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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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  4. I will do another batch of strawberry rhubarb jam, jalapeno pickles, and more savory things this year.

  5. On my canning to do list this year is…to can! This will be the first year canning. Have to say I am a little nervous but also excited!

  8. I would like to can ANYTHING. I have all of my mom’s old supplies and every year I say this will be the year, but I have yet to make the leap!

  11. Green beans and tomatoes, pickles and salsa- would love to have some Tattlers to use!

  15. I would really like to can some type of meat , haven’t done any.
    I do can different vegetables, fruits and jams.
    Helped grandson-in-law get started. He especially likes making different jams.

  16. I want to win. I have tweeted and Liked both Facebook pages. I have wanted to try these lids for a while now but they have not fit the budget.

  17. I live in Texas and just hope I have something to can this year after pretty much everything in my garden died in the heat last year!

  18. My canning to do list is the 120ft X 25ft garden I have planted. Lots of veggies in there.

  19. As a third generation canner, living as the third generation on our homestead, canning has and always will be both a necessity and pleasure. We live simple, make our own with most all food, nothing processed, and canning is an event with sisters, friends, and neighbors (who are new to canning). We typically can anywhere from 200 -500 pounds of peaches each year, and create a whole day event. With as much as we can, we had never heard of Tattler until now, and am excited to throw all my bpa lids/rings out!

  23. Would love to can up some Spicy Thai Dipping Sauce with lots of garden grown garlic!

    Please enter me in your contest. Would LOVE to try up lids that are BPA-Free and sounds like it’s an easy swap. 🙂

    Thanks much.

    Also, I have LIKED both FaceBook pages, so please count this 1 post here as 3 entries. Thank you.

  24. I would love this! Last year was my first at canning. I did bread and butter pickles, cherries, and applesauce. I look forward to adding some new things to those this year.

  25. I am new to canning but I am really excited to get started. I canned a batch of homemade BBQ sauce last week. My husband and I are buying a pressure canner to can our garden veggies this year.

  26. I got a pressure canner last year, and plan to start using it this summer. Great time to win those BPA-free lids!

  30. I have already started and I have done some vegy soups, jams and I am starting on stews (meat and bean) next week. So much fun!

  34. My two small children ate 2 bushels worth of homemade applesauce since last fall. I need some Tattler lids so I can put up 4 bushels worth of sauce this year.

  37. What a great giveaway! I’ve already been canning chicken broth, ham and white beans this year. I’m looking forward to summer/fall canning season!
    Thanks, Teri

  39. LOVE that you are promoting a product USA made!!! and BPA free to boot! I have a special sauce that I would like to can since it takes quite a long time to stew. And I would love to can the fruits and veggies that my garden (will) bear.

  45. I’m hoping to do tomato sauce this year for the first time. I’ll be doing a repeat of salsa and applesauce. And I’m hoping to start canning cooked beans in small batches, with the Pressure Cooker I’m getting for Mother’s Day.

  46. I will be canning jams, jellies, and all kinds of pickles this year. My sisters send back their empty jars so they can get more.

  48. I did some blueberry jam a few years ago and would like to do that again, so the lids would really be great!! Thanks for putting on
    the promotion!

  50. BTW, I also tweeted the message on twitter, “liked” the tattler website, and also” liked ” the Simple Bites blog which I do! 🙂 to get in all the add’l entries! Thank you!

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