I Can-Can-Caned!

My mother in law was in town and I decided:

"Hey! She can pass some wisdom to me!"

So I for some crazy moment thought: 

"Canning would be fun! I've never tried it!"

Yup.

It was a TON of work!

My cousin came over as well to help out and join in.

I will admit though, even with how hard it was, I can see

myself becoming obsessed with it and canning weekly or monthly from now on. 

I also love how pretty the cans are:

We did applesauce and a wonderful tomato basil sauce.

The recipe for the tomato basil can be found here.

It makes for an excellent base or used on its own.

The applesauce was pretty basic: apples, sugar, lemon juice.

My cousin also brought some of her blue ribbon winning jam:

I think I might need more shelving in the pantry soon......