Meals-in-jars are a great idea if you want to level up from simply canning excess harvest from your home garden.
Use a spoon or bubble remover to get the bubbles from inside the jar. Don't forget to clean jar rims with vinegar before placing the seals on them.
Add the rack to your canner before placing the jars in the canner. Add at least four to five inches of water to the canner after the jars are in the canner, or refer to your pressure canner for specific instructions.
Make sure the water is simmering when you add the jars. This can help prevent hot jars from bursting in cold water. (Related: Essential survival skill: Learn how to make survival bread.)
Below are some recipes that you can try making meals in a jar for the whole family. (h/t to Survivopedia.com)
16 Bean and ham soup
When you're ready to enjoy this 16 bean and ham soup, whip up a pan of cornbread. If you want to add extra vegetables, make the soup with some carrots, tomatoes or other vegetables that you like. This traditional ham and bean country recipe yields about nine quarts of soup.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs. 16 bean mix
- 14 cups water
- 4 cups chopped ham
- 1 cup chopped onions
- Large hambone (Don't use the neck bones because this will leave chunks of bone that are hard to pick out.)
- 2 tbsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. black pepper
Directions:
- Soak the beans overnight.
- Add all the ingredients to a large stockpot and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil the soup for an hour, then remove the ham bone.
- Prepare the seals.
- Ladle the soup into jars. Stir and scoop the soup deeply so you get an equal amount of ham and beans in each jar. Leave at least one inch of headspace in the jars and process for 90 minutes at 10 lbs.
Chicken soup
For a heartier soup, add pasta while you're warming it up. Don't can the pasta because it will turn to mush.
Cook a handful of noodles while you're warming up the soup long enough for the noodles to finish. This recipe yields about six quarts of chicken soup.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of chopped raw chicken
- 4 quarts water or chicken broth
- 4 chicken bouillon cubes (If you’re using water.)
- 2 cups sliced carrots
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
Directions:
- Place the broth (or water and bouillon) and chicken into a large stock pot. Bring to a boil and add the remaining ingredients. Bring the soup to a boil again.
- Ladle the soup into quart jars and leave one inch of headspace.
- While the chicken soup is cooking, get the seals hot.
- After you ladle the soup into jars, clean the rims very well before adding the seals and rings. Process for 90 minutes at 10 pounds.
Cranberry chicken rice
This recipe is easy to make and easy to store.
Ingredients:
- 1 12.5 to 14 ounce can chicken breast
- 5 cups water or broth
- 4 cups instant rice (White or a half and half blend of brown and white rice.)
- 1/2 cup dehydrated vegetable blend
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1½ tsp granulated garlic
- 1 Tbsp dried onion
- 1 Tbsp dried parsley
Directions:
- Use a canning funnel to pour the dry ingredients into a two-quart mason jar. Seal tightly and mark the meal name on a piece of tape. Add a note to "Add five cups water."
- Bring the five cups of water or broth, along with the chicken and its liquid, to a boil.
- Stir in the dry ingredients. Cover the pot tightly and let sit off the heat for 15 minutes. Fluff up.
Where to buy supplies for meals-in-jars
The Health Ranger Store is committed to helping you prepare for any emergency, especially if you want to stock up on ingredients for your meals-in-jars recipes.
That's why we're offering you many clean, lab-verified and healthy food options such as Mega Bucket Organic Black Beans and Mega Bucket Organic Long Grain Brown Rice.
Mega Bucket Organic Black Beans from the Health Ranger Store is 10 lbs of product that is sealed into 5 x 2lb packages and stored in a 2-gallon bucket.
The Health Ranger’s organic black beans can be cooked by themselves or added to hearty soups and stews. Enjoy our hand-picked selection of top-quality black beans, your all-natural source of fiber and iron.
You can trust that Mega Bucket Organic Black Beans from the Health Ranger Store are thoroughly lab-tested for glyphosate, heavy metals and microbiology. They are also USDA-organic and Kosher-certified.
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Because brown rice also keeps its hull, bran and germ, it has higher levels of minerals, dietary fiber and carbs. Furthermore, organic brown rice is a great source of calcium, iron, potassium, protein and other healthy phytonutrients. This makes it a great addition to your emergency stockpile due to its long shelf life.
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Go to EmergencyFood.news for more prepping recipes to try. You can also check out Health Ranger Store and Brighteon Store for more clean food supplies for your prepping stockpile.
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