Last week we got a big ham on sale (half price – $4.22) at Aldi. I baked the ham, then took the bone out and boiled it for making soup. Yesterday was soup making day.
Soup Veggies
I took everything we had in the garden – zucchini, yellow squash, leeks, the last of the sweet peas, anasazi beans, carrots, onions, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, tomatoes and some leftover green beans from Friday, along with corn cut from fresh corn from the grocery store. I also added some okra that I canned last year . . okra isn’t producing yet. I also had two packages of stew meat that I browned, then cooked in the pressure cooker.
Soup’s On!
The soup simmered for a few hours and then I filled 7 quart jars and canned it.
7 Quarts of Homemade Soup
It will be so nice during the winter to have soup that was made from our fresh veggies.
Half Gallon of Soup
There was enough soup leftover to fill a half gallon jar, which didn’t get canned but went into the fridge. We’ll use some of that for lunch today and have the leftovers in a day or so.
It was a lot of work but it will be so worth it to be able to open those jars of soup later.
treadlemusic says
Those fresh garden vegis are incredible….as is your soup. And, yes, the effort is so worth it!!!!!
Lea Anne Brummett says
Your soup sounds and looks amazing. I started reading your blog years ago as a quilter. Due to my own lack of blogging and time on computer I don’t read as many blogs or as much as I would like. In the last couple of years we’ve expanded our garden and started preserving more foods. Being so new to canning I have so many questions. My first question is by cooking your meat before canning does that cut down on the canning time? If not, did the squash basically fall apart? On another subject, are you still canning outdoors? If so I’ve another question. Do you sterilize and pack the jars outside, or do you do that indoors and take them out to be canned? We are wanting to start canning outside so we don’t heat up the house. I don’t even know where to start. We are still in the research phase. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed in so many areas. I did see your post in 2014 about purchasing a new outdoor stove and was wondering if it was still working well for you. Thanks for the help!
Jennifer says
You have inspired me, this week someone gave me enough tomatoes that I canned 38 pints of them.