momstown KW Mamas Prove You can CAN with Kids & Have Fun Too!

What do you get when you combine 5 moms, 4 infants, 1 ALMOST 3 year old, a flat of strawberries, bunch of red peppers and various other ingredients?  How about if we add that we had next to NO experience whatsoever in what we had planned on doing?  Well, surprisingly... our quest for momstownKitchener-Waterloo’s first canning session was a success!

When we decided to get together and do some canning, most of us had never done anything like this.  We were able to decide on 2 recipes we wanted to make (Honey Strawberry Jam and Spicy Red- Pepper Jelly), divided up the ingredients and scrounged up the supplies to venture into the art of preserving!

With lots of washing, chopping, nursing and feeding breaks, diaper changes, hand washing and working again, we were able to make a great collection for each of us to enjoy some preserves.  This may or may not have involved 2 trips to the local hardware store for some supplies... but we don’t need to point out the little mistakes... do we?? 

Between batches, we took some time to pose the babies into a circle, add in the toddler and have fun taking some photos too... what would a momstown event be without lots of fun pictures?

All together, we were working on the project for about 6 hours, with many breaks.  The babies were all fantastic, and were even nice enough to coordinate their feeding schedules... so whenever one mom sat down to feed, it was within minutes that all the babies wanted to eat as well. 

Now that we have walked away with these two delicious recipes, we feel like old pros, and have decided to continue the process... we are thinking of getting adventurous and delving into the salsa making process in July!  Care to join us? Look how delicious this all looks!!