Tag: recipes
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Anatomy of fig canning
Today was extremely long, busy, and productive. I can say I’m officially tired! I started the canning process for fig preserves around 10 this morning after harvesting another 10 cups to add to the 54 cups I already had. So 64 cups of figs were hand processed today by Lil ole ME. So very glad…
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Grill time!
Today has been pretty much a do nothing day. Not a bad thing. We slept in….. anything over 7.5 to 8 hours is sleeping in for me. Today I got 9 hours! Picked a few figs, then prepared breakfast while Randy got his morning shower. I’m almost finished with that large knit project and continued…
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Happy Independence Day
I miss this wonderful man and great patriot. We watched him on television regularly when I was a child. With today being America’s Independance day I thought it a perfect time to document this particular segment of one of his television shows. Red Skelton recites the Pledge of Allegiance His version brings tears to my…
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YES! We can have shortbread!
My Scot DNA is doing the happy dance! I found this recipe and have been eager to try it. I make my own oat flour but this creator specifically states to use fine ground because the courser home ground makes the final product texture different than expected in shortbread. While I couldn’t find the suggested…
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Harvest Multitasking
Today was grocery day since the rain held off. I’m in process of filling the freezer for this winter when ever I find a good deal. I lucked up on a basket of stringless green beans for $6 at the little veggie stand. I’ll have to make another run for more at that price before…
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Waste not, want not
I was raised knowing you never waste things. If it could be repaired, it was repaired. We got creative with left overs if there were any. With the cost of everything, especially food so insanely high right now, that sentiment is even more important. I’ve had the stems of a couple brocolli heads in the…
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When the heat kicks in
… cold meals are abundant. The deep south gets hot and humid early in the year and it hasn’t disappointed this year. Having many errands to run today, I got home in time to start something for dinner. I laid out a pack of boneless, skinless chicken to thaw before leaving and…. remember I said that…
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Healthy fish choices
I have always loved fish of all varieties. Must be in my Scot, Irish and British genes. Having been raised in a land locked area with many a river rat cousin, aunts and uncles, river catch was a norm with all types of fried fish served up for dinner. Catfish, brim, bass…. what ever came…
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Buckwheat for the Win
When I’m learning to cook with a new item and I don’t realize half a cup is all that’s needed for two people, it gives me the the opportunity to get creative with the other cooked half cup the next day. While I generally cook only enough to serve two, I was raised and raised…
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Kasha
My meal experiment for this evenings dinner involved using ground Kasha as a side dish rather than creating flour for pancakes. This is becoming one of my favorite whole grain healthy eating alternatives. For those unaware, kasha is simply roasted buckwheat groats. Raw ones do not digestc well so I purchase those already roasted even…
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