Sunday, March 22, 2009

Planning ahead...



Last week I decided to can chicken. There was a pretty good sale on skinless, boneless chicken breasts and I had a pressure canner that I bought about 5 years ago sitting in the garage, so I tried it. It took about 10 hours to do 4 batches and I ended up with 28 pints of chicken from about 25 pounds of meat. So now when we get home and we want chicken enchiladas, or any chicken meal, instead of having to defrost the chicken and cook it all we have to do is open a jar and we're ready to go. I am going to do ground beef next and then stew meat. With both of us working and kids getting busy with activities, this is a real help and I always love a bargain.

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