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Mavis’ 24 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 1

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I’m soooo excited I could pee my pants. I won’t because it would totally make a mess and who has time for messes when you’re about to have 24 CONTINUOUS DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!!! Yep, you read that right. TWENTY FOUR! Christmas is coming early for all you loyal One Hundred Dollars a Month readers.

Here’s how it works. You show up here every night for the next 24 days to check out the new giveaway. I promise they’ll be awesome {they’re all my favorite things after all}. You have 24 hours to enter. One lucky reader will win each day. That means when all is said and done, I’ll have given away 24 frickin amazing prize packs and crowned 24 of you winners! Wahooo!

Now that we’re all on the same page, whadaya say we kick this thing off right with our 1st prize pack.

canning books

It should come as no surprise that my first giveaway has to do with something I totally love: canning! I’m giving away THREE of the coolest canning books full of hundreds of the most delicious recipes and tips and tricks. These are not your grandmother’s canning books {although come to think of it, grandmas are totally the ones to ask about canning. They know their stuff!}.

Book 1: Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry
Book 2: Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It: And Other Cooking Projects
Book 3: The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook

1 person will win all 3 books.

All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave a comment below and let me know what your favorite thing to can is? Never canned before? No worries. You can either tell me what your favorite canned item to receive is, or what you want to learn to can?

My favorite? Jams and jellies of course!

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Comments

  5. sANDY sMITH says

    i LOVE CANNING PICKLES! FAVORITE THING THIS YEAR WAS MAKING YOUR CARROT CAKE JAM IT IS SO GOOD!

  9. Karen says

    I would love to learn to can tomatoes and pickles. I love your blog, I think that I must visit your site almost everyday, thank you for sharing what you are doing..

    Karen

  15. Lindsey says

    I want to learn to can jellies and jams. I canned tomatoes this year & I loved it. Made spaghetti sauce the other night and it was so awesome.

  17. Jennifer Stanaway says

    My favorite thing to can is tomatoes! It is a 4 generation (kids- this year 7 &12, parents and grandparents and great-grandma) effort to can our tomatoes for our families. We use the tomatoes in all of our pasta sauces, salsa, and soups.

  19. danielle farrington says

    This past harvest was my first canning season and so far the easiest thing that I loved to can was raspberry mango jelly. It was so tasty and some friends are getting them for Christmas.

  20. Mary West says

    Favorite thing to can— monkey butter!! Favorite thing to eat — monkey butter!!

    By the way – love the elf suit.

  22. Carin says

    I’ve never canned before, but a friend of mine makes yummy strawberry jam she gives every year for Christmas that I always look forward to! 🙂

  27. Trina says

    I am a canner ‘wannabe’! 🙂 My favorite thing I have gotten canned is Pepper jelly and dill pickles.

  30. Leslie says

    I wish I knew how to can – I hope to learn in the near future but I love to receive canned tomatoes or pickles 🙂

  31. Angela Johnston says

    I loved canning strawberry jam with my dad growing up. I would love to can now but live so far away and the idea overwhelms me. But I bet these books would help.

  40. JanH says

    I would have to say I enjoy making pickled eggs, pickled banana peppers, or stewed tomatoes, more than anything else.

  45. claire bacon says

    I’m in!
    At the young age of 60 I have just started canning for the first time. Peaches were my first try, so I’ll say they are my favorite. Sine then I have canned apples, green beans, figs preserves and refrigerated pickles. The fruits are easiest for me, veggies require I drive to my daughter’s, as she has the pressure cooker/canned. Haven’t found o n e small enough for my glass top burner. :0(

  46. april says

    Haven’t canned yet Brut I cannot wait to make green tomato relish next year. My grandma makes it and it is yummy!

  47. Kristen Leopold says

    Just started canning!! My favorite so far is the chili beans! I would love to can homemade ketchup next year! I need to plant more tomatoes though!

  48. Lorieann says

    I love to dehydrate and can. I love growing and canning potatoes and green beans. But most of all ready to eat meals and gifts in a jar. I am setting up to start teaching my 5 daughters. They will be getting their hands dirty… With frequent hand washings. 😉

  56. Kathleen says

    I want to make pickles. The fermented ones with just water + salt. I tried 4 times this past growing season and couldn’t get it to work. Then I ran out of pickling cucumbers. I also want to try oven roasting my tomatoes for tomato sauce this year instead of cooking them to death on the stove.

  58. Corinne says

    How disappointing that it is only open to US residents….I live a stone’s throw away on southern Vancouver Islans and follow One Hundred Dollars a Month like it’s a religion 🙁 I’d even be willing to pay for the postage….

  60. Paula Brown says

    I love to can applesauce and pear butter (Thank you!) The house smells wonderful and we get yummy stuff to eat too.

  61. Trish says

    The only think I’ve ever “canned” is freezer jam. I’d love to learn to can everything!! 🙂

  68. Dawn says

    I want to learn to can soooooo bad!!! I have so many things in my garden through the summer, and not enough space in my freezer to keep them all! Pick me! Pick me! – – or I’ll try again tomorrow! <3

  69. Julie says

    Haven’t canned yet, but since my Granny’s passing, I’m really missing her Bread n’ Butter Pickles. I’m hoping to try it this coming year!

  70. Heather says

    I love to can tomato sauce – it’s the basis for about 6 recipes. And in the cold, sports driven, homework packed days it gives me 6 awesome dinners in 15 mins or less with homemade goodness.

  73. Rachel H says

    Pickles, especially sweet dill and hot sweet dill. I love to make them and I love when others eat them too! The books would be AWESOME to win!

  75. jayme says

    Learning to can is my new years resolution, I bought a water bath canner on clearance for $24.98 at target. I’ve freezer jammed and made fridge pickles before but we just moved and are planning a big garden so I need to learn 🙂

  77. Erika says

    I love canning jams, jellies, and sauces from fresh picked fruit. Usually peach is my favorite, but last fall I did a batch of cherry jam which was absolutely amazing. I found cherries for a major steal so I bought a whole bunch. I’m so sad that we finished the last jar.

