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Disclosure: I received a Ball® FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker and canning supplies from Ball®. The opinions expressed here are 100% my own.
I must admit…I am sort of a kitchen appliance geek. Check out my newest obsession!
I am in love with this new Ball® FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker! It’s so easy to use and it makes jam in 30 minutes! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
The folks from Ball® sent me this Jam Maker to review. Let’s take a close look!
The buttons couldn’t be any easier! If you want to make JAM, you just need to hit the JAM button and then ENTER.
This is what the base looks like.
The nonstick bowl fits easily onto the base.
The stirrer fits right on the center post.
The lid has vent holes around the edge. The lid is not always needed, so you need to check the recipe to be sure.
I made my first Apple Jelly ever! The recipe came from the Sweet and Simple Recipe Booklet that comes with the Jam & Jelly Maker. No lid needed for this jelly recipe.
Apple jelly has always been one of my favorites, but I never made it because it seemed too complicated. Well, this recipe came out just like the store-bought Apple Jelly that I buy. I chose to make the Reduced Sugar version and I LOVE IT!
I processed the jelly using the boiling water method in the recipe booklet.
By the way, this is the Pectin I used for the jelly and jam.
Here are some photos that I took when making Peach Jam!
I used the reduced sugar Peach Jam recipe in the recipe booklet. This recipe needs the lid on while cooking.
I highly recommend using the Ball® funnel when pouring your hot food into the hot jars. You’ll save a lot of time!
This green basket is part of the giveaway (below)! I love it!
My yummy Peach Jam!
This is the first time I make “reduced sugar” jam and jelly. I’m amazed at how sweet and normal it tastes! Apparently, I didn’t need to use so much sugar in my jam all these years!
I can’t say enough about this Ball® FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker! I’m totally impressed with it! It assembles quickly and it’s a breeze to clean!
See it in action!
The Ball® FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker is available at Amazon.com.
Before I talk about the GIVEAWAY,
I want to pass on a few fun events happening this week!
PIN & WIN!
Starting today, there is a Can-It-Forward Day Pinterest Contest which will be hosted on the Ball Pinterest page. Enter to win a grand prize by following Ball Canning on Pinterest, pinning an image with the hashtag #canitforward onto one of your own boards (you can pin one of my canning photos above) and then email your pin to canitforwarddaycontest@gmail.com to complete the entry process.
One grand prize winner will receive a $500 gift card to Cooking.com and four runners up will receive a Ball branded package including a Ball® Blue Book, Canning Discovery Kit and Case of Heritage Collection Jars. All winners will be selected at random.
Now onto the next fun event!
Special Guest Host Ted Allen will be canning and doing a cooking demo!
National Can-It-Forward Day
When: Saturday, August 17th
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
How you can participate: Watch the live webcast of canning demos and ask questions that will be answered in real-time! There will also be additional giveaways from the Ball® brand offered for those who are tuned in. Viewers can also participate via Twitter using the hashtag #canitforward. During the broadcast, there will be special giveaways each hour and a special Can It Forward Day offer for purchases at our online store, freshpreservingstore.com.
Click HERE for the details and to see the live webcast on Saturday!
Or you can come back here on Saturday, and watch the live webcast below!
Connect with Ball® Canning!
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Twitter: @BallCanning
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On-Line Retailer: Fresh Preserving Store
* * * * * * * * * * * * GIVEAWAY * * * * * * * * * * * *
- One coupon for a free case of Ball brand canning jars
Enter to win this giveaway on the Rafflecopter widget below!
(One Winner will get all three prizes!)
(Open to the U.S. only.)
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My boys started to can this year with their grandma…she never taught me.
They are loving it and have made jelly, pickles, watermelon rind pickles and pickled beets. This would be great for them!
I have actually been dying to give canning a try but Ive been nervous because I really dont know how to do it. This would be just awesome to get me started!!
I really want to start canning. This would be a perfect starter for me. Thanks Connie
I’ve canned all sorts of things, but the main things I do each year are green beans, tomatoes, jam and salsa…I’ve also done carrots, pickles, relish and beets.
I have only made freezer jams. I would love to give canning a try also. This would be a great start up kit!
I have helped my mom many times can green beans, tomatoes, and grape jelly! I would love to can some salsa and strawberry jam!
I just started canning this year and I’m now completely addicted! I’ve canned strawberry jam and jelly, orange and lemon marmalade, kiwi jam, and Vietnamese carrot and daikon pickles.
Pickles, blackberry jam, and peach jam made this year in my Moms kitchen.
I’ve canned strawberry jam, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, and green beans!
I have canned tomatoes. Can’t wait to try more stuff!
I’ve made and canned all kinds of things, love it. Unfortunately my canner is shot
I haven’t ever canned, but would love to try making raspberry jam.
