Michelle Knox on Instagram: "This tomato sauce hack has saved me hours and hours of time when canning tomato condiments. I can gallons and gallons of bbq sauce, marinara sauce, and ketchup. The recipes I use for these tomato condiments always ask for a tomato sauce as a base. No hours of cooking down sauce in a steamy kitchen. #Homesteading #HomesteadingSkills #OrganicGardening #RaisedBedGardening #Canning #HomePreservation #GrowYourOwnFood #FoodSecurity #Self-sufficiency #MoreThanFarmers"

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