The spring season offers us numerous opportunities to make and can homemade preserves.
It’s a great time to refill the pantry after a winter of draining it. This is also a season in which the earth offers us great produce for sweet and easy to make preserves.
So make sure to get yourself ready for canning season, by stocking up on the necessary supplies and then dive in when the first bits of produce come available.
Homemade Preserves to Can in Spring
Rhubarb Preserves
For northern gardeners, rhubarb is often one of the very first things to pop up from the earth each spring. Its tartness makes for excellent preserves.
Canning Stewed Rhubarb
Canning stewed rhubarb is a super easy and tasty way to preserve rhubarb for winter while giving the home cook multiple ways to use it up later in the year when everyone is ready to enjoy the tart flavor again.
Rhubarb Hard Cider Jam
Preserve the first fruits of spring and add a boozy flavor with this delicious rhubarb hard cider jam perfect for fall eating and winter gift giving.
Canning Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling
Strawberry rhubarb pie is always a delightful spring treat. Can up your own pie filling now and have it any time of year.
Strawberry Preserves
Strawberries are some of the first berries to ripen in the spring and are a delight to preserve.
Strawberry Maple Jam
Make a quick and delicious preserve with this easy strawberry maple jam recipe. Lightly sweetened and full of flavor, it's sure to be a pantry favorite.
Honey Sweetened Strawberry Vanilla Jam
Make up a batch or several of this Honey Sweetened Strawberry Vanilla Jam to stock the pantry for winter and have tasty gifts on hand.
Low Sugar Balsamic Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Strawberry rhubarb is a classic combination, but the addition of balsamic vinegar elevates it to something almost gourmet.
Flower Preserves
Many of those beautiful spring flowers are also edible. Consider preserving them as jellies to keep or give away later.
Lavender Dandelion Jelly Recipe
Dandelions have a faint honey-like flavor that makes for a delicious floral jelly that is sunshine in a jar.
Lilac Flower Jelly
Lilacs are indeed edible and delicious. It's a great way to share spring flowers in gift baskets later, too!
Vegetable Preserves
Can up spring vegetables in pickles and other preserves with these tasty and unusual ideas.
Carrot Jam
This slightly hot combination of sweet and tart makes for a delicious savory jam perfect for cheese and crackers.
Pickled Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the first vegetables each spring and those spears make delicious pickles for side dishes and more.