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Meals in Jars

4/6/2013

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I have been wanting to do Meals in Jars for some time now. This isn't a new concept. For me, I want to use them as my convenient meals. Yes, I realize that some of these are crock pot meals. So I will explain. I want to be able to grab my crock pot, grab a jar, pour the contents of the jar and the water in the crock pot, cover, and set time. I don't want to have to gather everything  and measure it all out the morning of. I would rather use that time for sleeping :). I hope you enjoy these recipes. If you have suggestions or variations, I would love to hear them. Please note that all the recipes are adjusted to my tastes. So if you don't like a lot of salt, or you hate mushrooms, you can leave them out or adjust the recipe to your tastes.
Some of the items I dehydrate myself but for the majority of the dehydrated & freeze dried items I purchase from Honeyville.

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REGARDING TVP:
On the recipes that use TVP (textured vegetable protein), you can always substitute ground meat at the time of cooking. Just leave the designated amount of TVP out of the recipe and reduce the water slightly as to not have the recipe too watery. If cooking on the stove top, just cook a little longer to thicken it up if you don't want to worry about water ratio.
These recipes are for me to use within the month - even though they will stay fresh for longer, if you are going to store them for longer periods of time, I recommend using oxygen absorbers. Here is a great page on making your Meals in Jars for Long Term Storage >>Go to Page<< Chef Tess has more great recipes if you want to experiment with more Meals in Jars.
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Janet (aka Shellan)
4/6/2013 01:39:11 pm

What a great idea!! Where is the best place to get the jars? What size? Can't wait to try it!

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Rural Housewife link
4/6/2013 02:01:03 pm

Thanks Janet! These are all done with quart size jars. I have gotten mine at Wal-Mart and our local hardware store. Blessings, Jennifer

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Sugar
4/6/2013 05:23:45 pm

Hey Jennifer, I tried download the label, but I couldn't get it to work right. Need help on this matter. Love y'all Sugar

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Rural Housewife link
4/16/2013 03:30:28 am

Hey Sugar, Not sure what happened there. I have replaced the links with just clicking on the images to download the label. Sorry about the delay. :) Love you too, Jennifer

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Marilyn link
8/4/2013 04:08:57 am

can u pack dry meals in a seal-a-meal?

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Carol Rae Moore link
1/7/2020 12:47:45 pm

I made 10 jars of the the Wild Rice and Barley soup to give for Christmas this year. Just so you know, it is delicious! I never gift anything that I don't try first. Everyone that received my soup is in total agreement. Yum Yum - I highly recommend it!

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Nicole
8/23/2021 08:02:58 am

What size oxygen absorbers do you use? The link doesn’t work for me.

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