First attempt at canning

30lbs of tomatoes(trust me) 1lb of onions diced 6 cloves of garlic(add more if you really like garlic) 3 Tbl spoons of Bottled lemon juice per qt(1.5 for pint jars) 1 teaspoon of salt per qt(.5 for pint) add other spices if you want I left them out. You will need a food mill strainer potato masher 1. Get large pot w/ enough water to cover the bottom. Cut up a few tomatoes put them in the pot,cover, bring to low boil and start mashing. Repeat til all the tomatoes are gone. The Let simmer for about 10mins 2. Let cool for a few mins and pour into a strainer.Then put tomatoes through food mill till only skins and seeds are left in the mill. 3.Put the tomato paste back in the pot. Add onions,garlic and spices. Let simmer 1.5-2hrs till it thickens. I used the boiling water method.. Prep Jars and lids Add sauce,lemon juice and salt to hot jars. Leave .5" headspace. Release trapped air. Wipe rims and put lid and bands on. Process for 45min. Remove canner lid and let jars sin in water for 5mins. Remove jars and set aside for 24hrs. Check seals, if ok sauce should last for about a year properly stored

Canning Tomato Sauce, Juice and Soup

It's a tomato triathlon, lol. The tomato sauce and tomato juice can be water bath canned but the tomato soup must be pressure canned because of the vegetables that were added to it. This video can be used as a guide but be sure to educate yourself on proper canning procedures before you can anything. Here's a link for a Victorio Food Strainer, you might be able to find a better deal, but this is the one I bought www.amazon.com

Canning Tomatoes

my mom and i canning tomatoes with an ancient tomato strainer! we did the canning in the basement, so its really dark and messy (the rest of our house isn't that messy).