I have watched this video numerous times in the past 10 months in preparation to make my own pasta sauce. I finally jumped in and tried it yesterday and it was a huge success! We tried some for lunch today after church and everyone loved it! I am so appreciative of you taking the time to share your gifts and talents with me. It has helped me feel more confident as I was never raised around garden, canning, homesteading etc. I'm sure canning pasta sauce seems like nothing to you at this point in your life, but it was such a huge success for me and another step in being able to feed my family from our backyard! I told my husband I used "Ruth Zimm's" (that our short name for you 😅) recipe, and he said, well of course it's going to be good then! 😂
Me too,, a Ruthann knows how to run a household ❤️❤️❤️ I wish I can start all over again with my three daughters and show them them what a real domestic home is like🥰🥰🥰 God bless you and your family Ruthann❤
I am new to your channel, but I have to say how much it blessed my heart to see all of the children WORKING to help. These kids will look back one day and thank you! I know..I was one of those kids. Good mama!!!
It's good to do the canning outside my father had a little farm and had always a big garden and chickens, rabbits an turkeys when autumn was there it was time for my vacation and I pass my time whit my husband there doing ketchup, tomato sauce, carrots ,greens and yellow beans ect....,prepared the chicken and loved doing that every years. When my father past away everything stop my mom sold the house and came living whit us ! Wonderfuls memories came back watching yours videos and it's made me really happy ! Sorry for my eglish i'am a french Canadian from Quebec !❤
Your video reminds me of the old saying “give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach him to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime” or something similar to that. Your children are blessed to have you teach them. ❤🙏
Thank you Ruthann, I made Roasted tomatoes and didn't add any lemon juice. After hearing from some seasoned canners, I learned that you don't need to add lemon juice, and I had thought that you also said that as well. So I went back to make sure, now I'm resting in assurance that you don't.
Looks delicious 😋 So good to see your children learning good life skills! My husband grew up with a family where everyone learned all about homemaking- he makes the best jam and cleans all our wood flooring- I'm spoiled 😉
I dearly love to see your children involved in chores no matter what it may be. Your & your husband are raising children that will be a part of responsible adults!
We always make sauce together as a family, we cook our tomatoes down then run through our veg and fruit strainer kitchen aid attachment to remove seeds and skin. Then we add all the ingredients which are pretty simple. Garlic, olive oil, oregano, parsley, salt, and fresh basil leaves go into jars, then we add the boiling sauce, add our lids and rings and wait for everything to seal. I used to make a year’s worth of sauce using my hand mill, boy that was a long day, but my attachment cut the time in half. Now with my own garden we make it as the tomato’s come ready. It’s so satisfying to make my own food that is healthy.
I've used heirloom tomatoes, some pretty sweet and not very acidic, and instead of adding any citric acid, lemon juice or vinegar, I just pressure canned it according to the time my pressure canner instuctions stated. Never have added sugar when i've done that, most heirlooms are sweet enough.
Thank you for showing how you don't strain the tomatoes. I'm using my vitamix today to can puree tomatoes. Think I'm going to add some tomato paste as I cook it down tool. Thanks again for the blender tip!
Just had to send my hubby to the store for tomato sauce. Now that I watched this video, this grandma can start making her own sauce AND pizza sauce.TY so much! BTW, I LOVE ❤ how you say ‘boil’ & ‘oil’. It’s sounds so cute & makes me smile every time I hear it. God Bless you, sweetie. 21:40
That pasta sauce looks so amazing. My grandma canned her sauce as well. I watched her sometimes but she never explained how she did everything though Brings such joy to my heart to see your children working together and learning important skills. And I learn something every time I watch your videos
You are Precious! We deeply need people like "you" with training in "the old ways" to teach us how to survive. Thank you SOOO VERY MUCH for inspiring me to be BETTER, to work HARDER, be more ORGANIZED and be more PRODUCTIVE. GOD IS GOOD!
👉Here's a tip for helping with heartburn ❤🔥 from tomato sauce products. When you're making a meal, add about a 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon (more or less as needed) BAKING SODA per pint and mix until the foaming subsides. This raises the pH (more basic) a bit and makes it less bitter, thus tasting more sweet without adding any sugar. DON'T add the baking SODA to the jars before canning - only afterwards when making the meal. Thus, this simple trick solves three issues with tomato products: * it raises the pH to help with heartburn * it removes bitterness * it adds sweetness without adding sugar BTW - I love watching your videos, showing practical time-honored methods with your healthy family. Blessings to you all❣
I used to make a sauce like that only I didn't simmer it down to make it thick because I would freeze it freezer bags laid flat to keep space more organized. Then I would use the sauce as the base for plain veggie cabbage soup,, veggi beef soup, chili, lentil soup and sometimes I would put it into rice. I also would put carrots in as well. Loved watching how you do it.
I remember helping my Mother can as a child and I HATED it lol ! But she would be proud of how I can today. Never did for years but now I do and its amazing how much I remembered from those early years ! So give your kids helper chores. They are paying more attention than you realize !
I do this exact thing with my Vitamix! My Hubs has Diverticulitis, and cannot have seeds (at least not a lot) and this really makes things fast and easy. It's also nice because my family likes a nice, smooth sauce. I chuck tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, and sometimes a little zuchinni right into the blender, whiz it all up, and cook it--just like you do!
This is my second year following your tips and tricks with canning tomato sauce. I never thought it would be so easy a process and so delicious an outcome. Thank you, so much! ❤️❤️❤️
I am learning so much from your videos! I'm wanting to learn how to make as much as possible. I just turned 56 & live in the city but I still want to have the skills. Thank you so much for recipes & details! God is absolutely good! Many Blessings from Deborah in West Virginia!
