Make at Home Meals are EASIER THAN YOU THINK | Venison | Chicken | Pork | Dessert | Cranberries

[@darciwaterman7824]

When my Mom used to can she had a couple each year crack on her. She was a seasoned canner. This was back in the 1980. Much love to you guys from Northern Wisconsin ❤

[@tammifields4142]

I Always ENJOY your videos Jennifer.... You give out great tips and homemaking advice!!😊 Yummy meals (ALWAYS)😋😋

[@mnchop8503]

Oh my goodness Jennifer, can we get a love button for you coming out with a new video?! I'm so excited to watch! Love and hugs to you all

[@acountrylife]

You're the best! That’s very sweet of you.

[@britneyduranko420]

​@@acountrylifeis butter nut squash good never had it? Love your videos

[@nakita1959]

😂❤️such a busy lady. Thanks for all the videos

[@karenkissick6884]

Great video ladies...II can't walk fAR so, I went with you all. That lunch looked amazing...thanks❤❤❤

[@cynthiafrance6741]

always love the down home cooking thanx for sharing , have a great date night

[@acountrylife]

Thanks 😀

[@teresakeith5539]

Best 2 days of November! So excited to have 2 new videos to watch! Thanks Jennifer ♡♡♡

[@quilterjanet]

Do you ever make the pull-apart pizza with the biscuits? For a 9x13 I use 2 (sometimes 3) cans, cut into quarters, and you can do a number of themes... Mexican- salsa, olives, cheese, (anything you can put on a taco); Italian-spaghetti sauce can, browned burger (opt), cheese; Pot pie- chicken chunks or can, cream of chicken, frozen carrots & peas, cheese. These are very very versatile. And kids love them.

[@rachalnocchi5600]

I made your grandma's fried chicken and it was the best fried chicken! My husband was like "when will we have this again?!"❤

[@acountrylife]

Remember when “marry me chicken” was a thing? This is my version. 😍

[@rachalnocchi5600]

🤣🤣@@acountrylife 🤣Yes ma'am! This chicken is defiantly that! SOOO good!

[@robinscott-rice4540]

I’m the same way when I see apple trees that don’t get picked!

[@nancywelsh8028]

I always enjoy watching you cook and/or bake. I’m amazed how well you keep it all together. You are so calm - even when a jar breaks, cracks or explodes. 😘🫶🏻🙏🏼

[@acountrylife]

Go with the flow! 🙂

[@roxannegray2796]

Beautiful apples. Glad you got some.

[@yanak7159]

Those biscuit tubes can be frozen. I’ve always done that and would stock up my freezer. Just take one out the night. Never exploded on me.

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

You are such an inspiration to me as a homemaker/homesteader/wife/mom/woman. I appreciate the love that you have for your children and husband and I appreciate all the work you put into your home and children. I think you and I are about the same age and it lifts my spirits to see someone our age still looking forward and actively living and planning. I have so much energy and so many dreams--I'm not at all ready to "settle down". lol I can't wait to start seeing cranberries on our store shelves (soon, I think!) and I plan to support that economy! My daughter and I plan to can enough relish to feed an army. We love it!! I had two bags left in the freezer from last year and we made a batch of cranberry sauce and put in the fridge (only 2 pints...not worth heating the canner). Thanks for all that you share!

[@acountrylife]

I feel the same way. There’s so much to live for. If you make cran sauce and put the canning lid on when it’s still really hot, you can keep the jars in the fridge for up to 3 months. If I only make 6 or so jars that’s what I do because you’re right, no sense getting out the canner for that small amount.

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

@@acountrylife Thanks! I can't wait to get my hands on cranberries and make a huge batch of sauce, but like you mentioned, I just refrigerated it since our recent batch was such a small amount. My daughter and I eat it alongside or on everything! lol YUM! ...and yes! There is so much to live for and look forward to! I wish I had a neighbor like you to hang out with. ; )

[@stephencameron1709]

Nice meals video. The cranberry sauce looks gorgeous! I think I’ll have to try that. Val C

[@debgordon6542]

These are my favorite videos. A surprise haul, yay! Great deals, Jen. We love those Crispy Crowns. I dip them in sour cream and chives, yummy. Thanks for all the meal ideas and yes, the apples are beautiful.

