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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. Within 6 months of that initial batch of strawberry preserves, I was cranking out batch after batch of home canned goodies to sell at local craft shows and markets. The following is a guest post by Raising A Family On A Budget.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. Within 6 months of that initial batch of strawberry preserves, I was cranking out batch after batch of home canned goodies to sell at local craft shows and markets. The following is a guest post by Raising A Family On A Budget.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Design a coupon for the gift of perennials. Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. I can almost taste the toasted cinnamon bread slathered with butter now. Cooking Lessons.

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