Canning Spaghetti Sauce Again!

I canned another batch of spaghetti sauce up last night:

7  24oz jars
1 pint jar


2012 canning:


16 pints potatoes
8 pints corn
10 3/4 pt ketchup
12 1/2pt ketchup
16 24oz spaghetti sauce
6 pt spaghetti sauce
2 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
3 1/2pt chili peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce

= 84 jars of food preserved for later

I am feeling really good about the amount of food I have put away this year.  I will have a few more batches to do yet before the move. 

Canning - more potatoes & peppers

I dug the last of the potatoes and fried up a big batch of the little ones for supper yesterday but there were still some little ones left so I canned them and all the peppers that were ready too.

3 pints potatoes
3 1/2 pt chili peppers


2012 canning:


16 pints potatoes
8 pints corn
10 3/4 pt ketchup
12 1/2pt ketchup
9 24oz spaghetti sauce
5 pt spaghetti sauce
2 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
3 1/2pt chili peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce

= 76 jars of food preserved for later

Canning More Spaghetti Sauce

I had another batch of tomatoes ready, so that means more spaghetti sauce.

Spaghetti Sauce:
5 24oz jars
1 pt jar


2012 canning:


13 pints potatoes
8 pints corn
10 3/4 pt ketchup
12 1/2pt ketchup
9 24oz spaghetti sauce
5 pt spaghetti sauce
2 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce


= 70 jars of food preserved for later

Canning Spaghetti Sauce

Found a new recipe for spaghetti sauce and when we were taste testing it we gave it a thumbs up!

4 - 24oz  jars
1 - 1/2pt jar


2012 canning:
13 pints potatoes
8 pints corn
10 3/4 pt ketchup
12 1/2pt ketchup
4 24oz spaghetti sauce
4 pt spaghetti sauce
2 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce

= 64 jars of food preserved for later

Canning more Ketchup

Last time I canned ketchup I put about 4oz in the fridge and the kids and I tried it and we all thought it was great!  So I made more!

Today's ketchup  10 - 12oz jars & 1 8oz jar.


2012 canning:


13 pints potatoes
8 pints corn
10 3/4 pt ketchup
12 1/2pt ketchup
4 pt spaghetti sauce
1 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce

= 59 jars of food preserved for later

Canning Corn

I have always frozen my sweet corn and I love it that way.  However, I am out of freezer space, so I canned some corn and we will see how we like it. 

8 pints of sweet corn


2012 canning:
13 pints potatoes
8 pints corn

11 1/2pt ketchup
4 pt spaghetti sauce
1 1/2pt spaghetti sauce
4 1/2pt bell peppers
2 1/4pt chili peppers
3 pints grape juice
2 1/2 pt nectarine sauce

= 48 jars of food preserved for later