I (of course!) had a coupon for Motts for Totts juice and was able to get a really good deal on it. We give our daughter her liquid vitamins and omegas in a sippy cup full of juice every morning, so she is drinking a lot of juice.After inspecting the Motts for Totts Juice, I learned that it is lower in sugar because it is mixed with water. How simple. And, you know me, I tried to make some myself. I can easily buy regular on sale juice, or even organic, and mix it with 40-50% water. This will almost double the quantity of juice so I thought it would be a great idea to freeze the excess to use later, pre mixed!
So, the juice is now half off of my sale-after-coupon price!!
I used some spaghetti sauce jars (trying not to use chemical leaching plastic when I can), made sure they were really, really clean, and poured in half juice and half water. I can use one now and throw the rest in the freezer.
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Love it! As an aside, I've totally been re-using glass jars myself. I think the people at work think I'm a bit mad when I dump my lunch out of a pickle jar, but what the heck.... What I'm struggling with is a bit of the smell staying in the jars (I think with the rubber/plastic seal on the lid). So I'm trying to keep jam jars for sweeter stuff and salsa/pickle jars for the savory stuff.... :)
eew, pickle flavored soup...
one trick I learned for reusing essential oil jars was to use salt to scrub out the scent. Basically, the instructions were to fill the bottom of the jar with a large grain salt, I use a sea salt, then fill about 1/4 or less with warm water, put lid on and shake like crazy.
The salt is supposed to scrub the glass like a soft scrub would do! It works for essential oils, I dont know how well it would work on a rubber seal though.... there must be something!
Ok, I'm trying to still figure out the blog stuff ... Let me try this again...
You must have a HUGE freezer! I thought I was pretty cool the other day when I made lemonade and then use some to make ice cubes; I did this so my drink would not be watered down. Granted my guy just thought I was a nerd!
I'm learning lots of new things from you!
I agree. The added water is something we have done for years. It helps the juice last much longer and is better for the kids. :)
I've never tried freezing juice that is not from concentrate. How does it unfreeze?
My experience is that pickle jars are right offs. The large pasta sauce ones are great though! I always reuse them.
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