Make Your Own Applesauce!

(sorry the pic is so blurry...)

I love applesauce! Especially when it's homemade from apples from your own tree.

Here is an easy recipe for making your own homemade applesauce:

A ton of apples (homegrown is best, but of course store bought works just as well. :) I think ours were granny smiths or a similar apple)
Sugar
Cinnamon
Lemon juice
Water

So core and cut up a bunch of apples (you can peel them if you want, but I didn't bother), put them in a big pot with some sugar (just a bit, you don't need much), cinnamon, lemon juice (if you want), and water (enough to have like an inch or so of water in the bottom of the apples).
Start cooking the apples for a long time on medium-ish heat, stirring every once in a while, until they are all soft and cooked down (if it starts to stick to the bottom too much turn down the heat, and if it seems too thick, add more water). Now taste it! Add more sugar, cinnamon, or lemon juice if needed. When it looks and tastes like applesauce, it's done! I prefer homemade applesauce cold, but just out of the pot is good too. :)

ENJOY!!!

One Project Down, Three to Go!

I had started four knitting projects at once... Not such a great idea! But there was one project I had to get done right away (a baby sweater for my... great cousin? Or great niece? [My cousin's newborn daughter]) so i worked really hard on that until I finished it! But... I forgot to take a pic before I sent it... :( Sorry...

Well I am also working on a sweater (it's an easy pattern that I started like a year ago but am trying to finish this fall),

some thigh-high leg warmers (which I am going to try to also finish this fall),

and some socks (which I barely started and will put on hold until some other projects are done).

Also, I want to try to knit a sweater (raglan style) without a pattern next! If it goes well, I will probably post a pattern. Also, I will try to come up with more patterns and post them! :)

And I am also thinking about possibly maybe someday starting a store online where I can sell stuff I knit and crochet. Well we'll see what happens with all that!