Preserve the season’s bounty with Rootsy’s Food Preservation hub—your guide to shelf-stable goodness using time-tested methods including canning, fermenting, and creative pantry techniques.
Learn how to can sweet rhubarb pie filling, ferment crisp cherry tomatoes and spicy beets, or safely can hearty black bean soup and savory kidney beans for quick meals later.
Each tutorial encourages sustainability, homemade flavor, and resourceful kitchen living—making food preserving feel simple, nourishing, and deeply rewarding.
Freezing fresh rhubarb is a great way to preserve rhubarb to use use throughout the year. There are a couple of ways to freeze rhubarb and have good results. They way you choose to freeze rhubarb will depend on what you want to use the frozen rhubarb for. In this step-by-step guide you’ll learn everything …
Canned kidney beans are great to keep on hand for adding to soups, salads, and rice or making into refried beans. Store bought kidney beans can often have a tinny flavor and are about 4-5 times the cost of dry kidney beans. Canning kidney beans at home helps you save money and have the convenience …
Stock your home library with the best canning books so that you can make your home food preservation efforts are safe and delicious. Oh sure, you can peruse the internet and a multitude of websites (including this one) full of delicious recipes, but having a few favorite canning books within reach at all times ensures …
Have homemade soups ready with just a pop of a jar with this easy method for canning vegetable beef soup. This easy recipe uses up whatever you on hand for a nourishing and delicious meal that is sure to come in handy on busy days. Skip the expense and dubious ingredients of store bought canned …
Fall means apples and while apples can be stored for months given the right conditions, most of us don’t have an ideal storage area for storing fresh apples. Whether you have apple trees loaded with apples or you just want to take advantage of lower prices by buying apples in season, now is the time …
This Plum Butter recipe will yield you several jars of sweet and slightly tangy goodness to use for biscuits, pancakes or even for adding to yogurt. Using a crockpot makes this recipe very hands off and canning the jars makes them shelf stable. The difference between jelly, jams and butters Jelly uses just the juice …
Make and preserve this delicious rhubarb pie filling recipe for tasty desserts all year long! Rhubarb tends to be on the first harvests after winter in the north and it’s productive, making it an ideal preservation project. Whether you’re interested freezing or canning it, this rhubarb pie filling is a versatile thing to have on …
Pickled onions are usually preserved in vinegar these days, but traditionally they have been preserved by lacto-fermentation. With just a few simple ingredients – raw onions, salt, and water – you can have naturally pickled red onions. This fermented red onion recipe comes together quickly and while it uses red onions, you can easily substitute …
If you love the rich, flaky texture of fresh salmon, learning how to pressure can it at home is a game-changer. Canning salmon is a great way to preserve a seasonal catch or take advantage of a bulk purchase while locking in its fresh flavor and nutrients for months to come. Unlike freezing, pressure canning …
Homemade plum jelly is not only delicious but also a great jelly for beginner canners to learn the art of jelly making. You can use wild plums, homegrown plums or purchased plums….they all make a great jelly. I prefer to can plum jelly to save on freezer space, but you can skip the canning and …