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Canning Salsa

Lisa Eirene

About Lisa Eirene Lisa lost 110 pounds through calorie counting and exercise. She swims, bikes, runs, hikes and is enjoying life in Portland, Oregon. Her weight loss story has been featured in First Magazine, Yahoo Health, Woman's Day and Glamour.com.

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  1. Lori

    You need a canning funnel. It’s a wide mouthed funnel that sits just inside the jar so you can ladle and it doesn’t get the rim of the jar messy.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Yes! After this first very messy attempt, I got a kit. It came with a funnel for the cans, tongs and a few other things. I’m excited to try it!

      1. bethh

        Ha, I was just typing the same advice about the funnel! I use jars to store food and use the funnel constantly. That looks delicious!

        It’s never clear to me why tomatoes need peeling. When I’m making spaghetti sauce I don’t bother and no one’s stopped eating because of peel issues!

        1. Lisa Eirene

          I’ve made some tomato sauce from scratch and didn’t remove the skin either. I didn’t notice a huge difference either.

  2. Lisa

    The funnel and the jar picker-upper are essential for canning! I like to can Apple Butter that I make in the crock pot. I’ve also canned marinara sauce and jellies.
    Salsa is one thing that I would like to make but haven’t. Unfortunately our tomato plants aren’t as productive as I’d hoped, so if I made salsa I’d be forced to use canned tomatoes.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Last year our tomatoes were pathetic. This year they are doing pretty good.

  3. CARLA

    hmmm this could SO BE the kitchen adventure the child and I need…

  4. Biz

    I actually have never “cooked” my salsa. I just process it in my food processor, pour it into the jars and can it then – I just bought 50 tomatoes on my $1 rack at the store – 5 packages of 10 tomatoes each – so $5! Sadly, my gas grill died, so if it’s not raining tonight, I need to pull out the Weber to grill up the tomatoes.

    Great job though! There is nothing like opening up a can of salsa in December!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Sadly there won’t be any in December at this rate. We’re already half way through the jars. LOL Michael loves it. I will be making more soon!

  5. Bud

    Sorry but not a good cook so i buy the already made stuff in a jar and love it. If i ever get brave enough will try yours.

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