Creative Canning | February 2025
Late Winter Canning Recipes
Early February is one of the coldest times of the year, but by the end of the month, most places are already seeing signs of spring. Or at least that the sun may shine again someday…it’s tricky.
But for home canners, it’s a time to catch up on their pantry staples before the garden season begins again.
Some things, like chili and pot roast, can be canned any time of year so that they’re cooked and ready to eat at a moment’s notice. The same goes for meat canning recipes, soups, stews, and meal-in-a-jar recipes.
Beyond that, there are a few things that are harvested or fresh in February, namely citrus fruits.
February Canning Recipe Lists
These recipe lists will keep you busy canning what’s in season in February!
February Meal in a Jar & Soup Recipes
Most of my favorite canning recipes are those that take work out of busy weeknights, and what I put up now will feed us year-round.
February Fruit Canning Recipes
While February is a rough time to find garden fruits, it’s still peak citrus season in warmer climates.
It’s also when California and Florida see their first strawberries of the season.
February Jam and Jelly Recipes
Though the fresh berries of summer are gone, there are still plenty of ways to make Jams, Jellies, and fruit butter with in-season tropical fruit and citrus!
Orange Marmalade (Lower Sugar Recipe)
February Juice Canning Recipes
Most of the juice canning recipes end with summer, but citrus is just beginning!
February Pie Filling Canning Recipes
There are more than 20 pie-filling recipes you can make at home for canning, but most are out of season by February. But savory pot pies are perfect this time of year, when there’s no fruit to be had!
February Vegetable Canning Recipes
Putting up plain veggies means quick, versatile meals later on, and while pickings are slim in February, you can still put up root crops and spuds that just won’t store all winter without a root cellar.
February Pickling Recipes
You can pickle almost anything, and that includes late-season February produce!
Pickled Onions (3 ways)
If there’s a canning or preserving recipe that you’d like to find, please do let me know in the comments, and I’ll see what I can do to track it down for you.
Happy Canning!
-Ashley at Creative Canning
(Ps. I also run the blog Practical Self Reliance, which has information on all manner of food preservation techniques (cheesemaking, salt curing, fermenting) as well as just about everything else you’d need to learn to be self-reliant in this modern world. It has its own substack as well, and you can subscribe to practical self-reliance separately as well. That newsletter comes out weekly and covers canning, as well as everything else.)
Thank you for all the canning ideas. It has helped to create a pantry that allows me to can and save. can I can fresh eggs. We have a small homestead with 60 chickens and would like to figure out how to save for winter when they don't lay as many.
Thank you for help
Robert
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