kilikini
Kili it really depends on your circumstances. For me canning & freezing my own sauces and just about everything is a *lot* cheaper than buying them plus I can avoid the extra sugar, salt, and preservatives. I know it isn't that way for everyone so it's nice when someone speaks out and says this won't work for me. That way we can all take that kind of info into consideration. I have a difficult time when a recipe calls for a certain brand since I really have no idea what it tastes like and know that my homemade sauces taste different. At the same time I have a hard time trying to tell others that the particular homemade sauce I'm using
I have a canner going with split pea soup in it. I made enough so we can have that for dinner tonight along with perhaps garlic bread. The recipe is quite good and should be low carb and it is one of the cheapest soups you can make. The whole batch cost me under $5! Do you want me to post it? I don't know how well it freezes but I would think it should freeze ok. I also started my first batch of peameal bacon today. It will take 3 - 5 days before I know how well it turns out but will post pics & results. It was really cheap to start too! The end result should be about 1-2 the price of it already cured in the store.
