dinner

One of the best things about canning, in my opinion, is that it makes for relatively fast dinners on busy days.  There’s no thawing involved, just pop the top, pour, heat, and with very little other preparation dinner is ready!

Tonight we’re having picante chicken, which is leftover shredded chicken baked with some home-canned salsa, served with some home-canned pinto beans & rice (leftover rice), and some home-canned & homegrown green beans. 

It’s satisfying to know that the work that went into canning is a quick-fix meal later in the year.  It’s even more satisfying to know that I supported local farmers in the preparation of my canned goods.  Perhaps most satisfying of all, is that this dinner from a jar comes without all the chemicals, preservatives, and additives that would come from almost any jarred dinner I’d buy at the grocery store.