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Pumpkins are everywhere this time of year. A great way to pinch your pennies is to recycle them, or use them for multiple purposes. Don’t let them rot on your porch! These are my 3 favorite ways to use up pumpkins:

*Cook them and save the puree in your freezer for cooking throughout the winter. You would be surprise how much puree you can get from one pumpkin.
*Roast the pumpkin seeds…so good!
*Make dinner in a pumpkin…really yummy and festive!

If you have never cooked a pumpkin before, here is how I do it. Really easy. I should have taken pictures, but I didn’t think about it…sorry! Take your pumpkin and slice it up so it’s in medium sized pieces. With a small pumpkin I cut it into fourths. Then lay the slices skin side up on a large cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for about an hour, or until the pumpkin middle is soft. Remove from the oven and let cool. Turn the slices over, scrape out the innards (save the seeds too if you want for roasting). The skin should easily peel off. Put the pumpkin into a food processor or blender to puree. Blend well….nothing worse than stringy puree. That’s it! Package into airtight containers or Ziploc bags to freeze. Don’t forget to label them.

How do you recycle your pumpkins?
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Mmmm….on a sweet pork burrito or, the PYPer favorite, Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas , you can’t beat it! Use it on some chicken or fish tacos. Yum! Or just eat it with corn chips. You cannot go wrong with a delicious green enchilada sauce.
On the day that I cleaned out my garden I brought home about a 5 gallon bucket of green tomatoes. I planned to use another recipe for green tomato enchilada sauce. It’s a little more acidic and perfect for canning. But I’m canned out for this year! So I decided to adapt this recipe from Our Best Bites to see how it would work out with green tomatoes instead of tomatillos. It’s delicious! I hope you like it too and that it helps you get the very last bit of garden goodness out of your tomato patch.

Green Tomato Enchilada Sauce
(adapted from a recipe by Our Best Bites)

2-3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, minced
5-6 cloves garlic, minced
2 green bell peppers, chopped
1-2 jalapenos, seeded and membranes removed, if desired
1 1/2 pounds green tomatoes, quartered
1/2 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
juice of 1 lime
4 cups chicken broth
2-3 Tablespoons sugar (to taste)

In large saucepan or stockpot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until softened and fragrant.

Meanwhile, place tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, cilantro, salt, pepper, cumin and lime juice in blender or food processor container. Process until smooth. Add a little of the chicken broth if you need it to get things blending.

Pour tomato mixture and chicken broth in pan with onions.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, until it’s as thick as you like it.
I simmered mine for about an hour and ended up with about 5 cups of enchilada sauce.
(Once I knew that the adaptation was a success, I made double batches and netted 10 cups each time. There’s no such thing as too much green enchilada sauce at our house!)
Now give it a taste. If you think it’s too tart, add a little sugar at a time till it tastes just right to you. I didn’t add any sugar to mine. But you might like it slightly sweet.
Return the sauce to the blender and process until completely smooth.
You’re done!

I would not recommend canning this sauce since the acidity level is unknown.
I just put it in the freezer in 2 cup increments. That’s usually just about right for the recipes my family likes.
Hope you enjoy it!
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Today as I was making these awesome homemade make-up remover cloths (which I LOVE), I had an epiphany. As I was cutting the paper towel roll in half, I thought, “Wow. I should ALWAYS cut my paper towel rolls in half. They would last twice as long. I rarely need more than a small piece of paper towel to begin with. I can still hang both halves on the holder, but this way I can use a smaller amount. Maybe some of you already do this, but I just thought I’d share my joy with all of you.

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You know that sticker on the top of your cleanser that you have to pull off when you purchase it? My Grandpa always took only half of the sticker off. He said that in the olden days there were smaller holes on the cleanser and then they made the holes larger so that people went through it faster. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’ve always cut only half my sticker off and I think I do use less.

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So, there you go. Two tips for the price of one!

Print this Mars Candy 9.4 oz or larger $1.50/1 coupon quickly, before it disappears!  This coupon says “Available at Walmart” and has the Walmart logo on it, so you may or may not be able to use it at other stores.  That’s okay, just price match the lowest advertised price at Walmart to get a fantastic deal!  Remember, you can print each coupon twice.

Print this Butterball Ready to Carve Fully Cooked Turkey Breast $2/1 coupon quickly, before it disappears!  These are great for the upcoming holidays.  Remember, you can print each coupon twice.