11.05.2008

Just Call Me Susie...

Well, probably because I have more time (at home anyway) and less money I have been stocking up for the winter. I feel like I should be in Little House on the Prairie or something... Anyway, here is what I have done in the past few months (with a lot of help from my wonderful mother in law):
  • Canned 6 quarts of dilly beans, 10 pints of chili sauce, 4 pints of peach jam and 2 pints of raspberry jam (picked from bushes near my house).
  • Froze 20 cups of peaches, 8 peach pie fillings, 12 quarts of homemade apple sauce, 7 apple pie fillings, and I blanched, chopped, cooked and froze 25lbs of tomatoes for soup this winter.
  • Made 32 cups of chicken broth and froze it
  • Made granola
  • Made and froze potato soup, carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, peach-yogurt-banana-smoothie and peas for baby food
  • Made and froze 20 cups of whole wheat pancake mix
  • And I just pulled 3 loaves of bread out of the oven... and 4 cinnamon rolls... I LOVE warm whole wheat bread... there is nothing better!
  • And my mother-in-law and i are going to can black, garbonzo and red beans in a couple weeks!

I LOVE fall... soup, hot chocolate, fires.... I love it all...

4 comments:

Mark and Erin said...

You're amazing, Leah! Good for you. It's a nice "cozy" feeling to know you have that food stocked up. :-)

Sarah M. said...

Wow, very impressive. I love getting food stored up. If you have access (next summer) to a variety of fresh veggies, I have the BEST soup recipe to send you (if you're interested). It works great as a soup to freeze and then warm up when it's chilly. Very tasty.

Ryan said...

my sister is nuts! :)

micah said...

hook a brother up. i am in a constant state of starving. i think the whole stop driving and ride the bike costs more in food than my car does in gas...