  79. Kristin campbell says

    I love to can pickles.. I pickle everything I can from the garden.. carrots, zuchinni, beans etc. I am a big pickle pus!

  83. Rosalia Watson says

    Roasted Green Tomatillo Salsa- everybody loves it! Great for stocking stuffer for Christmas!

  84. Terri says

    The only thing I have canned is apple jelly. I LOVED it, but my husband and daughter wouldn’t touch it. (They preferred strawberry). I’m really wanting to learn more canning skills, though.

  85. Diana says

    I love my Grandmother’s canned tomatoes. We would always use them as a substitute for spaghetti sauce and YUM! Just loved them.

  88. Joanna says

    I’ve never canned, but my grandma made amazing pickles and I’d love to carry on the tradition!

  89. Jen says

    I love csnning tomatoes because I love to eat from my garden all year but I would like a perfect pickle recipe!

  91. Luna says

    I have never canned officially before! I have wanted to learn and planned on learning this coming year. We have a huge garden and several berry bushes, so the first thing I would can would have to be jam! I absolutely love jam!

  95. Elizabeth says

    We don’t can… Yet! But we have a friend who gifts us with grape jelly & fig jam every year, and we can’t get enough of it. Can’t wait to start making our own!

  96. Sarah Navarro says

    I don’t know how to can, but I would love to learn to make peach jam to use up all the peaches we get ever year from our tree.

  103. Carla Bower says

    I am loving canning meats, or maybe I should say I am loving eating my home canned chicken and beef!!

  104. Kimberly McAtee says

    I love making jam from blueberries that I pick! This year I also made your apple pie jam which we LOVE!

  105. Tina Baily says

    I enjoy canning jams. My favorite this year was apple pie jam. Yummy!! I think that I will give some away for Christmas gifts with a homemade loaf or two of bread.

  106. Mandy P says

    I just canned some cranberry jam and that was fun. But I think my favorite it my Grandma’s pickles.

  111. Sandi says

    I have never canned anything before, but I’m torn as to what I’d like to can, between strawberry jam or tomato sauce. Thanks for sharing your contest.

  113. Kristine B says

    So far I’ve only made strawberry freezer jam, but my sister makes an awesome pineapple jalapeno pepper jelly that I can’t get enough of. I put it on a cracker with some cream cheese and it’s one of my favorite snacks.

  115. Cara E. says

    I loved getting my grandmother’s blackberry or strawberry jam for Christmas! I would love to learn how to do jams/jellies.

  116. Melanie says

    My favorite thing to can is zucchini relish I don’t buy sweet pickle relish anymore ! I use it on hot dogs and put it in my chicken salad

  119. Judy Ngy says

    I have canned cinnamon pears once with a friend. she did most the work so I guess it doesn’t totally count as me doing it. But it was so fun I went and bought a real nice canner/ pressure cooker and have never used it! truth is I’m scared but I so want to learn Mavis!!

  120. andrea d says

    love canning jams. salsa. crushed tomatoes. diced tomatoes. applesauce. everything!!! thanks for the awesome giveaway

  124. Beth says

    I just tried canning this summer and loved it! My favorite was pickles! I’m looking forward to being able to can what I grow in my new garden next year!

  129. Valerie S says

    Nasturtium pods! I discovered this summer that they pickle well and taste like slightly peppery capers!

  131. Dianna annette says

    My husband loves my canned cinnamon peaches, however I love to can salsa and diced/stewed tomatoes especially when you hve a friend who has too many plants and let you harvest so many for FREE!

  133. Heather says

    I love canning! But have never done it! Need books to learn how! My friends make amazing jams and yummy things! Jealous! I want to do jams/preserves!!!!

  135. Caprice Teske says

    I LOVE pickles, especially pickled okra. Unfortunately it’s hard to find local okra in the PNW.

  138. kate says

    my mom canned tons of stuff. she had delicious black berry jam. my dad loved her tomato juice. i would love to can black berry jam, it would take me back to better days. thanks!

  144. linda harper says

    I love canning and can a ton of things each year. My favorites are salsa and the various soups I make that you just have to open and eat on a busy day!

  150. Lisa Herman says

    I love to can everything, but I think one of my favorites is pork and beans. Mine come out so much better than the store bought kind 🙂

  154. Kelly Berg says

    I’ve never canned anything but am hoping to get started next year. My sister cans a mean salsa & I love when she shares it.

  157. Catherine says

    I’ve never done “real” canning — just stock. I have big plans for next year though – – jam & applesauce at least!

    Thank you!

  158. Maria B says

    I turn my tomatoes into pizza sauce and can enough to last the entire year. Best stuff on Earth; no lie.

  159. Dawna says

    I love canning jams. I like to make flavors that cannot be found at the grocery store. Blueberry- lime jam and margarita marmalade are my favorites. I would like to try pressure canning, but the thought of it makes me a little nervous.

  160. Floholowenko says

    I think you are such an efficient person. I have learnt from you. My favorite item to can is salmon. I love canning jams and jellies. I can beets and dills each year. Love making relish.

  162. Bobbie Jo Strobel says

    I love to can almost everything. I have recently moved to a new home with 3.6 acres therefore our gardens have increased dramatically. Looking forward to gardening in the spring (we live in Upstate NY). My husband and I love your site and visit daily.

  166. Patty Parsons says

    I canned peaches and pears this year and they are so delicious! They are my new favorite to can!

  167. Genee Bull-Germo says

    I love canning blackberry jam and sauce. I also love to can salsa verde made with my home grown tomatillos.

  170. Erica Harris says

    I’ve never canned before but I would love to learn to can jams, jellies, soups and of course veggies!

