well it’s more jar-ing than canning. But I’m sure you know what I mean
I found someone selling boxes or organic tomatoes for $25 a box.
I sent hubby along to get two boxes
About half of the box ended up in the big pot.
Once the sauce got to the, it looks like watery tomatoes, I poured it into a nonstick pot. It’s about half the size of the stock pot
After boiling it for a few hours I put it into washed and sterilised jars
They’re currently back in the cleaned stock pot being boiled again
They will stay in the water bath boiling for about half an hour I’ll then turn it off and they can stay there until the water cools enough that I can put my hands in
They will finish cooling on the bench.
I love hearing the pop of the lids as they seal
I also made five bags of beef stock.
Those bags and the chicken ones are now safely in the freezer
This is the sauce or similar to this that I buy. Usually it’s whatever is on sale
So my five jars are worth around four dollars each.
That’s $20 approximately
Since the box cost $25 I’ve pretty much covered the initial cost. Now all the rest of the sauce from this box is free
There is still a good half of the box left
I’m pretty happy about that
Got to love a bargain
Well done!! I bought 2 big Tins of concentrated tomato paste today but we have containers o fresh tomatoes in the freezer. It's all very well me stock piling rice and macaroni but you can't eat those without a sauce.
ReplyDeleteI've made jars of tomato sauce, like your passata and now I want to make a spicy chilli sauce, not too hot. A friend makes a sauce that is delicious.
Well done. You're a kali Greek Mama!!
Nawww thanks But you know us. We need to eat. Well!
DeleteThrifty and delicious!
ReplyDeleteAnd healthy
DeleteYou're a model canner. There's a lot of good food ahead.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s life without sauce
DeleteEven if it costs a little more its made with love and no additives to mess with colour or flavour.
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