I've never made tomato sauce but after watching your video I'm definitely going to make this, I have a Vitamix so sounds so much simpler. We also built and outside kitchen this year, LOVE prepping, canning and getting things freezer ready or fermenting out there. Thank You for all the info!
Thank You so much! I made this tomato sauce (pasta sauce) yesterday and I'm so thankful I found your video. It was so easy although it does take lots of time but so worth it, we LOVE this sauce. Fixed spaghetti today and it's amazing, hubby really liked. 👍👍 Will definitely be making more as our tomatoes are just coming in. THANKS again!
I used to can on my gas grill, in the garage to keep the heat pout of the house…….Sure helped with messes as well. Ruth Ann the old ways ARE the best❤ ❤so enjoy you still follow them
Hello Ruthann, I just made and canned tomato sauce yesterday following your instructions for 1 gallon.soo excited to use them! And I'm back looking for video where you explain why you don't add lemon juice or the like coz I also saw other videos suggesting to add it. I followed your style without it (though I already bought from the store) coz my husband grow up canning tomatoes with his parents and grannies without adding lemon juice or citric acid. And he even said that there are times when his mom opened a jar and even is she thinks it's not very sealed but thinks it's not very spoiled, they still use it. And Thank God no one died of food poisoning in their family. My in-laws are in their mid 70s and my husband is mid 40.
Thank you so much love your way of canning especially without lemon juice or whatever I watch you all the time and learn a lot. Thank you. This is Lynn from Australia
Interesting info on the lemon juice tidbit. I use heirloom paste tomatoes and beef steaks. Great video! By the way you're a great momma to all your children!
I use low acid or heirloom tomatoes to keep us from heartburn. I also add a stick of butter per batch to cut the acidity too. I've been debating about trying to make it without using any paste. I'm thinking of cooking it in a electric roaster overnight and seeing if it's nice an thick by morning.🤷♀️
Nice to see this, I’m Italian and have been helping my mom do sauce every year, I’m now 72 and still do it like my mom. We used to do it all by hand but now use a ma nine which takes out seeds and skin. Why do you leave seeds and skin in?
Made the sauce today. Such a great use of the VitaMix blender. Not a fan of granulated sugar at my house. (I know....I own a bakery....What the heck?...decades of that is probably why) So I used a bit of molasses and AC vinegar to round out the flavors....I often have used that duo in tomato based soups in my shop. Loving the wisdom from you. Going to try some of the sauce in my freeze dryer....we will see how it goes ;)
Looks so good going to try this out ,I don’t have tomato paste can I leave it out and just cook it down and you don’t add any lemon juice or citric acid to each quart ,,so nice to see all the kids helping out
Love your process! You may want to checknout a video where the Italian Grandma makes tomato sauce. She uses a modified open kettle method you might find interesting.
OMGOODNESS I made this yesterday!! Easy and delicious At first it was bit salty and sweet Next time I’ll cut back on the salt for sure!! So next day I just cooked up some pasta with a bit of sauce and wow!! So good!! Soooo instead of spaghetti/pasta What else do yall use this for? Thank you Ruthann for the recipe and video!!
I can't use tomato paste because it just makes it way to acidic for our liking. I have been running my tomatoes through my champion Juicer. It removes all the skins and seeds which can cause heart burn in a lot of people that I have talked to. Once I have my tomato juice, I boil it for about 30 mins and then turn the heat off to cool. This separates the water from the sauce. Strain through a fine metal sieve. The tomato water goes to the container and the thick tomato sauce is in the strainer. I dump what is in the strainer into a pot, Once all the tomato juice is strained you can then add your spices, onions, garlic and what not. Add in some tomato water to make it the consistency you want. Bring to a boil and can away. I also can the tomato water to use for making rice, adding to soups, chili or cooking noodles.
Hey Ruthann. Thank you for another inspiring video. I had an outside stove like yours but sold it when I stopped processing my chickens. Now I miss it and don’t see any like it anywhere. What kind is yours please? And where did you buy it? Thank you so much. 😁
Are those Ball/Mason canning jars or just plain? This is the way my mom canned. She never pressure canned tomatoes. I'm planning on using your recipe this week. Thanks for sharing. I was directed to your channel by three rivers homestead for your Zinnias seed savings. I subscribed so I can get more of your information and videos.
Thank you for subscribing!!!!! When i pressure can I try to only use Ball/Mason or other jars labeled for canning. But for water bathing I use all the old glass Jars I have!!!
When you add your second batch of jars after taking out the first ones, do you need to let the water cool at all or how do you know if the jars that had been sitting in the counter are the sameish temp as the water…just what the jars feel like on the outside to what the water feels like to your hand?
Thank you for your video! Do you not need to completely cover the jars with water for this? It looks like you have the water near the top, but not at least 1 inch over the jars. Everything online tells me to cover jars completely. So many rules these days 😆I would like to know your rule of thumb for this! Thank you!
Amish and Mennonites traditionally add the water to the level of the food in the jars. The USDA guidelines say to cover the jars with 1” of water. It depends on what you’re comfortable with for your family. Your kitchen, your rules.
I've been squuzing out the seeds because I'm not sure if they affect taste- what do you think? I loose most of the jelly using that method. Do you think I'm wasting my time and throwing away nutrients? I keep the skin on.
I have a question, do you have a favorite kind of lids you like best? I have used several different brands, I don’t have much luck with the Dollar General Store brands. I try different brands.
Is it okay for the jars to touch each other or the sides of the canner? Also so many people say it isn’t safe to can tomato skins but you don’t, what is your experience with that. Thanks
