Noreen's Homestead: Pressure Canning Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Greetings! Rick recently made a giant pot of his Irish Spaghetti sauce with the intention of canning up some quarts for the pantry. We had done this in July and are down to the last 3 jars so it's time to do it again. The bonus is that the local grocer had the sauce we like to use for our base on sale buy 2 get 3 free with a limit of 10 so that's what we did. All 10 jars went into the pot along with 5 pounds of lean ground beef and 2 pounds of ground pork and all of the special goodness that Rick adds to the sauce. We ate this for dinner that night and let the pot sit on the back of the stove overnight. The next day we jarred it up in quarts and processed it in the pressure canner. Here is how we did it. We hope this inspires you to want to try to put up a few things for yourself. It really is easy and it really is wonderful to reach into your pantry at the end of a hard day and only have to heat a jar of sauce and boil ups some noodles and mix up a simple salad and your dinner is ready in no time. If I had known how great it was to have these things readily available, I would have started doing this years ago. Please consider giving canning a try, it is rewarding and fulfilling to know that you are providing your family the very best you have to offer and you know exactly what is in that jar. Plus, they never list love in the ingredients of the grocery store foods do they?
I hope you try this and I hope you enjoy it. As always, Happy Eating!