A Little Distraction...

When I woke up yesterday, I had a short list of things I wanted to do. Most important - and first - on my list was to can the six and a half pounds of beef roast I thawed into beef soup.

I cut up carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, and beef, and then added canned mushrooms to each jar.

This photo is missing two jars that didn't pressure can with the first batch. It seemed silly to spend ninety minutes tending two more jars, so I'm planning to use one jar for dinner tonight, and another some time next week.

When all is said and done, there will be seven 1-1/2 int jars of beef stew for our pantry shelf. I can simply reheat one for beef vegetable soup, or add thickener to make stew...or more vegetables, seasoning, and gravy for beef pot pie. Won't that be lovely when winter finally arrives?