Homemade applesauce

I have always wanted to make my own apple sauce but never
have for some reason, guess I never got around to it or forgot. Now that I have I found out  it is so unbelievable easy, I think its
gonna be a staple in our house. My kids and I love it by itself,
but what's great about apple sauce is you can sneek it into
baking by subbing for oil and it will make it a whole lot
healthier and less fat. I have used it in brownies, and all my fruit breads
and muffins. There are several ways you can go about it
depending on what appliances you have or want to use.
After looking over several ways and recipes I found one that
worked for me. I used:

• 8 large red apples(any kind will work)
• 1c apple cider/apple juice
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 2tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp pumpkin spice
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger

* You can use more or less of spices, leave them out or come
up with what ever your taste buds desire.

Peel and core the apples then give them a rough chop. Place in a pan with your other ingredients.
Cook over medium heat until apples are tender. Now this is where you can use a food processor, a vitimix or potato masher to get the apple sauce consistency. I used a vitamix, which I realized after putting them on the stove it wasn't needed, the vitamix can take them pre cooked.

 After giving them a quick spin in in the blender I poured it into these awesome little freezer containers Ball makes. That way I can pull out a small amount when ever I need. What I love about making your own food is you can control how much sugar and other ingredients you want to have in it. This recipe calls for some sugar but I think my next batch I will leave it out so I can have it for my baking with out adding extra sugar. Hope you give a whirl, you won't be disappointed, enjoy!

Oh sorry for the blurry pics! My camera is still packed away from moving so I snapped this with my phone.

Back in action!

Finally  made it back to the blog! Life has been crazy one thing after another. Kids started school, we moved , and so on. Well i have 3 kids so I guess life is always crazy. I also was planning to return to school but decided on taking a break. I get so stressed and bogged down with school work that my family gets neglected of my time. Hours upon hours spent on the computer doing homework made me miss out on special times I could of had with my kids. They will only be this young once and I don't want to miss it. So I'm extending my summer break and putting more time into  my family. School will always be there and I can go back when ever I am ready.

With school not taking up my days I have realized how much I need to prioritize and organize. I still don't seem to have enough time in the day to get all I need to have done, done.  My youngest is about 71/2 months now and so I cram all my need to get done things into the time she naps. This includes cleaning, laundry, eating, and exercising, shopping, and so on . But I find myself reading and browsing Pinterest during this precious time instead. Agh! Who knows if I'll ever get it down but in the mean time I'll take what I can get. So with my next couple post we will be doing some craft projects and some baking. Since moving I feel like I haven't done many projects with my kiddoes which makes me sad. They grow so fast, I want to make sure I spend as much time doing activities with them as I can. I'm gonna try and stay on top of this, but I am a major procrastinator so I can't promise for sure. But here's to family time and baking sweat treats this fall!