I haven’t canned for about 10 years now, I’m ready to get back into the swing of it!
I used to can jelly & jam, pickles, peaches & pears, tomatoes & tomato sauce.
Have not canned anything but would like to make organic fruit jams!
I’d like to try dilly beans
I’ve canned Blueberry & Strawberry jams & also made Strawberry-Orange Marmalade. I’ve always wanted to try pickles. My grandmother used to make Watermelon Pickles & Chow Chow. I’d like to try her recipes & I know my family would love it if I made Bread & Butter Pickles.
I’ve only made strawberry jam but want to expand my pantry I love seeing the colorful jars others do. It is on my “must do” list. What an awesome giveaway. I’m planning on participating in the Can It Forward day.
I have canned everything from jams and jellies. I have canned zucchini relish, hot peppers, pasta sauce, stewed tomatoes, pickles, hot mustard, applesauce, apples for pie. We have a large garden and I can fresh vegetables every year.
I’ve canned tomatoes and some jellies. I just started last year and really enjoy it.
I love making strawberry and rhubarb jams -rhubarb ginger is my favorite this year
I would love to make Mixed Berry Jam
I have canned green beans, squash relish, corn relish, bread and butter pickles, pickled okra, tomatoes, peach butter, and blackberry jam.
I have canned tomatoes, potatoes, beans, peaches, pears, jams.
I pretty much can everything I can get my hands on, but jam and jelly are my specialty.
Growing up I canned a lot of pickles, jam, and garden veggies (like green beans) with my Gram. I’d like to do a few of those in my own kitchen now.
I can tomatoes, salsa, beets, etc. I would love to make jam and jelly —- it’s been years!
I started canning last year and I love it! So far this year we’ve done strawberry jam, pickles and spaghetti sauce. Next up is peaches then applesauce.
My boys love when I make jams and jellies and they eat it as soon as it hits the jars. Their favorites are strawberry and cherry but I love making blackberry.
The first thing I ever canned was blackberry jam. From that point on there was no turning back….Peach Preserves, pickles, marinara, salsa, beets, green beans, giardiniera and on and on.
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I go to college in a rural town with lots of farming and fresh produce markets! Winning this would be an awesome way for me to help support local businesses as well as eat healthy and cheaply. I would love to try canning all different types of jams for the winter.
I love making Chocolate Jam and Bacon Jam. Not sure why I did not start with the more “traditional” jam/jellies……….but I am dying to make some Peach Jam. The peaches right now are so flavorful. Thanks for the contest!
I’ve canned strawberry jam, tomatoes, beets, green beans, and apple pie filling. It’s been a while since I’ve done any canning though. I need to get back to it. Thanks!
I always can pickles as my husband loves them, but my favorite thing to can is tomato sauce. I make it by roasting tomatoes, onions, garlic, basil and anything else I want to throw in (mushrooms are good!) in the oven until everything is soft, then I blend it all up and can it. It’s so good!
the only canning I have done lately was strawberry jam. I love to can but can’t seem to get it together anymore.
Oh, my goodness! What a WONDERFUL giveaway. I am hoping like mad to get lucky here. Thank you so much for the chance to win. I once made apple jelly with a rose geranium leaf in each jar. It was so pretty and SO delicious. I do love to mix a couple of fruits in jam. I won’t say how long it has been since I made jam, etc. This prize would have me making many Christmas gifts from our Michigan bounty.
Strawberry jam. I love this give away.
What a great product! It would be great to have running on the side as you processed other things in your water bath or pressure cooker. So you could do jars of peach pie filling, and your ‘bits and pieces’ you could throw into this little genius to make jam for you at the same time! Awesome way to to preserve the whole harvest. Hope to win!
I would love to can some sour cherry jam since it is so hard to find in the grocery stores
I would love to try pickles-they are my hubbys favorite and they are always so expensive!!
I have made freezer jam - strawberry and blueberry. It was my first time making it and I used my crock pot. This looks so cool! I hope I win!
I look forward to trying to can peach mango salsa!
So far this year, I have canned tomatoes and pepper jelly.
We most frequently can tomato juice. I would love to try some jams and jelly
Truth be told, I’ve never properly canned anything! I’ve made plenty of refrigerator jams, but since I don’t have proper canning equipment that’s it!
Tomatoes.
I have canned pickles and jams too but it’s been a long time..
This looks like it would be fun, I like your low sugar jams..
Brenda
I haven’t canned since I did it with my mom. I want to make her famous Mango Chutney.
I know you’re not supposed to, but I’ve known a lot of people who have had success with canning lemon curd which is my absolute favorite things to make, so that’s what I would can.
We have a small garden, but it produces a lot of veges. I started canning for the first time a couple years ago and get a real kick out of it. I’ve canned tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, okra, green beans, pickles and beets. I’ve also made freezer jam and preserves. Thinking about canning fruit next year if our trees produce enough.
