Rules of Relinquishment...and a few recipes!

Sermon to me-self😐 

Sometimes, even though being busy is a blessing, 

I miss some things that didn't happen this year...

(Somehow the end of August always feels like the end of summer)

...am very happy with all the 'summer' sealed in jars though!

This is Veggie Soup, Salsa(recipe below) 

and Marinara Sauce(new fav!)

Don’t hold too tight; put up a fight but only where it counts

The law and order of life’s rites of passage do not shift

Be humbly grateful for the mist that falls from Mercy’s founts

For every single day, to one and all is but a gift

Don’t mourn too long sweet summer’s song of days bound into sheaf

Or hunger for much younger feet and lips, to dance and sing

Don’t hate the pace of meeker grace, or face refined by grief

For kinder those near winter than those who’ve known only Spring

Don’t ache for what Time takes but rather praise God for its More

No matter whether rich or poor, Time treats each one the same

It never leaves us younger than we were the day before

And when our numbered days are spent we go from whence we came

Don't wallow in regret but set your eyes toward what waits

And where the clock ran out on dreams that never did come true

Don't cry, but try to cherish fully life's present estates

Because before we know it This will fall prey to time too

© Janet Martin

Salsa Recipe

20-24 cups peeled chopped tomatoes(scald tomatoes for easy peeling)

8 cups chopped green peppers(or green and red mixed)

6 cups chopped onion

1 jalapeño pepper (remove seeds for milder salsa)

1 garlic bulb

2 tbsp. salt

1-1/3 cups white vinegar

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar (optional)

Chop tomatoes and green peppers by hand

Coarsely chop onions with food processor

Section and peel garlic cloves 

(quick way to peel them is to press clove hard with a glass and peeling falls away)

Chop garlic and jalapeño finely in food processor or slap-chopper

Mix all ingred.and bring to boil slowly to avoid burning.

Simmer for two hours or until thick.

(1-369ML can of tomato paste helps to thicken it more quickly)

Put in jars then into canner. Bring to boil and steam for 15 min.