Harvesting what you grow is one of the true pleasures of gardening. If you take the time to grow your own vegetables, then canning some of what you grow is absolutely worth the effort. All you need is a few delicious canning recipes to get you started! 

Canning is an excellent way to reduce your carbon footprint and add flavor to your meals. If you’re vegan, like me, you know how special that is! Admittedly, what appeals to me the most about this process is not having to spend money at the grocery store for things like pickled vegetables or fruit jams. 

Food preservation is a TOP benefit of growing an organic garden because it gives you access to season-specific vegetables and fruits ALL year long. That’s a big deal – especially if you’re a foodie or passionate cook.

Can you imagine all the desserts you could make during the Holidays if you can your fruits after harvest? If you love to bake, you should try canning your fruits this year.

(*If you’re still struggling with how to grow an organic garden, head to 15 Free Lessons for Becoming a Better Organic Gardener.)

Before we get into this list of canning recipes, though, I want you to understand that improper canning can make you very sick, so make sure to read up on the safety guidelines below. You wouldn’t want your mason jars to harbor harmful bacteria now, would you?!

If you’re a canning newbie, give these informative posts a quick read:

Home Canning Safety 

Unsafe Home Canning Practices

Safe Pressure Canning Tips for Beginning Home Canners

60 Delicious Home Canning Recipes

Now let’s delve in! The delicious canning recipes below are going to help you create flavorful meals year round and preserve everything you’ve grown in your garden. No more wasting precious food and resources!

VEGETABLES

In this vegetable section, you’ll find recipes for cucumbers and pickles, tomatoes, carrots, dilly beans, potatoes, beets, asparagus, radishes, rhubarb, pinto beans, peppers, onions, and garlic.

These canned recipes can be used to add flavor to sandwiches, salads, wraps, pasta dishes, and marinades for your favorite proteins. Check out some old-fashioned favorites but don’t be afraid to try something new. You never know what’ll become a family favorite!

1. The Best Dill Pickles
2. How to Make Amazing Rhubarb Jam Without Sugar
3. How to Make Basic Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes 
4. Canning Fresh Tomato Salsa
5. Home Canned Tomato Soup 
6. How to Can Green Beans
7. How to Can Dilly Beans
8. How to Pressure Can Asparagus Perfectly 
9. Fire Roasted Tomatoes
10. Easily Pickle Hot Peppers
11. Canning Butternut Squash 
12. Pickled Asparagus
13. How to Can Diced Tomatoes
14. Home Canned Pizza Sauce
15. Canning Plain Beets
16. Best Pickled Asparagus – Easy Canning Recipe
17. Canning Potatoes
18. Garlic Banana Peppers
19. Pickled Green Onions 
20. Quick Pickled Zucchini Recipe
21. Garlicky Pickled Mixed Vegetables 
22. How to Can Sweet Potatoes
23. Bread and Butter Pickles
24. Refrigerator Pickled Hot Peppers
25. Pickled Cauliflower 
26. Spicy Quick Pickled Radishes 
27. Killer Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles
28. Pressure Canning Pinto Beans
29. Cayenne-Spiced Dilly Beans
30. Canning Zucchini
31. How to Can Carrots
32. How to Pressure Can Potatoes
33. Pickled Garlic
34. Herb Garlic Oil
35. Spicy Garlic Carrot Pickles
36. Cauliflower Pickles
37. English Pickled Onions
38. How to Can Carmelized Onions
39. Sweet and Spicy Canned Onion Marmalade 
40. Canning Sauerkraut 

FRUITS

In the fruits section, you’ll find recipes for canned peaches, apricots, apples, cherries, blackberries, pumpkin, and raspberries. You’ll find lots of jam recipes here because let’s face it, nothing compares to home-made jam. 

Making your own with the fruits you harvest helps ensure you get loads of flavor without all those nasty additives. Use jam on top of toast, scones, or on top of ice cream. You can also use jam in place of frosting on cakes and cupcakes!

1. How to Can Peaches  
2. How to Can Applesauce at Home
3. Canned Cinnamon Apples
4. Canning Peaches – Step by Step Guide
5. Home-Canned Apple-Pie Filling 
6. Canning Pumpkin – The Easy Way
7. Easy Blackberry Jam Recipe Low Sugar with Canning Instructions
8. Strawberry Sauce with Canning Instructions 
9. Apricot Jam 
10. Decadent Spiced Plums
11. Making Raspberry Jam
12. How to Can Whole Figs
13. Orange Marmalade 
14. Watermelon Jam 
15. Vanilla Peach Jam
16. Strawberry Jam without Pectin
17. Homemade Apple Pie Jam
18. Canning Cherry Jam
19. Old-Fashioned Blackberry Jam 
20. Homemade Cherry Pie Filling 

I hope you found a few recipes that’ll work for you! Remember that you can always adjust these recipes to make sure they suit your taste buds and preferences. If you need more information about how to grow an organic food garden, make sure to visit the Smiling Gardener’s website.!