I had to quit canning when I moved as I had no room for my caning stuff-this will be ideal for a small space such as mine!!! My kids miss the pickles and such I used to can-so do I!!
We just moved to a new State in the midwest, so now we will finally be able to grow our own garden because our previous home did not allow it. I grew up in a canning household and I look forward to harvesting our first crop and preparing them for the winter.
Just bought some blackberries today. Sure wish I had the jam/jelly maker today to be able to make some blackberry jam/jelly so quickly.
I made some strawberry jelly/jam, for the refrigerator it did not last long was great..
I have canned blackberry jam, cherry jam and raspberry jam in the past couple of years. I also did a lot of strawberry freezer jam. Thanks for the chance to enter.
I’ve canned 14-day pickles and also green beans. Thank you for the giveaway and the opportunity to participate.
I am working on canning jams and jellies, I have canned salmon in the past
I can Strawberry preserves
freebiegoddess03@aol.com
I usually can just strawberry jam
I’d love to win that jam and jelly maker! I’ve been making blueberry jam, blackberry jam, strawberry jam, mixed berry jam using blueberry, black raspberry and then also using blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. Yum! But my wrists get so tired stirring for so long.
I have made jams, pickles, and have canned pear juice, sliced pears, tongue pickles, chutney and even pressure canned salsa on a camp stove!
Green beans and corn for now but the list is growing. Yay!
I’d love to can strawberries!
I’ve always been too nervous to can but I’d love to be able to make jams and store our fruits and veggies.
I love canning, and even more I love pulling out things I have canned as gifts or as party food. I make a great pepper jelly inspired by some I had in Italy.
I would love to try, never have!
I have canned currant jelly, strawberry jam and tomatoes from our garden.
So far we’ve only made freezer jam and hot pepper jelly! Looking forward to making more!!
I have canned simple mango jams and shrimp pickles
Strawberry jam
I want to learn how to can. We have apple, pear and peach trees in our yard, jelly would be an awesome way to not let them go to waste!
I’ve made some jams. Strawberry, blackberry. I want to try something more ambitious like pesto and tomatoes for chili
I have canned peaches, lemons, and jams and jellies.
Our family gardens and cans everything, but I have not personally canned anything in my own kitchen yet. I want to do my own apple butter and jams.
I would love to give canning a try! I want to do something with my overabundance of jalapenos!
I’ve never canned anything, but I would love to reproduce my mother’s home-canned Bread & Butter pickles. They’re the best!
I’ve canned blackberry jam and tomato salsa before.
never have canned but my sister would love this she cans all the time
rafflecopter never popped up i tried on two different computer one at the library
i would love to win this one
I love making strawberry jam and applesauce! there are so many more things id love to try!!
I haven’t started canning yet but I would really like to! I really want to make my own salsa, applesauce and the Peach Jam you made sounds delicious!!
I have made freezer jam - strawberry is yummy!
I’ve canned fruits (jam, jellies, whole berries or diced or sliced fruits in light syrup), but I’d love to try my hand at other foods like pickles and relishes.
I’ve made freezer jam and refrigerator pickles - I’d love to can more jams and jellies
I’e been canning carrot cake jam this week.
every year i can grape jelly and grape butter. i have made in the past-pickle relish, lemon marmalade, bread n butter pickles and pickle relish. thanks for such a very nice and extremely useful giveaway!
We do mostly fruits, but we’ve also done jams and my husband has pressure-canned meats.
I have canned tomatoes and canned grape jam.
I have never canned in my kitchen but I can apricot jam with my mom in her kitchen
I have never canned in my own kitchen!! I was introduced to canning by my mother-in-law, but we always do it at her house. I don’t have any supplies.
I’ve always been hesitant to try canning, but would love to give it a shot!
I have never canned in my kitchen. My grandmothers did. My grandmother’s canned “tomato relish” (think delicious salsa) was a favorite among my friends when I was a teenager. The whole process completely skipped my mother’s generation, and I’d love to revive the tradition for my and my daughter’s generations.
I canned strawberry jam and pickles this summer for the very first time! Loved hearing the popping of the seals…success!
I want to make some strawberry jam to start, then other kinds after that.
I would love to try this, we go through a ton of jelly in a year and it would be nice to make it.
I hsve canned all sorts of jams, apple pie filling, green beans and zucchini relish.
I haven’t canned since I lived with my parents. I’d like to get back into it now I have a family of my own. I would really like to make mustard pickles (besides the usual home canned veggies, sauces, and salsas!).
Thanks!
I have canned jam.
I used to help my grandmother can but I have never tried it on my own. I would love to make fig and peach preserves from the fruit that grows in my yard.
I have canned pickles, tomatoes, peppers, jellies, and tomato sauce. Just spent the weekend doing tomato sauce and hot sauce!