Pumpkin Butter

This year we plan to put as much of our pumpkin to use as possible.  We will be toasting the seeds like usual. Some new additions this year will be putting those guts (the stringy innards) to use.  You can even make pumpkin bread by taking your favorite zucchini bread recipe and swapping the shredded zucchini for chopped pumpkin guts.  

PUMPKIN BUTTER:

• 3 1/2 cups pumpkin guts, pureed
• 3/4 cup apple juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Toss all the ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes or until the mixture has thickened, making sure to stir frequently.

Put thickened mixture in a container and chill until you're ready to serve.

Pumpkin butter is not safe for preserving.  Just like Apple Butter it never lasts long enough in our house to need preserving though.   

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

I will be lighting a candle for all those who have experienced this loss. 

Walmart Savings Catcher App

The Walmart Savings Catcher app is far from perfect but it is a nice back up for saving money while shopping.  (still doesn't match with a few of the stores local)

This was the saving on our first receipt I entered. 

I am seriously the worst couponer ever.  I clip them and organize them only to forget them at home while shopping. There is also the times when I get to the register and forget I have them with me.  ::shame::

Visit the Walmart Savings Catcher website for more information and to get started. 

You can also download the app at the Apple Itunes store or Google Play.

The NowClinic App

There is a new app out to help make your life even easier. No more sitting in a doctor's office waiting to be told you are sick.  No need to get dressed and drag any number of kids with me to hear someone say it's a cold, allergies or my asthma acting up again.

With the NowClinic app I don't even have to leave my house.  Diagnosed from the comfort of my pj's without the judgemental looks for being in public in my pj's. 

NowClinic is for non-emergency health care needs.  Available 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, it's there when you need it.  Meet one-on-one with NowClinic health care providers through your computer, smart phone or tablet.  Receive diagnosis and even have prescriptions sent to your local pharmacy.

NowClinic online services may be able to help with:

• Acne

• Allergies

• Asthma

• Athlete’s foot 

• Bladder infection/UTI

• Bronchitis

• Cold sore 

• Cough/cold

• Diarrhea

• Ear infections/swimmer’s ear

• Eye infection/pink eye/sty

• Fever and chills 

• Flu/flu-like illness

• Gout 

• Insect/spider bite

• Laryngitis 

• Nausea

• Poison ivy/oak 

• Ringworm

• Runny nose

• Sinus infection

• Skin inflammation 

• Skin rash

• Sore throat

• Sunburn

• Viral illness

NowClinic is available in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia.  

Download the app today from the Itunes App Store or the Google Play Store.  Now you can get the care you need at a time right for you. 

For more information visit LearnMore.NowClinic.com

This will be my family's go to for our above listed medical needs. I used it myself for my out of control allergy induced asthma recently.  (Fall allergies have gone hay wire)  I was putting off going to the doctor because I hate dragging myself into an office full of sick people to request refills on my maintenance medication.   In less than 15 minutes I was seen (video conference) by a doctor. He helped get me the refills I needed and I never had to get out of my pajamas or even leave the comfort of my own bedroom. The visit was only 10 minutes long but that is how long I usually spend with doctors after waiting 2 or more hours to be seen.