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Naturally Sweet Food in Jars: 100 Preserves Made with Coconut, Maple, Honey, and More Hardcover – Illustrated, March 22, 2016

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Make all the Preserves You Love Sweeter than Ever, For Healthier Canning at Home!


After years of addressing questions reducing sugar, substituting sugar, and leaving it out altogether, author Marisa McClellan began to rejigger her recipes, helping her home canners enjoy the flavors of the season without the refined sugars. The result is Naturally Sweet Food in Jars, preserving in the tenor of today's health-conscious audience. The inventive spreads, dips, pickles, and whole fruits in McClellan's third preserving book use only unrefined sweeteners:


  • maple sugar and syrup
  • coconut sugar
  • dates
  • agave
  • honey
  • dried fruits and juices

. . . and less of them! The book is organized by sweeteners, and includes recipes like:

  • Sriracha-style Hot Sauce (using honey)
  • Date Pancake Syrup (with maple)
  • Cantaloupe Basil Jam and Marinated Multicolored Peppers (both sweetened with agave)
  • Fennel and Parsley Relish (sweetened with fruit juice)

Her trademark flavor combinations, seasonal awareness, and manageable small batches are here, too, for her longtime readers and a whole new audience, and are just as sweet. It's the perfect addition to your collection, and will bring your preserving up to speed with a health-conscious diet.
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    March 22, 2016
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  6. ISBN-10
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Marisa McClellan is a full time food writer and cooking teacher, and has been blogging about canning, pickling, and preserving on her blog Food in Jars (three times nominated by Saveur magazine for a Best Food Blog award) since 2009. She has published three books about canning, including the bestselling Food in Jars. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Running Press Adult; Illustrated edition (March 22, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0762457783
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0762457786
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.13 x 8.75 inches
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Marisa McClellan is a food blogger, cookbook author, and canning teacher based in Center City Philadelphia. Her books include Food in Jars, Preserving by the Pint, Naturally Sweet Food in Jars, and The Food in Jars Kitchen.

She has written for a number of publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine, The Wirecutter, Food Network, Serious Eats, The Kitchn, Grid Philly, Saveur, Edible Philly, and Table Matters.

Marisa also co-hosts a podcast dedicated living a food-focused life called Local Mouthful. Find more of her jams, pickles, and preserves (all cooked up in her 80-square-foot kitchen) at foodinjars.com.

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Linda F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice smaller recipes with natural sugars like honey
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
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The book is smaller than the older hardbacks but I actually found it nicer to hold and it's packed with recipes without a lot of empty negative space. I like the style and pictures for they feel nice and homey but not cheaply made. The paper is not glassy but a nice firm weight and the color palette is nice. Not every recipe has a picture but that's ok. I wanted to make honey apricot jam in smaller amounts so I got this book. I love this book. It is easy to understand even for beginners and the creative recipes made my mouth water. Very nice if your tired of regular canning recipes and want 2 to 4 pounds of fruits with small yields. Very nice for experimenting and faster jam days. Create a lot more variety in the pantry . Finally, it has a section with honey, one using coconut sugar, agave and even has juice concentrates section. I think the recipes can be adapted further to suit each persons taste regarding spices. She is very creative and feels gourmet without being to out there. Just a lovely book
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Jacki
5.0 out of 5 stars I've already made and canned two recipes
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023
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It's been a month and I've made lemony strawberry jam and vanilla peach butter. (I believe it's jam in the book but I ran my peaches through a mill) it's jam packed (pun intended) full amazing recipes with ingredients I wouldn't think of. I need to get her other books if they are as good as this one. Super simple and easy to follow recipes. And the pictures are great as well.
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RedSpice
5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2018
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I highly recommend this book. The instructions are clear, the book laid out well and there are a variety of recipes to choose from without cane sugar. I have made the Smoky Apple BBQ sauce, and it is yummy. I have made the Cara Cara Orange Jam...divine, although it requires a bit of time to remove the pith. I have also made the Pear Vanilla Jam, which next time I will use a different kind of vanilla bean, instead of Bourbon. I look forward to this growing season to try so many more recipes, such as Spiced Blackberry Jam, Classic Sweet Pickle Relish, Pear Cardamom Jam, Strawberry Cocoa Jam, Peach Salsa, Cantaloupe Basil Jam, Lemony Strawberry Jam, Pickled Beets, Mango Lime Butter, and many more. I might even try the non-tomato ketchup. I hope she writes yet another book...one can’t have too many recipes to can without cane sugar and with non-tomato options.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Missing pages 103-106
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2022
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Recipes look good but as I was flipping through I'm missing pages 103-106. Bummer as page 104 has skillet raspberry jam I was interested in.
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Joanne
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeded my expectations
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2016
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As the previous reviewer, I too love this author. I have her two other books and enjoy using them for their ease and simplicity and straightforwardness. I'm relatively new to this hobby and I need simple! I thought perhaps this book would be a lot of repeats of her other books and nothing much to hoot and holler about, but I went through it from cover to cover with my sticky tags and have almost 2 dozen ready to dig into of new and innovative recipes. She must have stayed up nights thinking about all the ways to expand our canning recipe horizons. I can't wait to get started again. I am going to first make some Boiled Cider Jelly bc I have some cider to use up. Then some Beet Ketchup caught my eye, bc I do not like cooked beets, I only like them shredded raw as in coleslaw. Beets are very healthy for you...and in this recipe, I could find myself eating more beets as a tasty ketchup. I also like how Marisa uses gram weights in her listing of ingredients bc when needing 2 1/2 cups of cut up onions, peppers, fruit, etc., the gram weight is also given so you are sure you are getting the amount you need. I just am funny that way, I really like the option of using a digital scale for some items since weight measurement gives consistent results jar after jar. Not only is it helpful for solid measuring, but she mentions that when measuring honey, maple syrup, agave, etc., it is easier to pour it directly into the pot to heat up instead of putting it in a measuring cup then scooping it out...we all know how we lose some of the contents that way and use a rubber spatula to get out every morsel. Bc she knows this, she wants to make even that user friendly, so she gives gram weights for those liquids too, you can pour it into the pot on a digital scale, and no scraping is needing. I really like the thoughtfulness involved in that simple gesture, it means a lot to those of us who want to save steps. She is a very organized person to do this, and being a teacher who labored over lesson plans each day to make a lesson more approachable to my students, she is doing the same exact thing for us. Most of the recipes are fruit items, some veggies, but very interesting ones you don't see a lot in other books. I wonder though if I could swap out maple syrup for honey for agave, for example; that wasn't mentioned in the book. Despite that one question I have, I can't say how happy I am that I got this book--her third book in a series--to me, a trifecta of canning recipes.

