Homemaking: Juicing Tomatoes

One important part of homemaking is preparing food for your family, as frugally as possible. It is usually much healthier, from scratch, as well. Making and canning things for the winter is a good way to do this! :)


Tomatoes from our garden are ready...some were not usable because they got over-taken by the blight. Some family and friends, however, had an abundance of tomatoes and shared them with us! So ours plus theirs gave us a good supply to start with!

My Mother-in-Love and I plan on making spaghetti sauce and canning it! Tonight we worked, for a few hours, cutting and cooking, squishing and juicing tomatoes! I must admit, I don't *like* tomatoes....but I *do* like sauces, ketchup and tomato soup. ;)

Daddy showing the boys how it's done...

The children were a great help for a while!



They each loved taking turns using the juicer...although it became my official *job* during the evening, as the children eventually tuckered out of tomato-juicing and went outside to play in the dirt! ;)

Xavier wanted to wear bags on his hands to keep them from getting *icky*...it lasted a whole 3.5 seconds and he realized they were more of a nuisance than a help! ;)

It was busy work...and tiring after another long and busy day, today. But it was nice to all be together and talk and laugh. :) We will be making the juice into sauce by adding some ingredients from a recipe my SIL gave to us, from *her* grandma! I have never made or canned sauce before...so this all is a first for me. It's great learning something new! **I always love to find ways to care for my family!**

Oh, oh! *Annnd...our next couple rows of corn are ready. We will be busy, again, picking, shucking and cutting them off the cobs. We will probably plan on freezing the next few batches. :) I am so very thankful for everything the Lord has provided...I just pray He provides me with enough energy to get them all canned/stored for winter! ;)

Well, everyone is tucked in, after a nice, warm bath. Now it's time for me to slip inside the covers, as well. I have been reading "In the Presence of My Enemies" by Gracia Burnham...about missionaries who were captured and held for over a year. A true story that makes you so thankful for what you have and helps put the minor discomforts we may suffer with, in perspective. I may slip in a few pages of that before drifting off to sleep. Time in prayer would be a nice way to end the day, as well.

Warm hugs to you! Thanks for stopping by to visit me!
Katy :)

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
~Numbers 6:24-26