  172. Tracy M. says

    I love to can jams and jellies. I used to think plain old grape jam was my favorite but as I got to messing around with them I found out I LOVE raspberry/peach or blackberry/peach jam! And so does all of my family! This is an awesome give-a-way!

  175. Angela says

    Sweet hot jalapeño mustard and smoked habanero mustard are the two recipes I love to can. Spiced peach butter was pretty amazing too!

  176. Shelly Tatum says

    My favorite thing to can, so far, was pomegranate jelly! I made a complete mess of my kitchen making it – but, it was oh sooo good!

  179. Jean Kennedy says

    I enjoy canning almost everything. I think my Favorite is tuna. It is alot of work and time consuming but so yummy!

  182. Andrea says

    I have never canned by myself, but I have been wanting to learn to can salsa and pickles. When I was a child I use to help my mom can pickles, green beans, and jelly!

  183. Ken Day says

    Stewed tomatoes… My Dad canned these when I was a young boy living in Maine. He would often use them as a base for chili, spaghetti sauce and sloppy joes. A hearty meal that warmed the soul on those cold winter nights.

  186. Sarah says

    Helped my mom can the one year we lived in a house with an apple tree–loved having canned apple pie filling available any time.

  187. Kathy Porowski says

    My favorite is Strawberry Jam, from strawberries we grow! Can never make enough!! Yum!! Thanks for the chance!!

  189. kathy ames says

    Canning was a yearly endever I learned from my grandmother and mother as a family we would canned just about anything that grew in our garden, tomato’s, tomato juice, corn relish,green and wax beans,peas,pickles (sweet,hot and dill) sour kraut. We would also grow our onions,dill,green peppers,celery it has been ages since we canned together-ever since my grand father died-I would love to be able to pass this knowledge to my children.

  191. Tanya says

    I canned for the first time this year. Made some killer good applesauce! Would love to learn to can pickled asparagus and soup!

  192. Denise says

    I LOVE canning everything! But have recently really started to can real meals…meat and potatoes and soups! I am hooked. Love having good food fast and ready and so healthy!

  196. Tracy Petitjean says

    So far my favorite thing to can would be green beans. I’d love to learn to can jams/jellies though.

  197. JosieT says

    My favorite thing to can is jam and jellies. I have also done Apple Butter, pear butters, and pears. I would love to learn how to do pressure cooking, yet haven’t tried yet. We need to put up all this deer meat (it is being stored in food saver bags – in the freezer). Appreciate all your posts and would LOVE your books! 🙂

  200. Michele says

    Never canned before but totally want to try it out so I can save all the veggies I intend to grow this coming year. Tomatoes and sauce is what I really need to learn how to can. Then I shall tackle all the other delicious ideas above!

  201. Brooke says

    I made a jalapeno-apple jelly this year that I just love. One batch was made with green jalapenos and the other with red jalapenos. They will be served over cream cheese for every holiday event I can.

  202. Julie Morelli says

    My favorite thing to can is marinated eggplant, because my husband loves it so much – I don’t care for it at all.

  204. J says

    I like canning any type of tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomatoe sauce, salsa…and I tend to can alot of stocks too.

  206. Larissa says

    I would love to learn how to can! Granny cans the kids jams, peaches, and salsa, they love it, she won’t always be here so I would like to learn . Plus homegrown food is sooo much better for you!

  207. Chris says

    I desperately want to learn to can jam! My favorite is mixed berry, then peach. I need to get over my fear and just go for it – wishing I had a grandmother to teach me…

  215. Sabrina says

    My favorite this year was your strawberry chipotle jam. Favorite for my friends and family as well

  217. Pam F says

    I love to can jams and jelly! But, I used to help my mom can all sorts of fruits and veggies growing up!

  221. Judy says

    I love to can strawberry jam, peaches and our family favorite is blackberry, strawberry, raspberry and plum jelly!!

  223. melissa f says

    i have never canned. but i love recieving my grandmother’s pickled cauliflower and would love to learn to can jam!

  226. Ashley says

    Awesome! My favorite thing to can is Dilly Beans. Or maybe I just like to can them because I know I’ll get to use them in Bloody Marys….either way, we loooooove Dilly Beans! Thanks for the giveaways!

  230. Lisa says

    I have never canned before but would love to learn! My favorite things are jams and jellies – any flavor!

  231. Dawn Farley says

    I have never canned, but I do a lot of refrigerator pickles and jams and freeze. I would love to learn to can! I would love to can veggies and meat!

  232. Brooke Nyhus says

    I want to learn how to can with a pressure cooker so I can have access to my organic veggies I grow. I love to receive homemade jam every year from my friend, Virginia.

  233. Alison Cooper says

    The first thing I ever canned was peaches – they looked beautiful but I was afraid to eat them – thinking I had to have done something wrong – but I didn’t – they were delicious a year later when I finally got the nerve!! Lately its just been jams and tomato sauce – would love to be more adventuresome!

  234. Samantha says

    I love canning jams and jellies, this year I did a pretty killer batch of tayberry vanilla bean jam.

  237. Lisa says

    Apple pie filling – take a jar out, throw it in a dish, put apple crisp topping on it and voila! A super yummy, homemade (but expedited) dessert!

  238. Sarah says

    I would love to learn to can! I used to watch my Mom when I was a kid, but she was diagnosed with Alzheimer ‘s at a young age and I don’t have her to learn from. Would love these books.

  240. Diane says

    I’be never canned before but want to learn. I miss the grape preserves and pickles my grandmother used to can.

  245. Andrea says

    I love to can Cowboy Candy or candied jalepenos. I serve it at parties with crackers and cream cheese. It is gone minutes after I put it out.

  247. Darlene says

    I love to can everything! Well, tuna is my least favorite, the smell and all. I can over 1,000 jars a year and am always looking for something new! Merry Christmas Mavis 🙂

  253. Dayla says

    Applesauce! My kids won’t even eat the store boughten applesauce now that I started canning! Need more ideas!

