I have to admit that fall is my favorite time of the year. I love all the fresh produce that surrounds us. This year we have an apple tree in our backyard. My mind is full of home made apple pies, apple sauce and apple butter. Then pumpkins. Think of it, pumpkin pies, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin chocolate chunk bread. Are you hungry yet?

I love to make things from scratch. I save a lot of money in my monthly grocery bills do to the fact that I cook and bake many of our family meals from scratch. It may be a bit more time consuming, but it is well worth the effort. I can tell you ever ingredient that goes into my apple butter. Right from Grandma’s recipe too. Nothing in the world can top that. Eaten on warm from the oven sweet corn rolls. Yum yum. While it may not be in the nutritional column it is far from bad for you. No preservatives, limited salt. And guess what? I can actually pronounce every single ingredient I used!

Take time this fall to put all the wonderful produce to good use. You don’t have to be a master pastry chef to whip up an apple pie from scratch. Remember too that it is not what it looks like, but how it taste that counts!