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Gearing up for canning season (Tattler Reusable Canning Lids Giveaway)

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Last week we cracked open the last of the canned apricots in honey syrup and spooned them up with whipped cream.

That jar was the end of my fruit preserves from last summer (although there’s still jam to be found) and it got me thinking about the season ahead. I intend to make up for lost time this year, as last summer my pregnancy left me too tired to cook dinner, let alone put up produce. Even though I’m certain this summer is going to be one of the busiest ever, and I’ll have a baby to care for, I’m determined to keep my canning pot occupied.

Local produce hasn’t quite hit the markets yet, but I am getting ready for it. Making sure I have a supply of large and small reusable canning lids from Tattler is an important part of planning for canning.

Tattler Lids provide a cost effective alternative to metal lids, as well as a safe, environmentally friendly product for home food preservation. I’ve been using their lids for over a year now with no complaints and I recommend them to my friends and family. It’s nice to know that the food I am preserving is BPA free.

Hit the jump to read about a few more ways I’m getting ready for the canning season, and a mega giveaway from Tattler Reusable Canning Lids! One winner will take home a giveaway package of 100 regular lids AND 100 wide mouth lids with reusable rubber rings!

Prepping for 2012 Canning Season

Back to Basics. It’s never a bad idea to review canning basics, and with my frazzled postpartum brain, it is essential. If your new to canning or just looking for a refresher, read our Canning 101 primer.

Equipment Check. Don’t be the knumbskull who is all set to jam – only to discover the pectin is past its due date and there’s nary an empty jar in the pantry. Go over everything you will need, toss those old canning lids containing BPA, and order some reusable lids from Tattler. Now you’re set.

Plan to Stay Sane. I mean it. Set realistic goals and check out these 7 Ways to Avoid Burnout During Canning Season. You can thank me come October.

Get a Guidebook. Luckily for us, Marisa of Food in Jars (and Simple Bites contributor) has a cookbook coming out in just a few days and in plenty of time for spring produce. Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round is available for pre-order on Amazon, so get yours now! Also, be sure to check out Marisa’s book tour page to see if she is coming to a city near you.

Printable Canning Plan: If you like cute printables, Autumn over at Autumn Makes & Does is helping us to get a start on the upcoming preserving season with an adorable printable canning plan. Download it today for free!

Stock up on Tattler lids! They are suitable for all types of home canning and are dishwasher safe. Winning this giveaway could give you enough reusable canning lids for life! Be sure to enter below.

48-Hour Giveaway!

** This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Tracy of Sugarcrafter, our big winner!**

Today’s special giveaway package includes 100 regular lids AND 100 wide mouth lids with reusable rubber rings from Tattler. That’s a retail value of $142.95!

To enter:

Leave a comment on this post and tell me something on your canning ‘to-do’ list for this year.

Extra entries

For additional entries you can do one or all of the following:

1. Follow @tattlercanning on Twitter, copy and paste following into a tweet:

“I want to win a season’s worth of BPA-free reusable canning lids from @tattlercanning on @simplebites: http://bit.ly/JcBfJg ”

2. Like Tattler Reusable Canning Lids on Facebook.

3. Like Simple Bites on Facebook.

 

For each additional entry, you MUST return to this post and leave a comment telling me you tweeted or Facebooked.

**And finally, only comments left on this original post will be counted as entries, so if you are reading this post via email, please note that you must enter on the blog post itself, NOT by replying to the email. Thank you!**

Giveaway will end on Sunday, April 22 at 12:01 AM. Good luck to all!

Cooking has always been Aimée's preferred recreational activity, creative outlet, and source of relaxation. After nearly ten years in the professional cooking industry, she went from restaurant to RSS by trading her tongs and clogs for cookie cutters and a laptop, serving as editor here at Simple Bites. Her first book, Brown Eggs and Jam Jars - Family Recipes from the Kitchen of Simple Bites, was published in February 2015.

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  5. This year I am hoping to can enough pasta sauce and salsa for the winter. I also plan on trying my hand at canning some new foods!

  8. This will be my first season canning and I can’t wait. I want to make jams and tomato and apple sauce. I would love to win these BPA free lids!

    1. We are out of my strawberry jam and strawberry syrup. As soon as it is strawberry season we will be outside picking and canning!

  13. One of the things I’m looking forward to canning the most this summer is garlic dill pickles. Last year I had a catastrophic failure of my cucumber crop and *gasp* didn’t get one single jar done. We went through sad, sad withdrawal this winter.

    Thank you for hosting this awesome giveaway!

  15. I am planning on canning soup this year. I have been wanting to do it for a while and can hardly wait to get enough fresh veggies from the garden to get started 😉

  16. As soon as my rhubarb is up I will be canning “Victoria Sauce” also known as rhubarbecue sauce, it’s an amazing sauce excellent with pork or chicken on the grill!

  17. This is only my second year canning, but I’m totally hooked and amazed by all the inspiration I’m finding on fb and canning blogs. My project for this weekend is Habanero Gold Jelly! 😀

  18. I love to put up dandelion and violet jellies. Going to give lavender and mint a shot this year too. Would love to put up more and have tattler lids too!

  20. With all the talk about BPA in canned items from the store I plan on doing a ton of canning this year. Most important on my list: Tomatoes!

  23. This year I hope to teach my 2 granddaughters how to can and freeze, so they can continue to porvide healthy options for their families and to carry on a tradition that my grandmother taught me.

  26. This year I’d really like to try out my pressure cooker! To this point, I’ve been chicken ;). I’m good w/ the water bath. Time to move on to the next level.

    1. Opps! forgot to mention I liked Simple Bites on FB, however I had already likedTattler

  30. Hi!! How exciting that you have a new baby to care for this year! That sounds like me last summer, but this summer I have a 1-1/2 y/o AND due to have another baby in July so I will join you in the challenge of keeping the canning pot busy while caring for a baby! (Actually, when they are younger, it is really easy, since you can set them in a lounging bouncy chair with a toy bar or while they nap and get things done!)
    My goals are to make salsa and lots of canned fresh fruits to eat throughout the winter, my daughter LOVES our late-night munching on canned fruits from the previous summer!

  33. This year I am hoping to expand my canning to pressure canning!! Canning has changed my life!!!!

  50. I’m planning on buying a juice steamer this year. It will make canning jellies so much easier. 🙂

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