  255. Donna says

    I would love to learn to can on my own. I have always only done canning under a lot of supervision.

  256. Jessica jamison says

    I am still learning to can! So far I love Apple and pear butter. My kids love apricot pineapple jam!

  258. VictoriaN says

    I have never canned anything before, but I think that I would love to start. Maybe something easy like jams and jellies would be good to start.

  263. Heather says

    Next year is going to be my first year of canning on my own…without my mommy’s assistance! I love canned beets, beans, and jams.

  268. Heather Miller says

    Just started canning, without the help ofy best friend, on Thanksgiving. So far it’s orange cranberry sauce!

  280. Erin says

    I just learned, on Thanksgiving day, how to cold pack fresh venison & pressure can it. We ended up with 14 pints. Yum!

  282. Melissa Livengood says

    I’ve just started canning and my Christmas list is full of essentials. My mom cans the best tart cherry jam from the tree in her yard. She knows to have a jar ready when I come to visit.

  283. Linda says

    Green beans….just like mom always did. Wish I would have appreciated it more back then. I thought she was crazy when you could go to the store and just buy veggies…all canned up and ready to eat. LOL!! Now I get it….and call her now for canning advice!!!

  288. Erin says

    Apple-blackberry Jelly, is my favorite to can. Unfortunately it is all gone by the end of the month!

  290. Linda says

    I love to can jam… I already have the blue chair jam book! But if I win I will give it away to pass on the giving for the season!!! Thanks Mavis, I’m excited!!!

  294. Melissa says

    My favorite thing to can is Blueberry Lime jam. This year I made Salted Caramel Pear Butter, and it was pretty good too.

  297. Barbara says

    The only thing I’ve ever canned is grape jelly, but would love to learn how to can more things.

  299. Terri says

    My favorite thing to can is sweet pickles. I got the recipe from my mother in law and they are so good, almost like eating candy!

  303. Melissa Dunn says

    I haven’t canned since I was little helping my grandmother, but my favorite thing we put up was her pink pickles, Cherry Ripe Cucumber Pickles.

  308. Dizzy Lizzy says

    I have just started canning. I’ve had a little experience with ham and jam, but I want to learn how to can Manderin oranges aka little cutties :0)

  309. Ann T. says

    Love to can lots of goodies, with jams and jellies being done the most. And the last two years my new favorite is your Carrot Cake Jam recipe!

  310. jfred says

    I looooove canning jams….mmmmm…..mixed berry is my fave! Add a little lemon zest, too….swoon!

  311. Molly says

    I have not canned anything yet but I love anything pickled, jams and jellies. Love to see all the wonderful things you can, Mavis.

  312. Heather Cansler says

    I’ve really only ever canned green beans and muscadine jelly. I really want to can apple butter, though.

  315. Chad says

    Haven’t in a long time. Growing up my mother would can cinnamon pickles, sweet and hot. I remember eating them by the quart jar full…

  317. Dana Laffin says

    So far, the best thing I’ve canned is raspberry jam… I’m still learning so looking forward to more adventurous recipes.

  318. Michele Bruce says

    I canned wild grape jelly…once. I really want to can my own tomatoes in 2014. I worry about toxins in tin can tomatoes, and my grandmother’s aren’t exactly organic…she says she doesn’t use pesticide anymore – I think it is because she has used it there for 60 years, and there are no bugs left!

  319. DebBlee says

    my favorite thing to can is jam ~ I love making small batch’s and new flavor combinations, so I can eat it every day and not get bored =)

  322. Mev says

    I want to learn how to can homemade applesauce! My family loves it and I like to do it when organic apples are in season but they eat so much of it I’d love to have it year round

  323. Stacey says

    I am getting a canner for Christmas! I just placed the order online for my mother yesterday. I have never canned- but I did make raspberry jam in the breadmaker last week and put it in an old jelly jar. Does that count? I would LOVE to have these books!!

  324. j says

    my favorited canned food is green beans. my whole family hates them frozen and rubbery. i want to learn to can apple pie filling. mmmmmmm

  336. Bonnie H says

    I’ve never canned before but I remember my mom canning applesauce, tomato sauce and grape jelly. I would love to start canning.

  338. Amy Robbins says

    Blackberry JM has historically been my fav thing to can, but this last summer I had the pleasure of canning smoked salmon my husband caught in Puget Sound.

  339. Carla says

    I’m starting to get back into canning fruit besides jams. I canned some apples recently and intend to have them for Christmas apple pie. I’m also making sauerbraten which I may can when it’s sufficiently fermented.

  340. Cliff Hawley says

    I really enjoyed canning my own salsa this year. I used the recipe from “Put Em Up!” It turned out delcious.

  341. Deborah says

    I want to learn to can vegetables from my garden so badly. I wish i could afford to buy great books like those!
    You rock Mavis! 🙂

  342. Deb says

    I’m just getting into canning, so I don’t have much experience to pull from. But I really enjoyed making pickles!

  343. Becky Mitchell says

    My favorite canned thing is green beans. My grandma made some amazing canned green beans and there were nearly fights when she died to see who would get the remaining bottles. I also love me some canned peaches and nearly any kind of jam!
    You are awesome, Mavis! <3

  349. Heather says

    So far I have only canned salsa and a few varieties of applesauce, but I would really like to try making lavender jelly!

  350. Emma says

    My favorite thing to can is chocolate raspberry sauce.i do. Big batch in the summer and then give it away as Christmas gifts

  351. Danielle O says

    Well, this year we only canned strawberry jam, blackberry vanilla jam & your corn relish recipe. I’d say out of all of them… the strawberry jam was my favorite because it was the easiest ;D I super look forward to getting a pressure canner tho because I imagine canning things we eat the most of like green beans & sweet peas would be easy & enjoyable — AND free up some much needed space in my small freezer!

