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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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  1. I would like to try canning this summer–nothing too crazy, just ease into it–I’d like to start with a jam recipe. Every time I buy it at the grocery store I think, “I could probably make this for so much less! Ahh!” Thanks for the inspiration here at your site–I’ve had fun looking through it today.

  2. I liked Tattler Reusable Canning Lids AND Simple Bites on FB…would love to win so I can jar up (as they say here in Maine) some Indian-pickled cranberries (that we grow on our own cranberry bogs).
    Thanks for offering this Giveaway!

  8. 1) Tweeted (@angiewritergirl)
    2) Liked Tattler on FB
    3) Liked Simple Bites on FB

    I would LOVE to win these lids. There is so much canning in my future this year!

  10. I would love to try these lids. This summer I have big plans to increase my canning. Last year I did primarily fruit preserves, jams and jellies. This year I am gardening to can. I can’t wait! Now if only the weather would cooperate 🙂

    1. I feel you. I wish it would were we are also. Not sure if some of my plants are going to make it. Some are doing great some not so much.

  11. Getting a supply of Tattler Reusable lids was actually on the top of our canning to-do list this year! I can’t wait to be BPA free and replenish our pantry with this years garden crop. 🙂

  12. HI… I liked Tattler on FB… its amazing I have never tried these. My family and I have been canning for YEARS.

  13. I always can lots of tomatoes, sauce, jellies and jams, veggies and other things. I have wanted to try these lids for awhile. hope i win. Thanks for the opportunity.

  14. I am getting ready. I have located both of my pressure canners and my waterbath canner. I am hoping to put up a lot produce this season! My dear daughter is graduating from med school and she has been educating me on the evils of BPA and now she will not eat anything that has been in a metal can. So I will be jarring up her favorites as a graduation present. Canning brings back so many memories of putting food up with my grandmothers, mom and family. This is a great contest. Thanks!

  16. Hi there, me again..I liked you on fb and then I went over to pinterest and “followed” you.. though now I am thinking how I knew of this contest??
    thank you…

  18. I’m MFP in Wisconsin. Love the Tattler lids. In fact, the University of WI at Madison has written a grant to run them through the full array of tests so they can be safely recommended for use!

  20. Do different things with fruits and veggies. Other then just can it the way it is.

  21. I will be doing pickles, tomatoes and basil pesto. Just finished up marinated artichoke hearts. These lids look awesome.

  22. I can’t wait to start canning. I want to can strawberry jam, applesauce, and peaches this summer.

  24. hhmm my canning to do list…
    find more short wide mouth jars.
    grow more fruits and veggies to can .. but not sure what… I live in the PNW so our growing season is short.
    oh and my biggest on my list is to teach and share my friends how to can..so many of them dont know how. thank you for your info cant wait to read more… HAPPY CANNING

  25. would love to try these…. canning lots of goodies as they grow in my garden…=)

  26. Looking forward to experimenting more with non-traditional types of jams, and mixing it up a bit. Also have my new 24oz Ball jars to fill. I love these jars.

  28. I want to put up more syrups and items that are not jam. Last year I went jam crazy and I think I have enough jam for about four more years for my house and all my kids houses!

  31. My canning to-do list is to get better at it and do a ton more. With my 5 yr old son and myself with a serious soy allergy grocery stores are almost useless. So I’ve taken up canning to make things we can safely eat. So far strawberry jam has been a hit! Heading over to FB to check out your page and “like”. Of course I’d like to win the give away but happy canning to whom every does win it. 🙂

  33. rhubarb’s first on the list! so excited. and for the first time i’m going to pickle watermelon rinds and make more sauces that involve pickled veggies… no need to buy them at the store!

  38. I liked Tattler Reusable Canning Lids & Tattler Reusable Canning Lids on Facebook. I will canning tomatoes (for my stew and salsa), onions, peppers(for my cowboy candy and jelly), and strawberry jelly on my canning to do list.

  43. I plan on making lots and lots of spaghetti sauce. Homemade is just soooo much better than store bought–we can’t even it store bought anymore.

  45. Yahoo! If I won I could totally ditch this metal lids! I have a bigger garden this year and have plenty of canning ahead if me for our family!

  48. I liked both tattler and simple bites on facebook. My to do list for this year includes hot pickles, cinnamon pickles, and sweet and sour chicken. I can’t wait for the season to get rolling!

  50. On my to-do list this year is to purchase Tattler Reusable Canning Lids!! AND I already “Like” them on facebook!!!

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