CANNING

I remember as a kid my Great Grandparents canning their own pickles.  I am sure they canned other things but I remember the pickles...maybe it's because I LOVE pickles.  Because of this I have always wanted to try my hand at canning. 

About a year ago I came across this website that fresh produce for super cheap.  I always wanted to try it out but was a little sceptical. 

The website is  http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/.  For $15 you get a conventional basket that is fruits and vegetables.  When they say basket, they mean basket.  It is the white round laundry basket, one full of fruit and one full of vegetables.  They also have bread, cookies (at certain times of the year), pumpkins for Halloween, and then extra add on packs.  The bread, cookies, pumpkins, and extra packs range from about $8.50 to around $15.00 or more. 

The first time I tried it was in late August. They had a Mexican add on pack.  The extra pack came with 3 avocados, cilantro, 2 onions, 6 jalapenos, 4 green chilies, tomotillo's, and a bunch of limes.  All of that was $8.50.  I couldn't go to the store and buy that for that price.  We LOVED IT!! 

So I started to watch the website for the extra packs.  Then about 2 weeks ago they had a 25 LB box of tomato's for $13.   HELLO can we say GREAT DEAL!! I was SOLD.  They also had an Italian pack that came with fresh herbs.   I bought a box and later told Brandon that we were going to try canning.  He loves to make hot sauce and I like to make my own spaghetti sauce.  So we spent one Saturday making hot sauce and spaghetti sauce then canning it all.  I have never made spaghetti sauce with all fresh ingredients.  Everything that Saturday was a first for me.

Last night we tried our spaghetti sauce and we LOVED IT!!  I think this is something that I will continue to do.