  353. Susan says

    I tried all kinds of jam recipes this summer…Jalapeno Peach, Vanilla Pear, etc. They were all good, but in my opinion, you can beat good old STRAWBERRY JAM!

  361. Jenn says

    I haven’t started canning yet, but this summer, watch out! My favorite thing to receive canned wise is Blackberry Jelly. Love it!

  364. Bea says

    I started canning jams this year and made your vanilla pear jam recipe. I also made raspberry, plum and cinnamon/vanilla pod/nectarine jam. All were wonderful, but I used super sweet plums and added 7 cups of sugar to the plums (as the pectin instructions said.) Yuck – it was so sugary you couldn’t taste the plums so had to toss it. I will try again next year.

  366. Dottie says

    I’ve never canned but plan on learning next summer. I would love to make spicy pickled carrots like the taco shop has.

  371. Satina says

    I haven’t canned in awhile due to having a two year old…I would like to learn how to make spaghetti sauce.

  373. Kim says

    I haven’t canned anything yet but am biting at the bit to can something, anything. Jams intrigue me. Something with a ton of antioxidants would be excellent…

  374. Shannon Simpson says

    Would love to learn the art of canning! Pickles, jams, and tomato sauce are high on my list!

  375. Chyrl says

    Used to can strawberry fig preserves and dill pickles with my Grandmother as a young child. My Mother in law always gave us canned blackberry jam.

  376. KAte says

    My favorite canned thing to eat is Dilly Beans. I have a friend who has the absolute best recipe, and I always swipe a bunch of hers when she cans them! This next year we will planting tons of beans and I will be trying my hand at caning some dilly beans of my own. I’m looking forward to it.

  377. Cheryl says

    Right now, it’s salsa. Jams and jellies intimidate me a bit as they call for mills and strainers and stuff I dont have…

  380. Melissa says

    I love canning blackberry jelly. I used to can this with my grandma every summer as a girl and I still use her canning supplies. Makes me happy.

  381. Rubi says

    Hi Mavis!

    My favorite thing to can (lately) has been homegrown tomato and pepper based hot sauce and ketchup! Yum!

  383. Suzanna says

    I’ve never canned. I’m learning all I can right now and hope to be canning homemade jam and jelly and everything else really soon.

  385. Becky says

    In October we planted 250 strawberry plugs for a large spring strawberry harvest. We just have to make sure they last through a misouri winter. So…….my favorite thing to can has been strawberry rhubarb jam and next spring it will be anything with strawberries! Those canning books would come in handy!
    Becky B.

  386. Alana says

    Just bought a Presto pressure canner- haven’t canned a thing yet, but can’t WAIT to can spiced applesauce and tomato soup as the first order of business 😉

  387. Margaret Thele says

    Thanks for the giveaways Mavis! My favorite thing to can is usually my last batch – especially proud this year of peaches, roasted red pepper ketchup and cranberry chai spice jam.

  406. Gwen says

    I love to can fruit-based jams with chili peppers added, such as: raspberry peach with cherry bombs and habanero, peach with aji, lemon-lime with green habanero.

  410. Lanelle says

    The thing I love the most to can is also the thing I was the most afraid to do… Chicken! It’s so easy! I love having a pantry with hundreds of pounds of boneless skinless chicken breast canned and ready for me to make anything I want! Chicken fettuccine, chicken tacos, chicken quesadilia’s, chicken soup, chicken salad or just right out of the jar.

  416. Amy says

    My favorite thing to can is zucchini relish. A close second would be apricot jam. But definitely not together! 🙂

  418. Andrew K says

    Spicy pickled garlic asparagus! which make awesome gifts! used to use grean beans but decided to use the same recipe to do asparagus. Everyone seems to like the asparagus better. I think I am one of the only guys here, unless of course I missed someone when reading all of the comments. some really great ideas there. I use your website as a source of inspiration and ideas for my little family of myself and my beautiful 7 yr old daughter Emily. who is becoming quite the cook.
    Keep on Rockin Mavis!!!

  422. Carrie says

    I am torn between Jams & Jellies and Pickles & Relishes. Love to can both. They make great gifts every year.

  423. cj says

    I love memories made canning applesauce with my mom and sister in law. I would love to learn how to make my own spaghetti sauce

  425. Heather D says

    I have never canned anything before, but if I can figure out how to can spaghetti sauce and strawberry preserves I would be set for life.

  426. Kayla Williams says

    I don’t personally can (my college apartment is extremely small), but my mom makes the BEST blackberry jam with blackberries picked straight out of our backyard. Most people would hate “sticker bushes” in their yard, but we cherish them!!!

  427. Laura fernald says

    I love to can blueberry lime jam with my older sister…. Memories of our times in grandmothers kitchen….

  432. Rosemary Wilcher says

    I’ve always enjoyed raising a garden and canning what I could! From jellies, preserves, and all kinds of vegetables!

  433. Laura says

    I remember how, as a child, I loved my grandmother’s damson preserves. I wasn’t quite sure back then what “damson” meant, but I always wanted more!

  435. Lissa says

    My favorite? Canned beef. It was something my grandma made (pretty sure it was water bath canning as my mom made it a couple times and I KNOW we didn’t have a pressure casnner). It was the most fragrant, tender, juicy, flavorful roast beef ever! I wish I had gotten the recipe from her before she went into the nursing home. Although these days I don’t think I would be brave enough to do water bath canning of meat. Hoping to get some great pressure canning recipes to use as soon as I get enough swagbucks to get a pressure canner!

  438. Jessica A says

    I have only made refrigerator pickles ( which my kids call mommy pickles) I would love to learn to can tomato sauce and some jams and jellies.

  442. anita says

    My goal is to can salsa from veggies I have grown myself. I am on the low end of the learning curve 🙂

  443. Wynne says

    Wow, look at the pile of comments already! Mavis, you are loved. I love to can jam and dilly beans.

  446. Delores H says

    tomatoes –> salsa! We eat salsa all year long, so making my own is the way to go. Though, canning peach butter this past year was a HUGE hit with the kids.

