I have been blessed with abundance of fresh produce from the garden in my backyard so I have been canning them and freezing them so I don't have to buy stuff during the winter season. I mistly canned tomato sauce because I love using himemade sauce for my cooking.
You can learn the process of canning in my post last year on how to properly can tomatoes. I will also post later on how I freeze some of my veggies.
Wahing the tomatoes before I put the boiling water in for the skin to tear off easy when peeling. This year is my first time of canning roma tomatoes. I usually just use it for cooking but since there are so many of them this year, I decided to can them too.
Here soaking in the hot water.
My kids really love counting how many of the lids have popped already which means, it is sealed. Right now, I have canned 42 quarts of tomato sauce, 8 pints of salsa, and freeze green beans and kale. I still have many tomatoes to can, I think I will do one more and that's it. I will just freeze the remaining.
This is the first time I have canned so many so I am labeling them according to the dates so I know which one to use first. I love this Maco dissolvable labels that I got for review from Shoplet. I received the amazing bundle of this eco friendly of dissolvable labels. They are easy biodegradable and no mess solution to temporarily label every day items. This bundle comes with 3 different packs
- MACMDL1805PK3 - 1 pack of Maco XL labels 8.5” x 11”
- MACMDL1205PK3- 1 pack of Maco 2 1/3” x 3 3/8” rectangle labels
- MACM83403PK6- 1 pack of Maco 1.5 x 2.5” Oval labels
You know those labels in the commercial bottles, they are hard to peel off so I love the fact that these labels easuly dissolves once it comes in contact with water. I am very happy with that because I re-use all my canning jars every year so I don't have to worry about sticky residue. It easily sticks with plastic, wood, or glass. Since it is bidegradable, you can safely run them through dishwasher without worrying about clogging it with paper.
So this is my canned tomato sauce and salsa. I stored them at our storage area in the basement.
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Disclosure: The owner of this blog was NOT financially compensated to write this review. I was provided with the products mentioned in exchange of my honest opinion which may differ from yours.
Wow, you can make money out of this Rose, Rose Organics... hihi.. hugs to the burritos :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to make my own tomato sauce! This must have been quite an experience.
ReplyDeleteOh my, look at all those tomatoes! I wish I lived close to you so you can teach me how to do stuff like that. Way to go, frugal mom! You are showing your kids a good example.
ReplyDeleteWow! Look at all the tomatoes you harvest Sis and tomato sauce too, that is so cool.
ReplyDeleteNice idea on bottling your tomato sauce, I hope I can try it for my recipes :) I admire you for doing this :)
ReplyDeletenice idea for those who are thinking to go a homebased business...
ReplyDeleteDissolveable labels? First time I heard about it! Wow!!! You sure should sell those or give them as presents for this Christmas!!! SO awesome! I love how the labels look, your cans are so well-organized. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic! I can't tell you much I hate trying to get a regular label off of my jars. I'll definitely be picking up some of these.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this! My grandmother is a canner and usually just writes on the jars with permanent marker. I will be forwarding this to her so that she can look into it. This would be so much easier since we always reuse the jars.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to can food. My friend cans all the time and I am trying to learn from her. I will tell her about these labels.
ReplyDeleteOh my .... so organized! You did an amazing job with those tomatoes. I have one plant and produced at least 100 fruits. We couldn't eat all of them so we gave them away
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Wow! This is fabulous I'd love to make my own sauces like this. How awesome. These labels sound pretty wicked too, I'll have to check them out! - Jeanine
ReplyDeleteThose dissolvable labels sure sound convenient! As an Apartment Dweller I don't get to grow stuff, I sure wish I could, the best I can grow on a windowsill is herbs! Wait I have the herbs, you have the tomato! LOL :-)
ReplyDeleteTracy @ Ascending Butterfly
can you make me some and ship it to me please? Yum. I make my own sometimes but I didn't this year.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a pantry full of freshly canned tomatoes! And those labels sound awesome! I hate trying to get sticky labels off of things!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like an incredibly well-stocked canning room! The tomatoes look amazing, and the labels look like a great complement to the tomatoes! So jealous.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of dissolvable labels. I would love to make all my own stuff and jar it. Like homemade jam is one of my absolute fav things.
ReplyDeleteYou did have a good harvest this year! I love how you put all those tomatoes into good use. You inspire me to start my own vegetable garden!
ReplyDeleteWow, you can make a lot of sauce with the amount of tomatoes you have. I wish I have a space for a garden, so I can plant veggies, too.
ReplyDeleteOh my kamatis, so mapula and love how they are stored.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to try doing this. I hate trying to wash off the labels. I love the idea of dissolvable labels./
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a lot. I've never tried canning. Glad you labeled them. I've labeled all the containers in our kitchen cabinets too.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, those tomatoes look fantastic! I am so jealous right now! lol How I wish I have a garden too where I could produce fresh veggies and fruits. I've wanted to try canning for so long!
ReplyDeleteOne of my bestows makes her own sauce and does just this with it!! Nothing better than homemade!
ReplyDeleteNothing better than homemade sauce it changes every thing about your dish!
ReplyDeleteOkay that is absolutely amazing. I wish I did more canning!
ReplyDeleteHomemade food is the best. You put a lot of love into your canning and the labels just add to that. I have never heard about those before.
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