My family likes fresh vegetables. Home canned food is as close to fresh as you can get. You control what goes in it therefore maintaining a higher quality of nutrition for your family. Part of my goal in life is keeping my family on a frugal lifestyle. We are a family of six living on one income and learning to can has cut our food bill tremendously.
Fruits are another item to can.
If you are creative in your cooking, you can continue to feed your family things that are a pleasure and not be worried about lack of variety. Because I know how to can, I feel that I have an advantage over people who don't because I can put up in this season enough food to last my family a year. Food safety specialists say food preserved at home by inexperienced canners may pose a large threat of food poisoning. Canning requires pressure cooking with the proper canner at 10 pounds pressure to kill the organism and make food safe. He points out that in addition to the danger of botulism, any food that is improperly handled is subject to growth of other food poisoning bacteria such as Salmonella, E.coli, and Listeria, all of which can cause serious sickness or death.