Cat Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I'm just posting this as something to check out; I haven't tried them. They are dry ingredients layered in canning jars for a dump-and-prepare meal. http://www.savebiglivebetter.com/2013/04/472-easy-meals-in-a-jar-recipes.html Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Woo-Hoo Thanks Cat! I've been in the process of writing down recipes for 'meals-in-a-jar' the last few days! I'm doing those and my canning recipes. I should have had all of that done and printed out a long time ago. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Sounds interesting.... MtRider Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Kind of a mishmash of mixes and recipes, really. Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yeah, but I figure it can be a starting place. I kinda think our very own "Mare's Mixes" thread is the best one ever. Quote Link to comment
Littlesister Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 another old post and a good one. I have a book on meals in a jar. Another project I need to get done but need to find the space and to buy more canning jars as well. I was disapointed that at the end of the season no one around here put them on sale. Not even the lids were on sale. The prices have been steady going up on them. So I always wait till end of season to buy them. I think I am going to have to pay the piper come spring if I run out of jars and pay the full price. Ouch! 3 Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Jars don’t go on sale here either. Holiday season, they disappear from the shelves. Sigh. Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thing about meals in a jar is that you can use spaghetti sauce jars and mayonnaise jars...unless the family gets tired of looking at the collection of clean empty jars and tosses them all out when you're not home. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I don't store most of my meals in jars...in jars. I keep a few out because they are pretty. but the majority of them get dumped into a Mylar bag and sealed and stored away in a bucket. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Jeepers said: I don't store most of my meals in jars...in jars. I keep a few out because they are pretty. but the majority of them get dumped into a Mylar bag and sealed and stored away in a bucket. There you go being practical! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Well dang, that's the first time anyone accused me of that. I need screen shots and time stamps. 2 Quote Link to comment
Littlesister Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hi Jeepers, I like the idea of using the mylar bags for the meals in a jar. It's great to be practical. Saves on the jars for garden stuff. So when I can get the time to start doing those, I will be pulling out my mylar bags. Need to hit the market up for more 5 gal. buckets. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Littlesister, it saves a ton of room and frees up my canning jars. And the bags and bucket insures a dark place to live. I still make them in a jar to get the ingredients right but then transfer them to a bag. 1 Quote Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/20/2019 at 8:21 PM, Littlesister said: I think I am going to have to pay the piper come spring if I run out of jars and pay the full price. Ouch! If I have to buy new jars or lids, I get them from Dollar General.. They have golden harvest brand. I like them better than Walmart or Ball--less fails. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Littlesister Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Jeepers, I am going to make some of the meals in a jar up and do like you said. Make in jar and then transfer to mylar bags. Defintly saves on jars. Snapshotmiki, we have general dollars here but have not seen any canning jars in any of them. But will check again. I have a lot of the golden harvest brand jars as well. Got a lot of them from yard sales for like 10 to 25 cents each. Haven't had any issues with them. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I've heard other canners say the Golden Harvest jars work just fine but the lids often fail. So, they use Ball lids on the G.H. jars and save the G.H. lids for dry goods like vacuum sealing things. 2 Quote Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I am liking the idea of mylar bags also for meals. Takes up less space and easier to store. Plus not as heavy when you have to grab and go. Not just running away but for vacations also. I had rather take the bags in a plastic bucket than try and haul glass jars. 3 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) I thought about using quart size Food Saver vacuum bags too. And storing them in buckets. But I'd be afraid the vacuum sealer would suck out the spices. Also, most of those meals use either pasta or noodles and they are known for poking holes in the plastic bags. Edited October 25, 2019 by Jeepers Spacing Issues 1 Quote Link to comment
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