Unfortunately a pressure cooker is not suitable for pressure canning. They are quite different. Just to make things super confusing - I have read that you can use a pressure canner to cook with but a pressure cooker is not safe for canning with. I assume that the cookers just don't have the suitable gauges or something (I haven't really looked into the why of it).

We have solar on our homestead and it is definitely a balance. We spent a lot of time evaluating all of the things we used and how much energy they required. I have a washer and dryer but try to never use the dryer because it is probably the worst energy drain there is. We had this induction cooktop that someone gave to us for Christmas. It was amazing, could boil water in no time at all but the energy it used was outrageous. It would cause a breaker to go every time I used it. That said, I have a blender and stand mixer and other gadgets that I used daily without issue.

We used a Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor tool to test everything when we were tightening up our systems and usage (thirty bucks on amazon) you might find that helpful.

I agree about the Dutch oven bread. I love crusty loaves so much and this is such an easy way to make bread. I've got a great no knead recipe that is so effortless.

The wood stove is a Canadian brand, Pacific Energy 2.5 Newcastle in black painted cast iron. I love that it is cast iron and those warming plates that swing out get a lot of use. I sit my bread on them to proof when the air is cool in the house. (we heat only with wood). The only down side is the cooking surface isn't huge. My larger pans don't all fit on it.

Thanks for the encouragement and the lovely comment. xx