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324August 23, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?

Is it safe to sterilize canning jars in the oven? Can you keep jars warm in the oven before processing? Everything you need to know about the science and safety of warming and sterilizing your jars.

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20July 10, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

6 Simple Tricks To Make Canning Easier

Six of my absolute best tricks to make my canning simpler, easier and more efficient – without sacrificing safety!

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1July 20, 2015Productive Home by Erica

{Giveaway} reCAP Mason Jar Accesories Variety Pack

Once upon a time, long, long ago, a new-ish blogger with more mason jars than readers heard about an amazing thing called a Kickstarter. A Kickstarter, the blogger learned, was a way for individual people to directly support entrepreneurs with really awesome ideas. The very first Kickstarter the blogger ever heard about was for a brand…

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189December 9, 2013Food Preservation by Erica

The Freeze-Fill Line (How To Freeze Food In Mason Jars)

Here’s a quick tip for knowing how much to fill mason jars with food for freezing. Most straight-sided mason-type jars are made with something called the Freeze-Fill Line. This line shows you how much food you can safety put into a glass jar without risking a cracked jar when the contents freeze and expand. Look…

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34September 24, 2013Productive Home by Erica

How To Organize Your Spice Drawer With Mason Jars

Like most pretty serious cooks, I have a pretty serious spice collection. I’ve been a fan of buying my spices in bulk at my local Yuppie-Hippie Co-op for years now. The spices you get in bulk, if you are in a place that rolls through their stock, tend to be fresher and of higher quality…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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