  449. Karen says

    Usually my favorite is to can our jams & jellies, but this year we tapped maple and now that is my favorite.

  450. Lynne Mor says

    I just got back into canning this year due to an abundant garden. Of course tomatoes, but also did pickles again this year. I only have the hot water bath, and I am considering a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers kinda scare me.

  453. Kate says

    So awesome!!!!! I’ve turned into a canning obsessed woman. Every year I try new recipes but the one that NEVER fails and I always get asked for is my Dilly Beans (with a little heat, of course!). My neighbor actually asked if l would can her entire green bean harvest next year. 😉 Can’t wait to see all the giveaways!

    Kate

  456. A.I. says

    A friend gave me canned figs and I made homemade fig newtons. They were so good! I’d love to learn about canning, I remember helping my grandmother with it but never have done it myself.

  459. jodi says

    We used to can EVERYTHING growing up. I haven’t canned for years but would love to get back into it. My favorite thing is green beans. My mom used to make us french style them. I prefer cut green beans. 🙂

  462. Marilyn says

    I love canning Citrus Conserve–oranges, nuts, coconut, cherries, and pineapple. To Die for!

  464. Debbie Turner says

    I can’t choose between pickles and apple butter, love the smells and especially love that these are my families favorites! Merry Christmas Mavis!

  467. Missy says

    My favorite thing to can (and my family’s favorite to eat!) is muscadine grape jelly. There are 32 jars in my pantry right now!

  469. Stacey says

    I haven’t done any canning since we moved to the desert 12 years ago, but when we lived in Vermont we always had food to preserve. My favorite canning project of all time was homemade grape jam. Not jelly, jam with the whole fruit! I don’t like store-bought grape jam or jelly at all. A friend gave me a huge bagful of homegrown grapes, and the jam was the best I ever had. My mouth still waters when I think about it.

  470. stacy fredette says

    Chocolate apple spread. Apples r local drops. Always looking for new ideas for my garden produce!

  471. Dayna says

    The only thing I have ever canned was apple sauce. It was really satisfying to see the cans lined up on my pantry shelf.

  472. Megan says

    We’re looking forward to moving into a big enough house with a garden so I can start canning, so this would be perfect! I do have many fond memories of my mom canning so many things while we were growing up. Among my favorite memories is collecting the raspberries from the garden so she could can homemade raspberry jam!

  474. Angela Wilson says

    I want to can tomatoes. It reminds me of when my grandmother would “put up” canning in her basement

  475. Lisa Rogers says

    I am a condiment freak! I love creating my own concoctions of relishes, salsas and toppings of all kinds to can for a winter of taste tempting treats! I know what my friends like (this one hot, that one sweet, etc) and slip a jar into their Christmas present. I usually get a dinner invitation starring the gift all throughout January!

  477. Teresa cline says

    My favorite things to can
    Chocolate blackberry jam
    Strawberry margarita jam
    Pickled carrots
    I’ve yet to can meat
    I’ve yet to make lemon curd
    I enjoy your site

  478. Hillary says

    I’ve never canned before, but I would love to preserve the fruits (and veggies!) of my labor. Dreaming of canning blueberry-lavender jam, salsa verde, green beans, fig jam, pizza sauce… So much yum!

  481. Amber Knight says

    I have 80 pounds of Tomatoes from the garden in the freezer. Going to make Tomatoe Sauce and try canning for the 1st time.

  484. Vicki says

    I guess my favorite thing to can would be the only thing I’ve ever canned – jalapeno jelly. I’m sort of afraid of food poisoning, and I’m really afraid I’ll can something incorrectly and make someone sick. I don’t even eat stuff other people have canned – sad isn’t it. That said, I’d love to win this prize so that I can learn how to can correctly and maybe overcome my fear of the process. Thanks for a whole month of prizes!

  485. Tammy says

    I can all kinds of things, so it is hard to pick a favorite! But I really do love pickled foods! So I’ll go with pickled green beans. 🙂

  491. Lyndall says

    My family got into canning like crazy this fall when apple season was in full swing. I tried and mean tried to make apple jelly and it ended being apple taffy. Now I have to figure out a use for canned taffy – lol! These books would definitely help me in making some real jelly and a lot of other get things!

  493. Heidi says

    My favorite thing to can is salsa. We canned 2 cases this year but quickly realizing it’s not enough

  495. Lori McK says

    My favorite is your Apple Pie Jam! Love giving it away at the holidays. Admittedly, haven’t branched out much from that jam.

  501. Denyalle says

    I love canning jalapeno jelly, it makes the house smell amazing! My mom and I just recently made twelve pounds of jalapenos into jelly for Christmas gifts this year!

  502. Evonne says

    Jam – because I KNOW that my son will love it. I have recently branched out in to salsas and marinaras so that could grow on me.

  505. Jann says

    My fave thing to can is Ball’s recipe for raspberry chocolate sauce. I like using the food mill to separate the seeds from the pulp.

  508. Tina says

    I love pepper jelly!! It’s a great excuse to buy bagels and cream cheese. I recently purchased a pressure canner. Today I will be canning turkey stock for the first time. I am so excited 🙂

  509. Bethanny Parker says

    I want to learn to can! I was going to this summer, but I realized after I bought the jars that I still didn’t have everything I needed and didn’t have any money left to buy all the accessories–jar lifter, etc. I was going to try canning in the stock pot. I don’t have a canner either.

    So, what would I can? First, pickled beets! My mom used to make them and it has been years since I’ve had them. Then there are those bright green sweet pickles my grandma used to make that are so sweet they’re almost like candy. I hope someone still has the recipe. After that, probably strawberry-rhubarb jam. Yummy.

  516. Jessica Guerrero says

    Thanks for the giveaway Mavis! My favorite thing to can is jam! Probably strawberry freezer jam! But my favorite thing to eat that I can, is peaches!

