Our Early Girl tomato plant gave up, but there were a lot of not yet ripe tomatoes still on it. We let them ripen a bit off the vine, and then cooked them down into almost 4 cups of flavorful tomato sauce. We enjoyed it over pasta with meatballs.
When buying potatoes at a $0.69/each price, you select the largest ones.
This beauty weighed in at 2 lb 13 oz.
Memorial Day Meal
Hot dogs, macaroni salad, heirloom tomatoes, and fresh strawberries. Yum!
We were treated to a Memorial Day Flyover…
Low, Slow and smoke trail filled fleet of 18 military planes, including a WWII-era Douglas C-53D at the front as well as C-47 transports, P-40 Warhawks and P-51 Mustangs.
We celebrated with a scaled down version of a Pioneer Woman recipe - Caramel Apple Pie - and had individual pies. We added a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg to the apples because, cinnamon and nutmeg! We didn’t have caramel sauce, but the pies were still delicious without it.
Here’s the recipe: Caramel Apple […]
It was scary to take those first snips, but the herbs have settled in nicely and we needed a little something to go with our lunch. Parsley and chives are the first harvest of our garden
We enjoyed Enchilada Casserole for Cinco de Mayo. Laura grew up with this recipe, and it’s a good one to customize… add corn, jalapeños for heat, add or swap beans in for the meat, etc… We’ve always used corn tortillas, as that’s the “classic” taste of enchiladas. Adding toppings is part of the fun!
Our friends Helen & Alan were distance tailgating at Alpine Village and were nice enough to bring us some German Liverwurst & Hungarian Sausage…
We considered this……..
… but opted for something a bit more manageable.
It’s not everyday we’re lucky enough to get a delivery of Deviled Eggs. Thanks Dennee and Olivia!
We tried out a new recipe to celebrate National Garlic Day - “Everything” Pull Apart Bread. The “everything” seasoning is heavy on the garlic and the bread was very tasty. We’ll definitely make this again!
https://joeats.net/home/everythingbagelpullapartbread
Snack plate for watching the Jeopardy College Championship under COVID-19 Quarantine
Snacks for the best show on TV right now.
We celebrated National PB&J Day with PB sandwiches on wheat toast, with homemade strawberry jam (thanks Peggy!).
Isolation Pantry recipe: We’ve always enjoyed Alton Brown’s cooking shows, so we tried his spruced up saltine cracker recipe. Crunchy, with a nice bit of zip - happy hour snacks at their finest!
Find the recipe here:
https://youtu.be/VI11XNr3jHo
Alton has several other Pantry Raid videos on YouTube - They’re entertaining and tasty too. Check them out!
Settling into the couch and tucking into some snacks for Sunday night TV viewing.
Celebrating National Artichoke Heart Day!
10 min HP. 10 min NR.
2 Pizzas (Margherita & Pepperoni) from Slice & Pint
Frozen Food…..
Canned Food….
Produce…
Sauté chicken in IP. Add all other ingredients (except cream),
HP 5min, QR.
Add cream and stir.
Recipe Here
Today is Johnny Appleseed Day! This national holiday was created to celebrate Johnny Appleseed for introducing apple trees to the United States.
Laura left me Pink Lady & Envy apple slices on her way to her Needles and Knots meeting.