The best "How to Work from Home" eBook!!!

I did it! I poured hours upon hours into a book so full of everything I have learned in the last 8 years as a Work from Home Mama, Realtor, Entrepreneur and multi-small business owner!!!

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I sat down one night fueled by a desire to share everything I had learned but wasn't sure exactly where to start. As I started typing it all just flew right out of me onto the computer screen, it barely felt like any effort at all. My late grandmother told me when I was 12 years old that I was going to be a writer one day. I have been writing on a semi-professional level for about 10 years now but had never approached writing my own book. Besides, what do you bring the world? 

Well I found it! Ironically, as long as I've been self-employed and through all the journeys that has brought me, I never thought about this being a teachable part of my life until a friend pointed it out saying it was what she admired most about me; the ability to grow and change, adapt, rebrand, learn a new skill and market it affectively, etc. 

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You will find this book packed full of so much relevant information, I kinda sorta hope your head spins! Haha! But in a good way! I organized it and chunked it into categories that make sense, went over the top paying freelance jobs, how to write a killer resume, how to nail your pitch, how to deal with terrible clients, how to find the work, how to brand yourself, colors and methods to use in marketing and more! 

Are you looking to make an income from home? Have you dreamed of being able to put in 4-6 hours a day while your kids are at school? Maybe you need a job you can do a couple of hours a night after the kids go to bed? If you're looking for a REALISTIC way to make money from the comfort of your own home, around your schedule, owning and running your very own business...this book is for you! 

This book teaches you how to leverage the skills you already have to become a professional freelancer and how to do that to the best of your abilities! This book is crammed full of TIPS start to finish! It isn't a long read but the pages are packed with 12,200 words of wisdom based on my many years of trial & error, as well as my successes! 

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XoXo, Elizabeth

I believe in you, you can do this, you deserve it, own it! Many blessings! 

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Canning Squash to Later Fry

This recipe calls for you to PREP squash in order to can it and it preserves it in a way that you can pull it out months later, rinse it off and batter and fry it as if it was fresh! Fried squash is my personal favorite way to eat delicious home grown yellow crookneck squash so I had to try this method of preserving it via canning!

If you prefer to learn by watching you can check out my video on this entire process HERE!

You can use this recipe and can/prep as many squash as you want so you can just double or triple the water mixture if you need to make more.

My all time FAVORITE canning Book is The Ball Complete Book of Home Canning

This recipe makes enough liquid to fill and pack 6 Quarts!

Tools:
-Mason jars (size & quantity you desire)
-Lids and rings
-Hot Water Bath Canner
-Ladle
-Canner grabber
-Rubber spatula utensil
-Clean clothes

Ingredients:
-9 cups of water
-1/2 cup of Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
-1/2 cup of white sugar
-1/2 tsp of pickling salt into each individual jar

Directions:
1. Combine your water, apple cider vinegar and white sugar together in a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Once it boils for about 2-4 minutes turn the heat off under the pan.
2. While your mixture is boiling you can be cutting up your squash into thin chip like slices. Go ahead and pack these into your jars as you go. Leave 1/2 inch head space in the top of the jar and you can also use your rubber ended spatula utensil to push your squash slices down into the jar to get out any excess air pockets.

3. After your jars are full and your liquid mixture has come down from a boil, use your ladle and fill each with up to 1/4 inch head space with the liquid. If you run out of a bit of the mixture at the end spread what is left evenly amongst your last 2 jars and then fill the rest of the way with boiling hot water.
4. Put 1/2 teaspoon of pickling salt into each of your jars before you put the lids and rings on. Place lids on top with magnetic wand, screw rings on "finger tip tight" (which means screw just passed the point of resistance but not too far beyond that or your jars can break in the canning process).
5. Place jars in hot water bath canner, make sure all jars are evenly spread out on rack in canning pot and then insure that there is an inch of water OVER all of your cans after they're all added. If there isn't add enough water to cover all the jars by 1 inch.

6. Then put the lid back on your hot water bath canner and bring to a boil. Once it gets to a boil you can the jars the amount of time required by YOUR elevation. This varies all over the world so Google it and see how long you need to hot water bath can squash for your specific location!
7. Once canning process is done, carefully use jar holder to remove jars onto a clean dish towel on the counter and let them sit out overnight to come down to room temperature. After this point you can move them to long term store.

Tip: Once you're ready to have your fried squash just open the jar, wash off your squash thoroughly with water (to get the salt and ACV off) and then batter and fry just like normal! Enjoy!!!

Xoxo,
Elizabeth

I hope you loved this canning recipe! You can check out how to can pickle relish HERE!
You can see how to make the full recipe for the Pickle Relish HERE!
And if you prefer videos you can find the video on how to can Dill Pickles I filmed with my Mom a couple of years ago HERE!