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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. Really looking forward to canning season! My absolute favorite things are jams, preserves, & ALL kinds of pickles!
    Would love to test out Tattler lids this year.
    They’re on my wish list.

  8. I liked Tattler & Simple Bites on Facebook for my two extra entries!! This year I am trying pressure canning for the first time to can up some local sweet corn and meat stocks. I am also canning soups to give to my father-in-law as a healthier alternative to store bought. I will keep my fingers crossed to win because those lids would be quite a blessing!!

  9. I plan on canning everything I can! I really want to do peach pie filling this year, if my peaches didn’t get frozen off…….I hope I win! Thank you…

  10. I will be canning a few types of jam, tomatoes, salsa, green beans, and apple butter. 🙂

  13. We will once again can Turnip kraut. We love it, Of course we also can fish. Two things not everyone cans.
    Patti
    PS thanks for the 2 news likes on FB too, I can follow along now.

  14. I will be getting Raspberries this year and will be canning raspberry jam. Yummy!! I also need to make and can pickles this year.

  15. This season will be my first time canning, so I think I am going to stick to jams and fruits.

  16. I am new to canning! With some amazing new lids I’ll be the talk of the town with my canning this year! Farmer’s Market, here I come!!!

  19. I just got back from buying seeds to start indoors – I plan on container gardening, and canning the results!

    Would love to use tattlers to seal my yummy creations!

  20. I have only been canning on my own for a couple of years now. But I am loving it. Started out with just hwb and now I’m onto a pc. The hardest to keep up with in our house is by far the strawberry jam. My kids LOVE it. So I will be doubling, or tripling that part of my canning this year!

  22. Liked you on facebook. Look forward to the updates. Your blog looks amazing. Thank you!

  25. I just used the last of my canning jars and will be needing more and these Tattler lids are high on my list at moment (out of jars and lids!). I just canned Hot Carrots and because I live in the southwest, I just made Strawberry Rhubarb jam! I am excited because previously when I made jam my three small children would not eat the jam with lumps of fruit in it. For the first time I blended the entire batch to a smooth consistency and it worked perfectly – the entire family can now eat the jam. My goal is to no longer buy any jam from the store (organic but still). Oh, and I LOVE this site and look at it often for ideas and inspiration!

  26. I would love a chance to use Tattler Lids, it would be a huge help in todays economy to pass along some to friends and family!

  32. I’ll be canning jams, vegetables, and pickling everything possible. I entered 4 items in the county fair last summer and I’m sure these jars will bring me the much sought after red ribbon!

  33. Absolutely love canning. Planning on making dandelion jelly today to start off my canning season. 😀

  35. I now “like” Tattler reusable lids on Facebook (I had no idea they had a page there!)

  36. Just learned of the benefits of Tattler rings and lids….so using Tattler is on my canning to- do list this year! Can’t wait!

  38. On my canning to-do list is to stock the pantry with staples like tomatoes, condiments and pie fillings. These lids would be so helpful in that endeavor!

  39. I am just starting out with canning and winning the lids would really make a financial impact. With 5 children, every penny and berry counts:)

  42. I liked both Tattler & Simple Bites!
    Received my first box of Tattler lids, can’t wait to try them out this weekend!
    pickles, jams, salmon, salsa, asparagus, fruit…you name it!

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