Fashion Friday- For the love of Peaches

I'm not a lavish cook.

And there's a pretty good chance I may never use fresh peeled ginger in the recipes I make.

Or actually sift my flour, as my cookie recipe recommends.

The 2 most frequently used spices in my cupboard are cinnamon and black pepper. 

And let's face it, Hamburger Helper carried Tim and I through our entire first year of marriage.  Cheeseburger Macaroni still rules. If only I'd collected box tops back in the day ...sigh.

While I've come a long way in the last 13 years, my cooking is still pretty conventional. My kids favorite meal is called "The Big Long Thing". Yeah, try explaining that one to your pre-schoolers teacher.

All that aside however, one thing is unanimous around here.

My peaches rock.

Not only are they tasty, we like to think of them as medicinal.  Packed with so much vitamin C, these goodies have been known to fight off the common cold, when eaten within first hint of a sore throat.
A true work horse I tell you.

Well, tis the season for peaches, and today I thought I'd share my little recipe with you all :)

And because I like to make things, naturally we had to whip up a new apron for my helper Stelly Jane.

She'd been asking for one like mine for a long time now.

ok, the recipe....

*peal and slice up a bowl of peaches.  I probably do 7 or 8 at a time.  Slice them over the bowl, so all the juicy goodness drips in the bowl. When I'm done, I usually give the pit a good squeeze to get every last drop of the juice.

*add a half cup sugar...or more if you have a serious sweet tooth.

*crush up 2 tablets of vitamin C and add to bowl.

*add 1 cup orange juice...ok, I usually just dump some in to cover peaches...but I'd say it's around 1 cup.

Mix it all up, and they should look like this. 

 

*Then scoop them into either freezer containers or bags. I usually fill the containers 3/4 full with peaches, and then top them off with orange juice. The Vitamin C is what prevents them from turning brown, so I like to make sure they are all drowning under the juice.

And that's it! Stock your freezer full of them, to carry you through cold and flu season  :)

Happy Friday all~