Good Year Round Soup – Make Extra for Canning (includes vegetarian option)
This homemade vegetable beef soup recipe is good year round. Even if it’s in the thick of summer heat, if you’re a gardener, chances are you’ll be make soups even in summer.
Gardeners spend a lot of time throughout the summer cooking, canning and preserving their garden goodies to enjoy in winter. A fully stocked pantry in the fall is a most satisfying, gratifying and comforting feeling for gardeners, and each can opened is like opening a jar of nature’s nutrients packed with a dose of sunshine.
Not a Gardener?
If you’re not a gardener, you might consider at least growing tomatoes in containers on your patio or deck. But if you simply don’t have the time or interest in growing your own food, there are ways to can and prep if you want to. Many people will buy the freshest garden fresh produce from the farmers’ market, and will cook and can to preserve it.
Check Out a Nearby Cannery
We know a lady who spends a week canning and preserving foods she buys from the local fresh markets. She loads up her car and spends most of the week at the nearest public canning facility. You can check on canneries in your area here.
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