totally worth it.....

i must confess to those of you who don't know me well enough,

that i...{ahem}hate strongly dislike tomatoes.

yes, you heard me correctly people.
it's not my favorite veggie.... hmmmm, or is it a fruit??

will. NOT. eat. raw.
{only if it's cut up tiny small enough like in salads etc.}

i do, however quite enjoy tomato based foods like:
tomato soup
chili
lasagna
spaghetti
salsa {heart this one alot!!}
ketchup
well you get the picture ;)!

anyhoo, the grocery store had cases of roma tomatoes on sale this week & i picked me up a case.
55lbs of plump, ripe tomatoes....

add in some of the bounty from my garden....{just the peppers actually~ we have loads of em.}
and some onions & garlic

just blanch them in boiling water for a minute~ish, so the skin slips off easier....

we got out the 'ol juicer contraption, because the kids all wanted to help {with the exception of eryn...she was busy doing my laundry :) thanx eryn!!}

for the record, you just get juice.
i like my tomatoes, chunky.
call me crazy, cause i don't even like tomatoes remember, but i like em chunky.
the kids were all gung~ho to work this thing, so why not let em have a little fun.

they changed their clothes because tomatoes stain.

levi & dani helped skin em....

cut em up & put them in a big stock pot....

jar em & process em....

look!

all done!

some with peppers, onions & garlic.

some just tomatoes.

i can already taste the homemade spaghetti sauce.... :D

can you say...."YUh~MEE"?