Thursday

Frugal Luxuries for the Freezer

Hello my sweet friends! I pray you all enjoyed a lovely holiday!

I've been busy this week catching up on things I put off before the holidays.

Today I thought it was past time to process those cute little pumpkins we gathered (free!) from our local pumpkin patch...in November. I'm embarrassed to tell you they have been looking so autumnal in their woven basket...in my garage...for well over a month! Luckily, the weather has been cool and they stored beautifully.

Thus, today found me in the kitchen making my long~overdue pumpkin pack (to stock the freezer).

Here's how.




I baked the pumpkins in a 350 degree oven for about an hour (until very soft...you can see my fingerprint on the bottom right pumpkin where I touched it to see if it was done...not recommended by the way ;). They were
allowed to cool. Next I scooped them out of their peels into a large bowl (the peels just fall right off).



Set~up the cellophane bags...



inside a set of drinking glasses for easy filling and...




Scooped the pumpkin pack into the bags (about 1~1/3 cups per bag)



Once they were all full I...



Cut twine to close the bags for the freezer then...



Tied them closed and set them inside the freezer for future use in pumpkin breads, puddings and pies...finally...



I washed and air dried the pumpkin seeds for the squirrels to enjoy!



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I'm off now, to feed my kitties and get ready to call it an evening.



Sending good thoughts and love to all, as always!



Love,


Tracey and Family x0x



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