Tonight We Made Applesauce

This evening, Donovan and I made home-made applesauce from some of the apples we picked the other day.


We found a rough recipe in his book Apples Apples Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.


Donovan washed the apples & I sliced & peeled them. Then they went into a pot with the appropriate sweeteners & a little water & cooked for about 30 minutes.

Then I took out the softened apples & we used the Pampered Chef Chopper to make them a little more saucy. Donovan really enjoyed that part.

We put the chopped sauce back into the pan to mix it with the juices & then served it warm.

Of course, Donovan, being the creative cook he is, decided to eat his applesauce between two pieces of bread - a la applesauce sandwich.


(That's nothing. Here he is a few weeks ago eating mustard on pancakes.)

Lily was patient with us while we concocted - but did call me to her needs at various times throughout the cooking process - so I found some Go Diego Go games for Donovan to play online while I tended to the baby or did things that wouldn't be fun or safe for him to do.

Here's Lily a few weeks ago, too.

Sorry we don't have any shots from today. I need to buy some more batteries for our camera.