UPDATE: April 2016: Made the Jalapeno Jam (really a relish), very good! Can be used to add to stir fries, omelets, chili, plain rice, etc.. I also made the Boiled Apple Cider, tasty. I used a little soft jelly to add to my plain Greek yogurt to give it some taste. I also made her Blueberry Glaze (forget the exact title of it), good for grilled meats, glazing meatloaf, etc...I made the tomatillo sauce for simmering and braising, had so many frozen from summer's bounty, and that worked out nicely too. I have more pages tagged to try!
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars One for the cookbook library!
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
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I stumbled across this little gem of a book at my local library. Since I like to be as organic and non-processed as possible, I took this out to review and try a couple of recipes. I tried the Sweet Peach and Cherry Compote (pg 164) because I had those fruits to use up. The directions were clear, direct, and simple, using only four items in the recipe and for small batches, leading to a shorter kitchen time! Big, colorful pictures are attached to some recipes, making it very inviting to want to make that particular item. If you are looking to start canning jams/sauces/preserves, etc., this is an excellent book to get your feet wet with. I have yet to try the Pomona Pectin, but I plan to purchase it to see how it stands up to my other pectin.
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M. Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Book!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2016
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Love, love, love this book! This is my second book by Marisa McClellan and I am an avid reader of her blog. When I first starting canning, every recipe I made was from her first book, "Food in Jars!" Once I received Naturally Sweet Food in Jars, I made out a long list of recipes I hope to try this year. The best thing is that I am trying to limit my use of white sugar and this book allows me to make my jam and eat it too! I really enjoy Marisa's style of writing and her unique approaches to "typical" canning recipes. (Plus, Marisa has always answered my questions that I have posted on her blog or Facebook page.) I already made her granola using apple butter and it was yummy. My son is anxious for me to make more Watermelon Jelly (one of his favorites) and I am happy to be able to without of all of the white sugar. I highly recommend this books to beginning canners as well as seasoned veterans.
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Smart Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Game Changer!
Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2018
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I’ve enjoyed canning for years but it’s always bothered me that so many recipes are packed with refined sugar- this book has changed the way I think about preserving seasonal food and I feel great about sharing more healthy options with my family and friends
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Anabela Bravo
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2017
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this book is amazing! full of very good pictures and inspiring recipes. Hardcover make it resistant for kitchen environment.
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Benjamin A. Karleen
5.0 out of 5 stars Every recipe looks great. I would have liked if the recipe directions ...
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2016
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I'm so excited to find a canning book with natural sweeteners!! Every recipe looks great. I would have liked if the recipe directions were also given for larger than half-pint quantities, but i'll just adapt that.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome book
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2019
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Great recipes to try
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