  517. Chris C. says

    Ooh, great giveaway! I make mostly jam, with some pickles thrown in. I think my current favorite is tart cherry preserves. They’re perfect for making manhattans, and for eating over ice cream!

  522. CFair says

    This would be the perfect Christmas gift for my daughter 🙂 I know she cans some wonderful green beans and tomatoes and she is also a follower of yours here

  523. SJ Smith says

    Zucchini Relish. It’s the first thing I learned to make with my mom. And I have good memories of having my kids grind up the vegetables and teaching them how to make it too. Family projects are always fun. And it tastes better than what you can buy too!

  524. Barbara Roberts says

    I’m new to homesteading. Just started having the ability to grow our own food! I’ve never canned anything myself … YET! But I remember eating food my great grandmother canned when I was very young. My uncle has a small orchard in TN and for Christmas gave me some peach preserves from his trees and it was delicious! I have planted peach trees and fight the deer to keep them healthy and growing. I can’t wait to start preserving our own food from our garden. This would be a great start. I stick with real books There is just no replacement in my eyes. Thanks for the giveaways Mavis!

  529. Erica says

    My kids eat PB&J almost everyday. I love that I know exactly what went into the jelly. But, my favorite thing to can is applesauce, I think.

  530. Pamela J says

    Love to receive my mom-in-law’s grape jelly each year. If we run out my guys won’t left me buy store bought. They’d rather go without. I would so love to learn to can.

  532. Beth B says

    I love canned peaches. I’ve also done a TON of freezer jam this year. I think I’d like to learn how to do cooked jam, though. I made so much freezer jam this spring and summer that I haven’t had to purchase commercially made jam since April! That’s eight months! Woot!

  534. Shannon Baux says

    I haven’t learned to can yet, but I just bought all the supplies! I’m hoping to make and can homemade cranberry sauce!

  544. Melissa says

    Canning brings me back to being a kid again when my mom would spend hours canning all sorts of vegetables and making jam to last us through the rest of the year. Now that I am older and on my own, I am trying to get back in this habit. I am already growing my garden each year and freezer preserving, but want to get back into canning!!!

  549. Angela says

    I am a newbie wanna be canner! I am hoping, praying and wishing for a good garden harvest next year to can! Great giveaway…thanks so much for the opportunity.

  550. Karen says

    I love canning tons of things but I’m going to go with zucchini relish and salsa as my favorites !!

  551. Becky N says

    My most favorite thing to can is jelly and jam. I have more than I know what to do with but for some reason it feels more fun than practical stuff like green beans and tomatoes (still enjoy those too though). I looove the carrot cake jam recipe I found on this site!

  560. megan L says

    The only thing I’ve been brave enough to can so far (so by default my favorite!) was strawberry jam

  561. Donna says

    Tomatoes… or Pickled Beets. Actually those are the only two things I know how to can 🙂

    Looking at these comments all I can say is: my oh my has your site grown. Congrats!

  562. Pauline says

    So many great canning ideas just in these comments! My personal favorite for canning is sweet gherkin pickles, a four-day process but well worth it.

  563. Renae Kerrigan says

    I can anything possible from our garden! My favorite thing to can is plain tomatoes, because you can use them in so many ways!

  565. Peggy Shay says

    I haven’t canned in years – probably decades! I’d love to get back into it. Pasta sauce, preserves, salsa – lots of possibilities! Thanks for all you do, Mavis!

  567. Lori says

    My favorite so far is peaches. I am planning to pressure can chicken soup, beef stew, and sweet potatoes as Christmas gifts this year.

  570. Lisa says

    My favorite canned item is my cousin Gary’s jam, both raspberry and strawberry is most welcome (usually with a lot of drooling)

  572. Jessica says

    I would love to learn how to can tomatoes, was going to learn this past summer, but we had a horrible garden year…Meh.

  573. K says

    Who can only choose one favorite thing to can! I love to can ham n bean soup, skyline chili, relishes, and jams!

  575. Charity Weeks says

    I haven’t canned yet-my pigs got what little produce we had come up in our first year garden this fall, but I’m REALLY looking forward to making jam or jelly. 🙂

  578. Jen says

    My favorite thing to can is home made apple butter! The house smells amazing while it’s cooking and it goes great with warm breakfast biscuits! Perfect for cool fall mornings.

  584. Andi says

    I grew up in Kodiak, AK. My mom would can all kinds of things, but my favorite was pickled salmon and pickled kelp. My dad would scuba dive to cut the bull kelp from the sea floor. Mom would use a sweet pickle brine and the pieces would glow like emeralds.

  586. Lisa-Marie says

    I would love to win the 3 books!! I love pickled vegetables but would love to have these reference books to help me out!
    Great job and wow is Lucy getting big!

  588. Sally says

    I love to can pickles. I give them as gifts and once I do they ask for more as soon as they run out!

  593. Jennifer says

    I have never canned, only helped family in the prep. My grandmother and mother canned and I remember tons of home grown/canned food. I would like to pass this legacy on to my daughter, I have lots of fond memories of snapping beans 🙂

  598. Patti says

    What a great giveaway. My favorite things to can are apple butter, tomatoes and strawberry vanilla jam(Food In Jars). I want to learn to pressure can so I can can stock rather than freezing it.

  599. Vicki says

    Well, I think, after reading the books, I would try to make Muscadine Jelly (my favourite!) again. The first (and only) time I tried it, I could turn the jar upside down and it wouldn’t move…and yes, there was plenty of room! It was just a little bit thick! 🙂

  604. Becca Gordon says

    Not fully set up to start canning yet, but my hope is to be ready for next year’s tomato harvest. Love canned tomatoes and green beans!!

  606. Jess says

    I’ve never canned anything personally yet, though I plan to starting with next summer’s garden. My favorite canned thing to receive is homemade salsa we get each year from my mom’s farmer friend.

