Canning Day....

Fresh ingredients all ready.... notice
in the background, Wilson is
posing for the picture!

It's that time of year again when the garden screams for attention and I am overcome with tomatoes.... I love fresh tomatoes sooo very much!  I eat cherry tomatoes like popcorn, by the bowl full.  I ran across a V-8 recipe that I thought I would try, and then I decided I would share it with you too!

V-8 Juice for Canning

 But I'm not sure why I'm bothering to can this.... my husband     will drink it by the pitcher full!

8 quarts chopped fresh ripe tomatoes

1 large bell pepper, chopped

2 large onions shopped

1  1/2 cups diced celery

4 carrots diced

 2 bay leaves

12 fresh basil leaves (2 teaspoon dried)

2 teaspoons prepared horseradish

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

3 teaspoons sugar

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup lemon juice

Place all ingredients, except lemon juice in a large stainless steel pot.  Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 minutes until veggies are soft.  I then run the mixture through the blender and strain.  Return the juice to the pot and stir in the lemon juice and bring to a boil. 

Pour juice into clean hot canning jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Process for 40 minutes in a boiling water bath.

V-8 cooking away....

Yum.... all ready for this winter... if it lasts that long.

My sister and I also picked sweet corn this weekend at my sister-in-laws home, so I am also busy freezing corn.  Not much quilting going on today but tons of canning... my favorite sweet corn recipe for freezing can be found below...

Quilt Doodle Doodles...: Gena's Sweet Corn Recipe

10 containers all ready for the freezer.  Woot! Woot!