Jim may do this, but it is not a safe recommended thing to do. If you do it, do at your own risk. This also includes barley. You will see this about soups: How do I? ...Can Vegetables -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soups Vegetable, dried bean or pea, meat, poultry, or seafood soups can be canned. Caution: Do not add noodles or other pasta, rice, flour, cream, milk or other thickening agents to home canned soups. If dried beans or peas are used, they must be fully rehydrated first. Here is a link that might be useful: Univ. of Georgia, canning soups.

I'm not KatieC, but here's her recipe!! Delicious! I love to can in pints and just grab one to take to work. I can microwave it right in the jar and drink it! Roasted Tomato Garlic Soup Recipe By :Katie C 12 tomatoes -- *see Note 2 carrots -- cut in 1" pieces 1 large onion -- quartered 2 whole heads garlic -- peeled (or more, to taste) olive oil 2 cups chicken broth -- (or 3) 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil -- (or 1 Tbsp. dried) cream -- to taste DO NOT CAN WITH CREAM. Core tomatoes and cut in half. Place, cut side up, on foil covered cookie sheet with carrots, onion and garlic. Brush with olive oil. Bake at 400F for about an hour, or until vegies are roasted and a little blackened. Place in a large saucepan with the chicken broth and basil and simmer for about 10 minutes. Blend with a stick blender (or in small batches in a blender) until almost smooth. Add cream to taste. To can: Process in a pressure canner, pints for 60 min. and quarts for 70 min.For dial gauge canners use 11 pounds pressure at 0-2000 ft., 12 lbs. at 2001-4000 ft., 13 lbs. at 4001-6000 ft. and 14 lbs. above 6000 ft. For weighted gauge canners use 10 lbs. pressure at 0-1000 ft., and 15 lbs. over 1000 ft. *Note: These measurements are approximate...I use whatever it takes to cover the cookie sheet. This makes 1 1/2 to 2 quarts of soup. That said, I do keep a couple of Cream of Mushroom and Chicken on hand for recipes that I make infrequently for when "I don't want to cook". Yes, I've opened a can of tuna, can of soup and boiled noodles. Of course I always have to toss in some frozen peas, chopped celery, maybe olives or roasted red pepper. My White Chicken Enchiladas use a Cream of soup and they just aren't "THE RECIPE" without it. I probably use a total of 4-5 cans a year. Whatever. It's not any worse the hitting the drive through at a burger joint! I probably do that once a year! I say "to each his own". The only thing I don't like about prepared/packaged stuff in general is that the supply of basic ingredient selections at the grocery seem to be dwindling (pure space issue, I'm sure). Produce areas are smaller, meat counters, fresh seafoods and basic dairy products have fewer feet of space. :-( Just one more reason I'm always looking for a more direct source! Deanna

I believe as long as you have heated it to boiling at some point, then you can refreeze. Dances.

I made the Christmas turkey breast so I could get the slicing/dicing/broth for gravy done ahead of time and in the freezer. Monday is normally our "Big Meal" of the week (large cut of meat with all the trimmings), so that worked in nicely. I have a theme (genre) for each day of the week, rather than doing a specific meal plan. I'm the only person in the family who likes dressing with turkey, so I made a gluten-free boxed mix I found on the clearance rack after Thanksgiving at Aldi. It was surprisingly very good. Or perhaps it's been so long since I've had it due to going gluten-free 3-years ago, anything would taste "good", and now I have 5 more small servings in the freezer. ;-) Anyway, one less thing to worry about making on Christmas Day. Since I made two kinds of fudge on Monday, we had a sample for dessert along with fresh fruit.