Easy Tomato Canning Recipes Links

All of these canning recipes are so easy - anyone can do it! Even if you've never canned anything before. Really!

How To Can Tomatoes

Canning 101: Tomato Float, Sauce Separation and Loss of Liquid

Tomato Canning Tips

And here are some of our favorite tomato canning recipes:
Classic Tomato Ketchup

Recipes for Canning Tomatoes: Stewed Tomatoes, Pizza Sauce, Spaghetti Sauce, Salsa

Mom's Best Tomato Soup Canning Recipe

Easy Peasy Tomato Paste

Roasted Garlic Tomato Sauce

Canning Recipe: Dawn's Favorite Salsa

Homemade Stewed Tomatoes - Canning Recipe

Sweet and Tangy Tomato Jam

Green Tomato Salsa

Homemade Tomato Juice - just like store bought!

Afraid to try canning? Just freeze instead!
How To Freeze Tomatoes

Or make some homemade sun dried tomatoes to freeze or store in olive oil in the fridge:
How To Make Sun Dried Tomatoes

If you have a dehydrator - try making this!
How To Dehydrate Tomatoes Plus Making Tomato Powder

Our Favorite Heirloom Tomato Recipes

Soon we will have more heirloom tomatoes than we'll know what to do with! These delicious tomatoes available in a rainbow of colors can be enjoyed in so many ways!

Here are a few of our favorite collections of tomato recipes:

20 Summertime Heirloom Tomatoes Recipes: Brit + Co.

15 Tastiest Heirloom Tomato Recipes - The Daily Meal

40 Fresh Tomato Recipes You'll Love - Midwest Living

15 Gorgeous Heirloom Tomato Recipes - Oh My Veggies

Cucumber With Heirloom Tomatoes, Spring Onions and Dill

Chicken Backs for Soup and Pulled Chicken

Whole animal cooking is becoming more and more popular, not only because the cost of meat is steadily rising but also to reduce waste. When we buy those convenient packages of boneless skinless chicken breasts and leg/thigh portions, what is left over are very useful chicken backs.

Here is a great site that walks you through exactly how to use these to make very nutritious and nutrient dense chicken stock, as well as when to pull them out in order to make use of the surprising amount of tasty meat the backs have.

Chicken Backs for Soup - Shady Grove Ranch

Perfect to save for anything that requires pulled/shredded chicken such as fajitas, chicken pot pie, etc. Or toss it into the food processor to grind it for making chicken croquettes, chicken meatballs, chicken meatloaf, for stuffing pasta/ravioli, the possibilities are endless. A great way to get inexpensive high quality all natural pastured chicken at the bargain price of only $2.65 per pound! Available for sale in our Annie's Acres Farm shop.

Spring Spotlight: Pea Shoots

New to this seasonal spring treat? Pea shoots are delicate and sweet, and taste like the pea pods themselves. They're great raw in salads, as a swap for lettuce on a sandwich, in egg scrambles or frittatas, or using them as a pretty, edible garnish. Unlike pea sprouts, these leaves and tendrils are grown in the soil. (Sprouts, with their long stems and tiny leaves, are actually sprouted peas grown in water.) They truly taste like spring!

Here are a few great recipes for pea shoots:
Pea Shoot and Baby Arugula Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
Baby Spinach and Pea Shoot Salad with a Honey Lemon Vinaigrette
Pea Shoot Frittata

Stop by the farm shop this weekend for your pea shoots, arugula, spinach, eggs, and cheese! Enjoy!

Here is some inspiration for the good old staple green that we all love - spinach! Spinach is so versatile. Wilted, sautéed, braised, steamed, or raw you can work it into just about any recipe to add some extra nutrients. My favorite to get the kids to eat, sneak it into pasta (or better yet quinoa mac & cheese and replace the pasta too!) or meatballs.

Here are 25 Healthy, Creative Spinach Recipes on Babble.com

And another great collection of spinach recipes here on NYTimes.com that will help you decide the best way to cook it depending on your other ingredients.

Don't forget, sale on bloomsdale spinach in the shop through Sunday 4/23!

Instead of an evening in a crowded restaurant with overpriced sub par food, cook at home for Valentine's Day this year. There is no better way to show someone how much you care than with a home cooked meal made with love! With high quality ingredients, this simple meal is sure to be delicious. And super simple, even if you don't consider yourself a cook!

Knowing how to cook a great steak is an awesome skill to have that you'll use again and again. The trick is: take your meat out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before you cook it! Cold meat thrown into a hot pain = tough meat. Tip # 2: If you aren't familiar with how to tell when a steak is rare, medium, well done, get yourself a reliable meat thermometer. A tip specific to the 100% grass fed beef we have here at Annie's Acres Farm: cook it a little under what you would order at a restaurant. The beef tends to become tougher if overcooked than a grain fed beef steak would.

For a more in depth easy seared steak recipe, check out the one here on Chow.com 

It is safe to say almost everyone knows how to make mashed potatoes, but the secret is to make sure you roast your garlic to a delicious golden color.

Martha Stewart has a great recipe here.

Roasted carrots are a simple elegant side. For those not used to cooking at home, follow Ina Garten's recipe here. Customize it to your taste and use any herb or seasoning you like. Want sweet? Try some honey. Like spicy and exotic? Try cumin roasted carrots!

Roasted Garlic Potato Soup

This soup is absolutely delicious, and I can't think of anything better to eat on a cold winter day!  Such an easy, healthy comfort food recipe.  We still have lots of potatoes and garlic available in the shop here at Annie's Acres Farm.

Click the link for the recipe: Roasted Garlic Potato Soup (from Taste of Home)