[@bridgetstowers1212]

The cranberry sauce looks so delicious!

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Goodness ! R chips n sure sur! Yum! The apple crisp looks so good! Everything looks delicious!

[@reneebond777]

Gotta love cranberries ❤

[@auntiepam5649]

I have an IGA close also, the prices are high except the deals and the deals are good.

[@deborahstewart2322]

I cannot believe that nobody was picking those beautiful apples, I would love to find some like that. Applesauce! Can you get enough for canning?😮

[@acountrylife]

I’d like to make pie filling this year.

[@aprilwright8056]

Cranberry sauce looked so delicious

[@thevikmanstorpkitchen.403]

❤Loved this video. So impressed with all you do. Great great video my friend. Hugs☺️☺️

[@acountrylife]

Thank you so much!

[@mary-lynnberti7081]

It hurt you to the core! 😂 About the apples?! Lol. That made me chuckle.

[@TeresaRaab-hb5co]

Everything looks delicious!

[@RAM-eb2te]

My favorite cranberry sauce! This is how my family has made it for years! ❤

[@angeloverturff7323]

Hi Jennifer! Aldi has butter on sale this week (11/8-11/14) for $2.49 a pound! Yay! I've been waiting for this sale! Have a lovely day! ~Angel

[@elizabethrobinson4390]

Jennifer I hope you had a great week and the weekend I was surprised that you did two you do you good on your videos ❤❤

[@acountrylife]

Thank you so much!!

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Good morning all happy Sunday morning and I loved your vlogs and you all amazing Supporter

[@acountrylife]

Good morning ☀️

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

@acountrylife good morning happy Sunday morning 🌄 😊 and you are amazing

[@sweetccnz3338]

So delicious....pork n sauerkraut with that homemade cran sauce looks incredible 🎉🎉🎉

[@yanak7159]

It’s funny how people are afraid to pick apples from apple trees and would say “I trust the grocery store apples” 😂. That’s as organic as you can get, picking apples off an apple tree.

[@nakita1959]

❤❤thanks for sharing

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Thank you for the video❤

[@cathyburns750]

Yummy!! Jennifer you are sooo busy! All your recipes and dishes always look really delicious!! I haven't had pork chops and sauer kraut in years!! When I get my stove repaired that's the first meal I'm going to make!! Thank you so much for sharing your busy life with us! God bless you all!!

[@acountrylife]

I hope your oven is fixed soon.

[@mollysmith6055]

That beautiful cranberry sauce is a labor of love from beginning to end and it is so pretty. I haven't made that type in years, have mostly just done the whole-berry type that isn't strained and we do like it with a little orange zest and juice. Your meals looked great and I'm amazed you were able to film anything at all with how busy this time of year is for your family. Thank you for the video, I look forward to all of them.

[@acountrylife]

Good morning Molly ☀️

[@deborahstewart2322]

40-50 years ago we had a IGA grocery store here

[@pikecreekfarm]

We finally have fresh cranberries and I canned cranberry juice yesterday. I need to get more to can and for baking. We have a lot of apple trees. More than we can use and can but the deer enjoy them too. I’m so glad I discovered your channel during Souptember when we were both collaborators

[@acountrylife]

Thanks for supporting cranberry farmers.

[@erinporter1774]

My favorite way to roast any squash but especially butternut is to cube it like you did, add oil and then use an Italian dressing packet as the seasoning. It’s so delicious and my husband who hated squash requests it once a week 🤣 I love to leave it in until the bottoms get a bit crispy. So delicious.

[@acountrylife]

Sounds great!

[@VathSophanin]

Good job

[@caroljane75]

THE TUBE BREADS CAN BE FROZEN. They freeze just fine. They don’t explode. I’ve been freezing them for years. I like to stock up on sales and use them later.

[@karencristobal4999]

My experience with freezing them is they don’t rise. Not recommended.

[@caroljane75]

@@karencristobal4999 I’ve never had them not rise. They’ve worked fine for me.

[@acountrylife]

This would be an interesting experiment.

[@caroljane75]

@@acountrylife all you can do is try. What works for one sometimes doesn’t work for another. I got the idea from a KZbinr….frugal fit mom.

