puree’s galore

so remember those puree’s i mentioned yesterday? well i figured today is as good a day as any to talk about them & as well as a few other things.

last tuesday in the afternoon i received a phone call from my mom letting me know that my grandma who has been fighting cancer the last two years passed away. it was a call i was expecting any day, so it wasn’t a surprise, but as i posted last week, it still had an effect on me.

right before the call i had been going stressing over a monster of a to do list that i had planned for the rest of the week. my younger brother who has been living in california the last two year was supposed to fly in on friday and spend the weekend with us and so i was busy preparing for his arrival. on my list were things like:

• find bedding
• clean bathroom
• puree fruits and veggies before they go bad
• grocery shop for items to make hawaiian french toast and overnight cinnamon rolls
• buy mints to put on pillow (like at a hotel, cheesy i know!)
• locate bathroom items for him to use ie. towel, shampoo, etc. 
• clean titan’s room 
• take a package to the post office
• etc. etc. etc. the list went on and on…

what was amazing was after the phone call, i looked at the list and realized how unimportant everything on my list really was. yes, i should keep my bathroom clean. yes, it would be nice to have overnight cinnamon rolls one morning but in the grand scheme of things: it doesn’t really matter.

after the call i was ready drop everything and jump on a plane to be with my family and not one item on my list seemed at all important anymore. it was a literal moment of clarity and peace, surprisingly. of course, simply jumping an a plane was not practical or an option and so i did find myself with a free evening on wednesday and what did i do with that evening? i did the one thing on the list needed to be done – i pureed a slew of fruits and veggies that i bought at the grocery store over the weekend and that i didn’t want to go bad while i was away. we’re talking lots of fruits and veggies that would all be wasted and bad by the time i returned if something was not done with them.

yep, wednesday night i handed the little man off to his dad and began an almost 4 hour puree marathon. i’ve had the book deceptively delicious for a while now but have never tried any of the recipes from it, mainly because i’ve never taken the time to do the purees. so a week or so ago i decided i was going to start using the recipe book and i was going to do a puree night to get me started. go big or go home in a sense.

the weekend before i purchased: carrots, beets, avocado’s, cauliflower, butternut squash, red peppers sweet potatoes, spinach, strawberries, cantaloupe & blueberries. honestly, for some of these it was indeed my first time buying them, i’m ashamed to admit.

then wednesday night i pulled out the blender & knives and got to work. the fruit was definitely the easiest. simply peel if needed then cut and blend to a puree. the veggies took a little more work. all of them required steaming or roasting and since i don’t own a steamer i had to use the microwave and guess on times. then the sweet potatoes & beets i did not roast long enough and they actually ended up being thrown out. everything else though after some trial and error was a success.

the basic steps for the veggies are steam or roast, peel/chop and then puree in the blender for about 2 minutes. oh, and add water if needed to get a creamy consistency.

with the amount and selection i had it did take about four hours start to finish (including clean up). i loved how much i got done, but i would not recommend always doing it this way. in the future i plan on doing one veggie & fruit a week to keep my stockpile up. that way i’d only be in the kitchen 15-30 minutes a week doing purees, which is much for manageable for me. i can find 30 minutes in a day here or there, i can’t always find four hour blocks of time though.

before we left i put all the purees in the freezer and now that we are back i can’t wait to start trying some of the recipes with them.

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