat." --Darcy Baldwin, founder of The Purposeful Pantry