[@kimattaway6626]

Yes! I have froze croissants in a can. Come out fine.

[@samanthashaw8329]

Biscuits freeze well even the canned ones I put them in the door of my freezer same as cinnamon rolls crescent rolls pull apart bread pizza dough any breads that come in the can i freeze Been doing that several months cause our IGA always has canned dough reduced Occasionally the biscuits don't get the big rise but they will still rise up a good amount 95 percent of the time they rise just as good as fresh biscuits You got to pull them out the freezer a couple hours ahead of time to bake if they are still frozen they'll not rise as well Let thaw put come to room temperature and they'll rise perfect

[@acountrylife]

Great tips. 😃

[@jamesbrown8718]

I love your cranberry sauce recipe but I do have a question for you. I don’t have a food meal to strain it like you did on the video. How would you suggest that I strain it to make it smooth the way yours turned out? Thank you for such great videos Jennifer. Been watching you for along time now.

[@acountrylife]

A fine meshed sieve and wooden spoon works great. It takes some time to push it through, but yields great results.

[@jamesbrown8718]

@@acountrylife thank you Jennifer, I am going to can up some this week will let you know how it turns out. First time canning cranberry sauce but shouldn’t be too hard. Just love watching your videos and I have made several dishes that you make and they have became a big hit with my family over the past couple years now.

[@beckymiller2185]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@roisinpatriciagaffney4087]

❤🎉❤

[@annethompson2212]

how do you get your grilled cheese so crunchy? 😊

[@acountrylife]

I used homemade bread, butter it to the edges and toast in cast iron. Nice and crunchy 😘

[@annethompson2212]

@@acountrylife thx you 😘

[@VeronicaRonniDorval2638]

👍

[@tamaraameling1289]

How do you get rid of the canning water with broken glass chards? It hasn't happened to me YET, but would like your advice. Thanks.

[@acountrylife]

I take out the good jars then slowly pour water down the drain until I can see what glass pieces there are. Keep pouring until only glass is left and dump it in the garbage. Then I give the canner a good rinse. Usually the break is a pretty clean break resulting in 2 pieces, the main jar and the bottom.

[@dededammann9108]

Can I use frozen cranberries to make the cranberry sauce?

[@acountrylife]

Absolutely frown will work. It’ll take a little longer to come to a boil.

[@dededammann9108]

@@acountrylife perfect

[@maureencohs9138]

Hello... We bought some fresh cranberries at the festival in Warren...I would like to make cranberry sauce...but we have the cranberries in the freezer...do I need too thaw them before hand or can I just start from them being frozen...? Maureen

[@acountrylife]

Maureen you can start with frozen berries. It’ll take a little longer to come up to a boil, but it will yield the same result. 😊

[@MargaretUIUC]

Peg Leg Webb and his bouncing cranberries!

[@WillowsGarden]

Hello Jennifer and sweet family! Everything always looks so delicious. I plan on canning lots of cranberries sauce and juice this year. My mother (she is 83) loves cranberries and I do too, so I will be giving her part of it. She is not able to can anymore so I will do it for her. I seen a doe bring her fawn to eat apples from my apple tree and didn’t have the heart to scare them away. Everyday she would come eat the apples with her baby and I just enjoyed watching them. I hope everyone is doing good and healthy. Have a blessed day sweet family!

[@acountrylife]

I’m sure your mother appreciates the home canned goods. That’s very thoughtful.

[@dorothymeyer693]

Has anyone canned-cornbread?

[@acountrylife]

I have not. We are not a cornbread family.

[@susnorth40]

A lil scattered there Jen but good job ❤

[@karenm7433]

Bottom of the jar breaking like that is thermal shock

[@judygillespie3242]

No one in our family will eat chicken legs. I don't even think they make good broth. My favorite is the breast and thighs. You can really see the difference of instant mashed potatoes vs fresh. Now we eat anything and everything cranberries.

[@acountrylife]

Thanks for supporting cran-farmers.

[@MsSarah999]

what a rude thing that old man said to your husband about you.

[@christileach4644]

It seems like you mistook the context/language. Thankfully, Jennifer didn’t! ❤