I love canning every year. It is the best tasting food. It requires alot of hard work, but it is well worth it. Every year, I work extra hard to can enough food for our family. There are seven of us so I can alot. One thing that I cannot keep enough of is pickled beets. These beets, if you like pickled beets, taste great and they are healthy too. They won’t just eat beets, without being pickled. So I have to pickle them. My family eats them for a snack or with meals, it doesn’t matter. So that is why, no matter how many jars I can, it is never enough and we end up running out before Summer comes back and I get to make some more. So when I run out, I fix the following recipe using store bought canned beets. In fact, they taste like my home canned beets once I am done. They don’t take as much time to make and I can fool my family. I love canning, otherwise this would be the only way I would fix it. The next time you get a craving for summer foods, open up a can of beets and follow this recipe. It will take about 15 minutes to prepare
You will need:
1 16 ounce can of beets
1/3 Cup vinegar
1/4 Cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
This is what you do:
In a medium saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, salt, ground cloves,and ground cinnamon. Bring to a boil; stirring occasionally. Drain beets and add to mixture. Bring mixture back up to a boil then reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool then transfer to container and store in the refrigerator for at 8 hours. This will keep in your refrigerator for one month.