Purple Haze/ Tasty Thursday

Tasty Thursday

In preparing a favorite meal last night, I wanted a little more color than the typical green and orange peppers. Luckily our garden has just the thing.

Notice the inside of that pepper is white. Pretty cool. And it's a nice sweet flavor. No flames for your mouth. 

Another successful evening meal with some Black Beans in the corner bowl. 

And remember,

Cooking is Love made Visible.

Happy Thursday!!

Philly in Missouri

Tasty Thursday

The summer goodness of my garden is getting in full swing in the last week with fresh zucchini, cucumbers, Japanese eggplants, beets, green beans, green peppers, and tomatoes. All before July 4th!! This is a record year for sure. Peas were just the beginning.

But we enjoyed something a little different last Thursday and I'm sharing a couple pictures here.

With a recent trip to Columbia, Missouri, Ron and Rachel returned with a delicious sandwich alternative for the gluten intolerant in our household. These little baguettes were enough for the 3 of us to have some homemade Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches. Udi's did a remarkable job with this bread version. You could not tell the gluten was eliminated in its flavor or texture. I highly recommend these! (not paid to endorse)

Now.... to do some experimenting with sandwich fillings :)

Braggin Rights/ Tasty Thursday

Tasty Thursday

This is my 5 foot tall pea garden with my daughter as astounded as I am this year. Talk about bumper crop. I can tell you I plan on using the same planting recipe next year and will hopefully be onto something here :) Maybe I'll share it if this isn't just a fluke.

So spent the better part of my evening after hours snapping green beans and shelling those peas. This was just the beginning.

Took this evening shot as I sat outdoors waiting for our kitty to eat. She has several stray cats who like to bully her out of her dish of food. 

Anyway, these late hours kept me from creating a fancy dish. 

We simply ate soup this Tasty Thursday.

But it was Homemade!

What is your favorite homemade soup?

In Season/Tasty Thursday

It starts with this. First there's a couple cucumbers on the vines. Next thing you know, you have the market cornered with a bountiful harvest of these vegies. So what to do? Use this as a Tasty Thursday post!



 Yes, I've made these and that is the reason I'm confident it's a very tasty recipe. Around here we

"Put Up" for the year; can it, preserve it, whatever you want to call it.   

And my cupboards are bare of this particular pickle.

So it's time.

This weekend will be a busy one, but well worth the effort.

Thanks Aunt Juanita!

Katy Trail Garden Surprises

Our Garden this year is suffering some delay due to the extreme heat and drought. Thank goodness for

soaker hoses. We have had some nice little surprises though.....

This is a volunteer gourd plant I've been hand watering just because I'm a softee.

This is a potato growing in our compost corral. I bet it'll do better than our others. We yielded 12 pounds this season and planted 3. Not exactly bountiful.

This corn is Not a surprise just to be perfectly clear. It is a very sad state.

The fine state of Misery aka Missouri.

I Am surprised at the abundance of dragonflies. With our dry conditions, I don't see a lot of mosquitos.

So I wonder what they are eating?

 

To your left, are the green beans.

To your right are the tomatoes.

They are holding their own.

Current yield............the beans win with a total of 5 beans and 0 tomatoes ready to be picked.

The current "Winning" plant is my zucchini. We are ever so thankful for its bounty :)

I am lovin' this Japanese eggplant bloom.

It will soon be ready....we hope.

Can you find the green bell pepper??!

Will my water bill be worth it this year??????

For Homegrown tomatoes, the answer will definitely be a solid "YES"

May is Busy

Who knew that after my last post on May 4 that I would have had so much going on?

Our 2 daughters went and surprised us with a 25th Wedding Anniversary reception on May 6 at the Green Ridge Community Center. We were very humbled that we've been blessed with such loving daughters.

Our cake with a picture of 2 youngsters. Who told them they were old enough to get married???? 

In loving memory of my uncle who gave me away and all our loved ones like him who have gone before who were at our wedding, we released balloons.

Also May is well known for all the school functions. This one is the Spring Concert at Smith Cotton High School. 

I'm saving news of Kirsten's Joplin trip for another blog post. Yep that was in May too.

Potatoes hilled twice

Peas, beets & lettuce doing fair too.

And did I mention the Mother's Ring my family had made for me????

The Bead Tree

 The Bead Tree...our 'work in progress'

Supplies include yarn, beads & masking tape(not shown).Masking tape keeps the end of the yarn from fraying while stringing your beads. You could also use a plastic needle.



Nothing went to waste. We cut up leftover yarn for......





our container garden to 'give back to the earth'.
Hope you enjoyed :)







It's Friday at least.....

My dog got into my garden!!! The gate to the fence got undone and he has apparently been mosying around in there the last few days while we've been shut up in the house. And he left "evidence". On top of my turnips to boot!! So I ran him out of there & scolded him (telling him to go lay down is the pits for him). On my return trip to let the kiddos outdoors to play, this is the result.....

The good news is that my cell phone is in the front pocket & Not wet.

No this is not a knee injury. Just my normal clutsy self unable to balance on slippery surfaces.I never could skate, can you tell?

THANK YOU Ron for being home : )

& stepping in with the children.