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 such as Principles of Pressure Canning, Raw Stacking Method, Ingredient Substitutions, a variety of interna ..read more

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 nutritional value and digestibility. The Canning Diva will give insight into what the dry packing method is i ..read more

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 you her favorite recipe using her delicious chutney so you may create a beautiful Tarte Tatin usi ..read more

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 her delicious Corn Chowder canning recipe. She will also dive into the culinary math used to ensur ..read more

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 unsafe practice of dry canning using an oven. As listeners learn how dry packing is not dry canning, Dian ..read more

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 information on pressure canning Hen of the Woods and why canning wild mushrooms has such a bad rap. Fo ..read more

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 recipes can be found in her cookbooks, Canning Full Circle and The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning. Tun ..read more

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 may have jars of this traditional side-dish at your beckon call.   In addition to providing th ..read more

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 course, we won't leave you hanging when it comes to uncovering the delights of opening a jar months lat ..read more

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 will also share the variety of sweet peppers you may use to create these wonderful recipes and their vari ..read more