In this fun episode, The Canning Diva®, shares her inspiration and motivation to create a pressure canning book dedicated to meals in a jar for home canners. The Canning Diva Presents Meals in a Jar: The Ultimate Guide to Pressure Canning Ready-Made Meals book will be released August 6, 2024. She thanks Carrie Underwood for being an awesome down-to-earth country girl and friend who took the time to write the book’s foreword. Listeners will hear more details about each chapter’s contents...

In a world where superfoods come and go, one humble root vegetable has stood the test of time, offering an array of health benefits and culinary versatility: the Carrot. In this episode, Diane Devereaux The Canning Diva shares with listeners the many benefits of preserving the versatile carrot in jars for long-term storage. As she dives deep into the many nutritional values of consuming carrots, she explores the science of heat exposure and how it contributes to enhancing the carrots...

In this episode, The Canning Diva® talks about rhubarb, a springtime favorite. Listeners will explore the art and science of rhubarb while learning its history, its scientific and culinary aspects, will learn practical tips, and the many health benefits to consuming rhubarb. Also in this episode, Diane will share two delicious water bath canning recipes for preserving rhubarb in a jar: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling and Rhubarb Apple Chutney.  As a bonus, The Canning Diva will also share with...

In this informative episode, Diane - The Canning Diva®, shares tips on selecting the perfect corn varieties to enhance your home canning experience. While there are many varieties of corn available to us, there are certain sweet corn varieties known to provide more milk pulp to create cream-styled corn and others whose flavor can withstand the high temperatures of pressure canning.  Diane will share with you the recipe and instructions on how to make and preserve cream-styled corn as well as...

In this episode, Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, debunks the well intended but misrepresented information circulating the internet regarding dry packing food in jars. She shares with listeners how the commonly used method of jar packing is accomplished and addresses where the confusion is coming from regarding the misconception its dry canning. In this informative episode, The Canning Diva addresses the confusion due the to comingling of canning terminology, and she sheds light on the...

In this fun episode of Canning with The Diva!™, Diane shares the many reasons to preserve mushrooms in a jar. She will give you a variety of popular cultivated mushroom species to preserve and will touch on pressure canning wild mushrooms so all of you foragers out there have an additional storage method. Tune in and learn the instructions on how to safely preserve mushrooms in a jar for long-term storage as well as a variety of uses for your beautifully preserved fungi. Diane will also share...

Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, starts off season 4 of Canning with The Diva!™ in style with her delicious pressure canning recipe, Corned Beef Hash. Even better, she gives you the recipe and steps to corn your own beef so you may create and preserve not only corned beef hash, but Irish Jig in a Jar. Diane shares the easy steps required to corn your own meat, shares her secret spice mix and gives you tips and techniques to produce excellent results time and time again. Her two canning...

According to folklore, eating black eyed peas and collard greens with pork and corn bread on New Year's Day symbolizes wealth and prosperity. So why not preserve their goodness and enjoy this delicious symbol any time of the year. In this episode of Canning with The Diva!, Diane shares a recipe from her cookbook, The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning, Southern Collard Greens. She dives into the details on how to safely preserve this flavorful recipe including a few tips and tricks  so you...

In this delicious episode of Canning with The Diva!™, Diane Devereaux shares some amazing information about the many nutritional values of consuming venison meat. She also shares tips on keeping it from drying out when pressure canning. Plus, learn how to create her Red Wine Venison Stew and tune in to learn a variety of ingredient substitutions to customize the stew to your dietary needs. For a printed version of the recipe, go to www.canningdiva.com. While on her site be sure to sign up...

Get ready to embark on a mouthwatering journey into the world of canning as we ladle out the secrets to preserving the freshest flavors in our episode, Canning Vegetable Soup.  Join your host, Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, as we chop, season, and savor our way through the process of creating the perfect vegetable soup that's not only delicious but shelf-stable too! In this episode, we'll be spilling the beans (pun intended) on the tricks and tips that make canning a breeze. And of...

In this fun episode, Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, shares with listeners three delicious peach canning recipes so you may preserve fresh peaches. Whether you wish to preserve peach slices in a light syrup, a chutney or a simple jam, this episode has it all. Diane will share with you the ingredients and steps used to create Lazy Peaches which retain the nutrients and colors from leaving the peach peel intact. She will also share her Ginger Peach Chutney recipe which boasts amazing flavor...

The Canning Diva® is so excited to be back in the studio recording for her listeners! In this episode she shares an update on her personal life, her mom’s health, the launch of her new online Canning University and shares two delicious recipes to remedy the recent “Peppergate” issue many gardeners across America have faced this growing season. Learn how to create and preserve Sweet Pickle Relish using cucumbers and sweet peppers and Pickled Banana Peppers in this informative episode. Diane...