  608. Christie says

    I’ve never canned but I watched my Mom when I was younger. I have all the supplies, now I need some good books to teach me!!!!! Thank you, Mavis!!!

  610. Jessica says

    I love jalepeno jelly! I made six half-pints and my husband and I finished then off in about a month!

  614. Sydelle Denman says

    I would like to learn how to can. I make an awesome salsa from the garden vegetables we grow. I would like to be able to can what I grow.

  615. Deb says

    I love trying new things – your site has inspired me to tackle all kinds of homemade delights. Canning is next on my list. My plan is to amass all of the things I need, read up and be ready to hit it once the 2014 garden season comes to Minnesota. I would LOVE to win this giveaway, Mavis!

  616. Dena says

    My favorite thing to can is tomato sauce! Nothing tastes better in the middle of winter than a big pot of spaghetti made with yummy home canned tomato sauce!

  620. jeanette galarza-belmar says

    I would love to learn how to can and I think I would start with strawberries.

  624. Pat Giaquinta says

    I would love to learn to preserve jams & jellies ~ I have some very healthy strawberry plants & 5 grandsons who would love to get some homemade goodies from their Mamie. Thanks for the chance to win these. Good luck, everyone!!!!!!!

  625. Leal says

    I grew up canning. As mothers helper, we canned peaches, pears, apricots, apples and sauce. We canned all sorts of vegetables grown in our garden. We also pickled many things – even green tomato pickles! I have always enjoyed seeing the fruit of my labors. It all looks so pretty on the shelf and gives me a sense of security to see my shelves overflowing with bounty.

    All of this being said – I would love to win these books to give to my daughter who is starting to can on her own for her family.

    Love this blog.

  628. katie says

    i admire many of the previous posters, i have only canned ONCE in my life (blackberry jam) at a mentor’s home. my husband is a big wranglerstar fan and we happen to watch the episode where you are interviewed at a mother earth fair or something like that. since then, i have become a follower of this blog and have found a new-found-passion to learn these things. i want to learn to can–i even bought the canning kit you recommended and i am saving for the big ol’ canning pot. though i have only canned once, i do recall a canning “ingredient” that i found fascinating–my great aunt canned beef. she had a ranch out in ohio and raised 150+ cattle. she used to give her canned beef to neighbors, etc. and they always commented it was the best meat they ever tasted. i know that requires a pressure cooker. 😉 for now though, i have my mind and heart set on learning the ways of canning and wanting to can so that i “can” (pun intended) pass it onto my own two daughters. i would treasure and use these books to help me learn but i think i’d be even more excited to win something from YOU! 🙂 we are fans (you can thank wranglerstar!). 😉

  629. Tori says

    This year it is chocolate pear jam from the Food in Jars blog. I made it to give away at Christmas, but I have been hitting it pretty hard lately! I am planning to make some more.

  630. kelly says

    Dilly beans-I even like the ones I forgot to put the dill into-just changed the name to zesty beans:)

  631. RHONDA WILLIS says

    I love making strawberry jam each year. My daughter loves her’s pureed so I throw the berries in the blender and then follow the recipe. I have to make at least 3 batches to make it through the year. It’s one of my grandkids favorites too.

  632. Lisa Rostocki says

    I love to can apple pie jam! I made over 600 jars of jam and such this year. I love it! I wish I could do it as a full time job. I have found a new passion!

  633. Cammie couture says

    Hi,I love to can chicken garbanzo soup. The delicious smell makes the house seem yummy….Lolita is good just by itself or poured over rice…so satisfying on a cold winter night…..

  634. Kim says

    I am so interested in canning and would like to become really good at it. I made jam twice and it turned out really well. I’d love to win these books! 🙂

  638. Jill says

    Tomatoes.
    I’ve canned pumpkin as well, but probably wouldn’t do that again. It’s a lot of work, and takes a long time.

  639. Paula Dearr says

    My favorite thing to can is raspberry jam, I love to give it and receive it, I’ve never had anyone not just love raspberry jam!

  643. Wendy Boehm says

    I just started canning this year and I love it! My favorite thing so far is jalapeño jelly. 🙂

  647. Kay says

    No that we have moved off the farm, I don’t turn anything down. I do like making pear and fig preserves. Canning is an art that needs to be passed on to each generation.

  649. Katherine says

    Oooh, I don’t know if I could pick just one. My favorite experiment this year was tomato jam, but i’d like to try to make rose hip jelly sometime.

  654. Joy says

    I canned some dynamite dill beans last summer, using a combo from two different recipes. If only I could remember which recipes! Maybe I need some new canning books…

  655. Harmony says

    I can’t say I “like” canning anything, since canning is stinkin’ HARD WORK! But I sure do love eating canned peaches/nectarines all year long. Totally worth the blood/sweat/tears. So excited for a whole month of Mavis-y giveaways!

  657. tonya says

    I started learning to can this fall when I discovered an apple tree practically throwing apples at me from the neighbors yard. I started with applesauce, but discovered that with more work I could instead make apple pie filling. Oh man its a lot of work, but its totally worth it! I popped open a quart & made thanksgiving pie and it was amazing!

  659. Ellen in Clackamas says

    Peaches are my favorite. Used to help my Mom and was so little I had to stand on a chair to reach the counter!!

  661. Amy says

    Bread and Butter Pickles! Only got a few jars this year. Hopefully will have lots more cucumbers next year.

  667. Marci says

    Strawberry Jam! MMMmm. My son loves to help pick fresh strawberries in the summer. Eating this jam makes me flash back to warmer days!

  674. Kris says

    I asked for canning supplies last year for Christmas and darn it, I haven’t canned a thing! When I do, I’d love to can okra!

  676. Colleen N says

    Jam is my favorite with peaches or plums from my trees. Apple sauce is a close second with home grown apples too! I bought a pressure canner last year and have been afraid to use it. If I am the lucky winner the books may just give me the courage I need!

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