Homemade Applesauce

This year Tim had a BOUNTY of apples on his trees in our yard!  What a gift!

So I decided to make Lucy applesauce without any sweeteners.  We ended up with so many apples I did our own batch.

HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE RECIPE:

Ingredients:

•6-8 lbs Apples (I use whatever is on the trees but Jonagold/ Honeycrisp/ Pink Lady are yummy!) 

•1 cup water (or apple juice)

•1/3 cup brown sugar

•1 Tbsp honey

•3 lemon peel slices

Heat in pot on medium for 25 minutes, then mash with a fork if you like it chunky.  You can also make it smooth by puréeing in a blender/food processor.  Enjoy! Lasts about 2 weeks in fridge.

Baby-friendly recipe: 

For Lucy I just diced the apples (about 6 lbs) into chunks and added a lemon peel and a cup of water.  Heated on medium for 25 minutes and puréed!  Easy and baby friendly.  I freeze Lucy's in chunks in an ice cube tray :)

Welcome Back!

Well..

7 months ago we had our sweet little girl, LUCY!

She is the BEST thing that's ever happened to us- and God's greatest gift. 

I'm back to work just two days a week, and Tim has stepped into the full position at his job as of this month. 

We are learning what it's like each day to be a family, with all the regular ups and downs.

Here are some photos from the night we met our girl