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!

• 12+ Cranberry Canning Recipes

• 12+ Apple Canning Recipes

• 12+ Pumpkin and Winter Squash Canning Recipes

• 30+ Meat Canning Recipes

• 30+ Soup Canning Recipes

• 30 + Meal in a Jar Canning Recipes

Grapefruit Marmalade

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.

• Canning Sloppy Joe Filling

• Butternut Squash Soup Base

• Thai Coconut Squash Soup

• Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup

• Canning Chicken Pot Pie Filling

• Canning Beef Pot Pie Filling

• Canning Carrot Soup

• Canning Leftover Turkey

Sloppy Joe Filling

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.

• Canning Oranges

• Canning Lemons (3 Ways)

• Canning Strawberries

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 Jam

• Orange Marmalade (Lower Sugar Recipe)

• Canning Lemon Curd

• Grapefruit Marmalade

• Lime Marmalade

February Juice Canning Recipes

Most of the juice canning recipes end with summer, but citrus is just beginning!

• Canning Orange Juice

• Canning Lemonade (and Lemonade Concentrate)

• Cherry Limeade Concentrate

• Canning Limeade (And Limeade Concentrate)

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!

• Mincemeat Pie Filling

• Beef Pot Pie Filling

• Chicken Pot Pie Filling

Chicken Pot Pie Filling

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.

• Canning Sweet Potatoes

• Canning Potatoes

• Canning Carrots

• Canning Beets

• Canning Onions

• Canning Parsnips

• Canning Pumpkin & Winter Squash

February Pickling Recipes

You can pickle almost anything, and that includes late-season February produce!

• Pickled Brussels Sprouts

• Pickled Beets

• Pickled Carrots

• Pickled Cranberries

• Bread and Butter Pickled Onions

• Green Tomato Piccalilli

• Pickled Green Tomatoes

• Pickled Onions (3 ways)

Bread and Butter Pickled Onions

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.)