In this fun episode, The Canning Diva® shares the nutritional aspects of canning carrots and provides listeners with three easy ways to preserve carrots in jars. Whether you grow your own or use store-bought carrots, her simple and delicious home canned Carrot Soup recipe makes for a quick, healthy lunch or the perfect solution to help ward off the cold and flu bug with a much-needed vitamin boost.  This episode will help you create and preserve a healthy side dish, a crunchy snack, and a...

Gain knowledge and instruction in this informative podcast with The Canning Diva®. In this episode, Diane shares with listeners the instructions and steps to safely preserve beans and legumes in Mason jars for long-term storage.  Having home canned, ready-to-eat beans in your pantry is an economical way to ensure protein is part of your food storage plan. Canning dried beans also saves you time in the kitchen from having to pre-soak dried beans to quicken cooking time. Lastly, learning how to...

The Canning Diva®  gives listeners tips and instructions to safely preserve sweet potatoes in a jar. Take advantage of seasonal savings at your local grocer and get these beauts in a glass jar today!  Plus, she shares with you a variety of ways to enjoy cooking your home canned sweet potatoes and gives you an ingredient tip on how to candy sweet potatoes in a jar for later use. Tune into the last episode in 2022! Looking forward to creating Season 3 for 2023! Happy Canning...

The Canning Diva® shares with listeners how to safely preserve ground beef in jars for long-term storage. Whether you buy, raise or grind your own beef roasts, having ground beef handy makes meal preparation easier and faster. The same rings true having pre-cooked ground beef in a jar on your pantry shelf which is a benefit of home canning. Home canning ground beef also saves valuable freezer space.  Use these simple instructions to preserve ground beef making it shelf-stable for up to five...

The Elderberry is used to make wine, jam, syrup and even pie filling! IT has been known to help medicinally by supporting the immune system and having antiviral and anti-inflammatory benefits - specifically the Sambucus Nigra variety. Diane, The Canning Diva®, shares with listeners vital information on how to safely use elderberries as well as how to make and can Elderberry Syrup.  Listeners may also reap the benefits of learning how to cold preserve a beneficial Elderberry Tonic recipe...

This delicious soup is one of The Diva’s favorites to enjoy during the cold winter months. It has an array of proteins and fresh vegetables so you may give your family a healthy, filling meal in minutes. Serve the soup with a slice of hot-from-the-oven beer bread or with a handful of oyster crackers. Tune into this episode and learn how to make this amazing soup with The Canning Diva®. She shares with listeners the step-by-step method to creating and preserving Sausage and Bean Soup in a jar....

The Canning Diva® shares with listeners 5 helpful tips so canners, new and old, may purchase the pressure canner perfect for their needs and their budget. Diane explores the variety of options, discusses yield and output, shares with listeners costs and availability and even provides listeners with what has worked well for her in her home kitchen. Diane, The Canning Diva®, takes this episode a step further to really get listeners thinking about their home, their stovetop, their goals and so...

In this episode, The Canning Diva® shares how the Presto Precise® Digital Pressure Canner has changed the way she preserves low acid foods. She gives listeners the skinny on how to incorporate this amazing appliance into your everyday life so you may preserve low acid foods on the regular. She takes you through the simple steps to use it and compares it to the traditional stovetop canners.  While this amazing invention will never replace traditional stovetop pressure canning, it truly is a...

With countless tomato varieties available today, it is often difficult for new canners to know which to use in home canning. In this episode, The Canning Diva®, shares her tips helping listeners determine which tomato is right for their home canning uses.  Learn the many uses for the plumb, or Roma, tomato and the ways in which she maximized 8 bushels of canning, or Beefsteak, tomatoes with ease. Also in this episode, she will share blanching techniques, pressure canning tips and will give...

Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva® , takes another fun dive into freeze drying with guest, Lorrie Reminga. In this episode, they dive a bit deeper into some of the nuances of freeze drying.  Lorrie shares tips on how to properly preserve your freeze dried foods and discusses the various accessories and trays that have helped along the way. They also dive into pre-freezing space and storage containers, how to use your freeze dryer to vacuum seal Mason jars as well as how to tell when your food...

Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, changes things up a bit in this informative episode with guest, Lorrie Reminga. Lorrie shares with listeners her experience with a Harvest Right freeze dryer, giving insight into how it works, the fun foods you can freeze dry, the costs involved and so much more! The Canning Diva® also shares the many benefits to freeze drying foods, its nutritional value when doing so and its amazing shelf-life! 

In this exciting episode, The Canning Diva dives into the art and craft of pickling as a means of food preservation. She will break down the science and the math in the required brine ratio to take low acid food and create a high acid environment. She dives into the reasoning and methodology behind the art of pickling and how to properly raw pack jars to maximize your yield.  Diane, The Canning Diva, gives listeners two delicious canning recipes; Pickled Garlic Cloves which uses wine as the...