Free (sort of) Wii Game

Look what I got in the mail today:

A few weeks ago Langers Apple Juice was on sale for $.99 at Smiths. I bought a bunch and sent in for this game. You can find the details here: Langers Juice
There is a $1.00 off any Langer's juice coupon that came a out a couple weeks ago so you can get the juice for even less with a sale.

I've heard this game is fun. We will see after Christmas.

Pumpkin Fun

See the 3 pumpkins in the background? We have slowly been cookin' them up. We've tried the following pumpkin recipes:
Pumpkin Bread Mine sunk a bit, but it didn't stop us from eating it up.
Pumpkin Soup I used sour cream instead of whipping cream and it didn't go over too well with the kids.
Pumpkin Pie The kids loved this.
Easiest Pumpkin Cookies:
1 15-oz can pumpkin (1 3/4 c home brewed pumpkin)
1 Spice flavored box cake mix
1/2 bag of chocolate chips

Mix the 3 together and plop on a greased cookie sheet for 18 minutes at 350 degrees.

Canning Fun

My mom couldn't can her grapes this year, so I took it over. It was a mess. I do have a greater appreciation for all her hard work over the years juicing grapes. One day I made a batch of salsa and juiced grapes. I was such a happy homemaker.


Later in the month I made applesauce. My neighbor let me borrow her Victorio Strainer. It totally beats, peeling, slicing, coring, and mashing 'em yourself. I still have some apples in my garage. If I can round up a few more bottles I'll finish up the last of them.

Salsa

This past Saturday I made Salsa again (second time ever). I used a different recipe, which was really tasty. It comes from my Aunt Julie.

Julie's Salsa
50 medium tomatoes, washed, peeled and quartered
4 large onions, chopped
4 sweet red peppers, chopped
4 large green bell peppers, chopped
8 jalepeno peppers, remove seeds for milder salsa (Julie's notes say, "I keep the seeds of 6 and remove the seeds of two")
1 medium garlic bulb, minced
2 T sugar
3/4 c apple cider vinegar
12 t salt (1/4 c)

Cook tomatoes for about 1 hour. While cooking skim off 5 cups of juice. Add onion, red peppers, green peppers, jalepeno and garlic. Cook with tomatoes for 45 minutes. Add sugar, vinegar and salt. Cook for another 30 minutes.

Put in jars and seal. Steam for about 10 minutes. Makes 12-14 pints.

I only had 25 tomatoes so I halved the recipe. "Halved" sounds so weird. I got the tomatoes, green peppers and jalepenos from my dad's garden. (For Sarah) I got the red peppers from Bountiful Baskets.

For My Mom

Aren't they beautiful? Thanks for teaching me how.

Bountiful Baskets 10/2

Look at the great basket I got yesterday:

Potatoes, artichoke, cauliflower, lettuce, grapes, tomatoes, red peppers, cantaloupe, plums, apples, strawberries, and bananas.

I also ordered peaches again. They were Utah ones and look beautiful!


Here is the website if you want to give it a try, orders for Utah start on Monday at 8:00pm:Bountiful Baskets.

A few things I meant to post, but didn't because I was too busy...

The last couple of months Smiths has been having Double Coupon days. This last time I was so excited about my trip that I took a picture of it meaning to share it with the world, but I got too busy.

Another day my MIL brought over a laundry basket full of tomatoes, peppers, and onions. She asked me if I knew how to can salsa. I didn't then, but I do now. I meant to tell you all about it, but I got too busy.

You know how you can use a ton of coupons on trial sized items to score 'em for free? The other day I got all this stuff at Target for 0 dollars. I wanted to let you know, but I got too busy.

Last week at Smiths you could get this gigantic thing of toilet paper for $2.99. Wouldn't it have been awesome if I had told you all about it?
It was the same day that I got this giant thing of cheese for free.
(I heard the coupon is in the October Family Fun Magazine, too). I meant to tell you all about my Smiths trip, but I got too busy.

Finally I wanted to share a new pizza recipe that we liked. It comes from Deals to Meals.
I'm almost never too busy to share pizza, but even this post got away from me.

So there you have it, a bunch of deals and finds that could definitely give this blog some potential. Oh well. Until next time.