Someone, please! Lock me out of the kitchen! :) I'm really blessed that I have so many hobbies. I do wish housekeeping was one of them but it isn't. :(
Today's kitchen chore, besides fixing breakfast and lunch, was getting the beans canned. They turned out so pretty!
I used every single pint jar I could find. I had to pour about half a jar of salad dressing into a half pint jar, and dump half a jar of black pepper into a half pint jar. That gave me two more pints and those filled up the canner. I had a few more cannellini beans but I stuck them in the slower cooker, cooked til they were tender and stuck them in the fridge to add to a meal later this week.
There it is - 11 pints of black beans and 14 pints of cannellini beans.
I love having canned beans on the shelf. I need to can more because I've really gone through them the last few weeks using them as sides and making different soups for gatherings. I'm in the process of cleaning out the freezers because we have half a beef coming in a couple months. Found some ham that I had forgotten about so today's project is canning ham and bean soup in quart jars. Also have some potatoes sprouting that needs to be turned into pot roast in a jar, and I also need to restock burritos in a jar. I was scrounging around last night for empty jars lol. I love having my own fast food in the pantry!
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