Easy Preserving Recipes, Tips & Resources

Whether you’re looking for a way to use up a load of green beans or try your hand at canning jam, there’s something for you in this list of preserving recipes, tips, and the best resources.

It’s no secret I love “putting up” the food from our garden that we harvest since I’ve written about canning, freezing, and drying produce since the beginning of AOC in 2009. But what you might not know is this:

I didn’t grow up learning about canning and preserving, and didn’t really know many people who did.

It was only when I started growing our own food that I wanted to fine ways to preserve with this garden goodness – no way was I going to let it go to waste! I started to check out books from the library to learn what I could about preserving food, but I still remember being so scared the first time I canned food! (Which was jam, the best thing to start with, by the way.) You know what?

It was easy, safe, and produced a great “I made this” feeling that turned out to be kind of addicting.

It was so empowering to make my own foods that passing on what I’ve learned and helping you to preserve your own food is one of the main reasons I started this blog (along with Pantry Basic recipes which we’re also so empowering and enlightening to me – you CAN make mayo and ketchup at home!).

So preserving recipes are a cornerstone of AOC and my goal is for you to be inspired and armed with both knowledge and tried-and-true recipes that are safe and easy to do.

Consider this page as all-in-one resource for everything preserving: recipes, tips, and needed supplies. This will be continually updated, so pin this for future reference when when you’re surrounded by baskets of tomatoes, berries, or whatever produce you love. (You can hop over to the preserving recipe visual index, too, if you’d like to see pictures of the recipes.)