Charmaine’s journey to 1,000,000 Calories

I’m creating this thread to track my progress. I’m working on preserving 1,000,000 calories from local and organic foods.
I’ve created an excel spreadsheet to help me keep track of how many calories are in the things I make most often (according to a Google search. I’ll be sure to post photos of that chart periodically.
I grew up canning and freezing foods in the summer and fall to last us the winter and spring. Living close to my grandparents provided a lot of knowledge and experience that they so graciously shared with me. I hope to keep the tradition of being self sufficient alive through this badge.
Wish me luck!!

I’m at 27,545 calories total so far.

Oops, almost forgot these jars. They were already put away into storage, but I managed to snap a photo
Pears from the neighbors tree of course and peaches from the U-pick farm.
This brings me to 36,725 calories total.

I realized that my calorie estimate for canned pears was slightly off. I adjusted it in my excel sheet and I’ve adjusted my total as well.

My total so far is 32,315 calories! I’m very happy with my progress thus far.
Rescued some tomatoes from the freeze. They’re still so green, but I hope that a few weeks on the countertop will help. Maybe I’ll make some tomato sauce later?
As we head into winter and the garden harvest is basically finished, I won’t be canning/freezing nearly as much. If at all.
I do have a few bags of grandmas apricots that I froze before I started tracking my calories that I hope to make some fresh jam this winter, but that might be about all I can do for a while :/
But I’ve got my other badges to work on so that’s where my focus will be.

Just adding in a couple of last minute things I made ❤️

After a Long, Tedious and Careful review. Here is my up to date excel sheet.

Canning season is upon us again! The garden is plentiful and abundant! I’ve been able to make salsa, carrots, green beans, and lots of pickled radish slices and more! My garden space may not be the biggest garden in town but it’s feeding us quite well

I dehydrated parsley for the first time and let me tell you, it smells amazing!! My dehydrator contains no plastic. (I’ll share a link)
I also canned peas for the first time. Usually I only plant enough to eat fresh but this year I went a little crazy. 😜
And of course green beans. They’re a staple food at my house. We eat them nearly as fast as I can them!

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The promised link to my dehydrator:) I love it. It’s very straightforward to use and has plenty of shelves to make all the things I like!

I’ve had a very productive week!
Lots of yummy things stored in glass jars and an updated calorie counter chart❤️

Canning season is wrapping up here in Idaho. I rescued lots of green tomatoes from the frost and made a green tomato salsa using a recipe from a friend at church. I didn’t include it in my 1,000,000 calories however, because I did have to buy more onions and bell peppers from the store since I didn’t have enough left in the garden. But I’m still happy that I was able to use so many green tomatoes and serrano peppers from the garden and it didn’t go to waste