Pioneer Woman at Heart

One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!

One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Adopted Motto

"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Canning Pizza Sauce



Yesterday, I canned homemade pizza sauce for the first time.  I have never had this many tomatoes, so it is a blessing.  We'll be popping open a jar of this to make grilled pizzas this week.  I'll let you know how it tastes and which recipe I adapted.




I'm still dragging my body around from the shock of wood splitting, but pushed myself through the day.  I'll admit, slamming that sledge hammer down on the wedge was a bit stress relieving.  The mud bog noise was back all weekend, including Monday.  The beer cans are back in our front yard again. 



Five minutes for Me.  Honestly, I can't remember giving myself five minutes for myself at all on Monday.  I know was eager to get wood split and stacked, but need to be better at slowing down at the end of the day (or where ever that time may fall).

8 comments:

Sandra said...

Grilled Piizza with homemade sauce sounds delicious!!

Willow said...

Do take some time to stop and smell the last of the warm weather flowers . That book on your cozy porch looks enticing .
Yell for me when that pizza is ready , the sauce looks yummy.

Kristina said...

Hubby also want so make cauliflower crust pizza with the sauce. We may be eating pizza twice this week, ha ha!

Sam I Am...... said...

Homemade pizza sauce and grilled pizza sounds yummy. I remember the days when I split wood...great exercise and stress reliever but you definitely feel it the next day.
Too bad about your neighbors. Mine are very quiet and I rarely see them. I take time for myself when Ineed to give my legs a break and at night when I fall into bed! LOL!
P.S. Loving the Homesteader's Journal!

EMMA said...

You're amazing - I can't believe how much canning you do - I bet your panty shelves are so beautiful to look at.

Kristina said...

Sam I Am, I loved that book. Glad you are enjoying it too.

Emma, I really don't have a pantry here, due to how the original house was built. I am stuffing the jars in any cupboard I can at this point, ha ha! I do have one cabinet that I used for books, but now use for canned food.

Betty said...

I love your blog..nice header! I love old buildings.
Your pizza sauce looks wonderful.
Thanks for commenting on our blog..those vegetable muffins really are very good:)

Michelle said...

Would love to know how it turned out and a recipe. I have so many tomatoes this year. I have made different sauce out of them but would love a pizza sauce. I haven't tried that yet.