Canning with The Diva!™

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Canning Tomato Season Aug 12, 2022

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With countless tomato varieties available today, it is often difficult for new canners to know which to use in home canning. In this episode, The Canning Diva®, shares her tips helping listeners determine which tomato is right for their home canning uses.
Learn the many uses for the plumb, or Roma, tomato and the ways in which she maximized 8 bushels of canning, or Beefsteak, tomatoes with ease. Also in this episode, she will share blanching techniques, pressure canning tips and will give you the steps to make her well-known Basil Diced Tomato recipe.

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Happy Canning & Preserving!
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Freeze Drying Meals with Protein Jun 29, 2022

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Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva® , takes another fun dive into freeze drying with guest, Lorrie Reminga. In this episode, they dive a bit deeper into some of the nuances of freeze drying. Lorrie shares tips on how to properly preserve your freeze dried foods and discusses the various accessories and trays that have helped along the way. They also dive into pre-freezing space and storage containers, how to use your freeze dryer to vacuum seal Mason jars as well as how to tell when your food is thoroughly dried to avoid spoilage.
Lorrie will also share delicious freeze dried meal recipes so you may round out your food supply. Learn how to make and dry Chicken Noodle Casserole and a protein-packed snack to avoid spending money on commercially made protein bars.

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Introduction to Freeze Drying with Guest Lorrie Reminga Jun 21, 2022

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Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, changes things up a bit in this informative episode with guest, Lorrie Reminga. Lorrie shares with listeners her experience with a Harvest Right freeze dryer, giving insight into how it works, the fun foods you can freeze dry, the costs involved and so much more! The Canning Diva® also shares the many benefits to freeze drying foods, its nutritional value when doing so and its amazing shelf-life!

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The Art of Pickling Jun 14, 2022

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In this exciting episode, The Canning Diva dives into the art and craft of pickling as a means of food preservation. She will break down the science and the math in the required brine ratio to take low acid food and create a high acid environment. She dives into the reasoning and methodology behind the art of pickling and how to properly raw pack jars to maximize your yield.

Diane, The Canning Diva, gives listeners two delicious canning recipes; Pickled Garlic Cloves which uses wine as the acid boasting an amazing flavor and Pickled Ramps, also known as Wild Leeks. While you may pickle just about anything, she will share with you the variety of differences between certain recipes as well as when to raw or hot pack the recipe.

For more pickling recipes, be sure to pick up a copy of Beginner’s Guide to Canning available on Amazon and her website, www.canningdiva.com

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Confidently Stock Your Pantry by Asking These 5 Questions Jun 07, 2022

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In this episode, The Canning Diva® teaches listeners various tips and what to store long-term as you build your food supply, including medicinal items and emergency essentials to productively round out your pantry. Preparedness isn’t just for preppers – it’s for everyone!

Why Stock Your Pantry Now?

A disaster is relative to you. It is what hits you personally and financially. A disaster could be the loss of income, a death in the family, an accident or personal injury. Other disasters may of a larger scale like a massive power outage, hurricane and tornado, food shortages and supply chain disruption. But whatever the disaster, they all have something in common. The disaster puts us in a position where the necessities in life, food, water and shelter, are catapulted to the forefront of survival.
How are you going to eat and drink, provide yourself shelter and how are you going to stretch every penny without having to rely on our food supply system?
Tune in and learn how to confidently stock your pantry by asking yourself these five very important questions.

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The Raw Stacking Canning Method Explained Jun 01, 2022

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In this fun informational episode, The Canning Diva® explains her canning technique called, Raw Stacking. She gives listeners the Top 5 Advantages of raw stacking a canning recipe, shares how to use your frozen vegetables and meats, gives detailed information when using dried beans when raw stacking and shares why certain recipes may not be best suited to raw stack.

Diane, The Canning Diva®, also gives listeners the instructions and ingredient measurements to create her Irish Bean & Cabbage Stew recipe using the raw stacking method. It is simple, delicious and her go-to lunch!

For more information and recipes using the Raw Stacking Method, be sure to pick up a copy of her cookbook, The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning, or head over to the Diva’s website at www.canningdiva.com and explore further!

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How to Safely Preserve Chicken and Poultry May 24, 2022

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As a trailer to The Canning Diva®’s previous episode, Economical Canning Recipes During Inflation, Diane wanted to dive a bit deeper in this episode so you may learn how to safely preserve chicken in a jar for long-term food storage.

With the increase in overall food costs affecting consumers, we see a drastic 8.5% increase in the cost of chicken and poultry. Before costs get even higher, The Canning Diva® shares seven important tips to help you get the most out of every jar while also providing listeners with instructions and processing times to maximize yield. She will also share a variety of delicious seasonings you may incorporate to give your chicken robust flavors to use later in meals.

For more information on how to preserve meat and meat-based recipes, be sure to pick up a copy of my cookbook, The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning, or head over to my website at www.canningdiva.com for more recipes today!

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Economical Canning Recipes During Inflation May 17, 2022

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With the cost of food increasing and farmers recently on the news warning us there is going to be a food crisis come Summer 2022, not to mention the news reporting the State of Michigan will face planned power outages, it is imperative we have ready-to-eat food in jars on our pantry shelves. Diane, The Canning Diva®, shares with you some of her canning recipes to help you and your family sustain during hard times.

Learn how to create a variety of meats, soups and stews in this episode, such as Vegetable Soup and Irish Bean & Cabbage Stew . The Canning Diva® will also provide listeners with tips to safely preserve meat in a jar, sharing a recipe from her cookbook, the Beginner’s Guide to Canning. She will also highlight various tips and tricks to include protein in your planning in the event meat is not a viable, or cost-effective solution.

Be sure to visit www.canningdiva.com for more information and recipes to start canning and preserving before the end of summer.

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What Preparedness Recently Taught Me May 10, 2022

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Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, shares what she has learned about her overall pantry supply after being faced with a disaster lasting more than six weeks. After breaking her ankle, having surgery and going through recovery, it has really forced The Canning Diva to look at her personal food preserves in a whole new light!

In today’s episode, she will share with you some of her recent discoveries in hopes to get listeners to really think deeper about the recipes and food types they’ll use and/or consume when times are tough. She will share her experiences and the ‘thought process’ behind it all to better help you determine what foods to preserve, which methods to focus on, and which food groups and recipes make sense, so you too may be prepared if an unfortunate disaster strikes!

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Preserving Fresh Mint Mar 04, 2022

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In this episode, The Canning Diva® shares three preservation methods for fresh mint. She gives you the recipe and technique to preserve Mint Jelly in a jar, how to dehydrate mint leaves and a recipe to create delicious mint tea with citrus zest. Lastly, she shares with listeners how to use the steeped mint leaves in a delicious Pesto Sauce. The Canning Diva® also shares some herb gardening tips and ways to use herbs in your recipe creations.

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