Good Morning, All!! It's a beautiful sunny morning here - a bit chilly at 42*F, but it is supposed to warm up in to the low 70's, and be back in to the low 80's by next weekend - when I go back to work (But I only have to work 8 days/3 weeks and I have another 12 day vacation!)
We are going to spend some time in the kitchen this morning - older grandson has to make a edible model of an animal cell; and we hadn't gotten around to baking my birthday pie yet. The edible cell model shopping list was: cake mix, icing, atomic sour balls, multi-colored licorice, Fruit by the Foot, jelly beans, sour bites, and sprinkles. The saving grace is that we don't have to eat it - just take a picture of it
After the cake is in the oven, we are going to bake my birthday apple pie - the last minute trip and a minor kitchen snafu at daughter's house led to putting it off until today. I have photos of my boys using the apple peeler/corer to make applesauce when they were 3 & 4; seems like a good time to do a refresher course before we go into major apple season in a couple of weeks. I was amazed when daughter mentioned that she had been cooking the apples for the pie - and she also left the peels on - guess I need to write out a recipe for her.
I did manage to pick up a total of 7 of the roasts that were on sale last week; and then the new ad came in the mail yesterday and the sale has been continued - I will check the budget and see how many more I can get; then have a canning frenzy once I'm done shopping. We hit the small local store last night for cake mix and icing, and I noticed that although it wasn't in the ad, they still had the bags of sliced chicken breast at 5#/$6 - they weren't marked as Italian so I didn't pick any up but will stop in Monday and ask the owner; even if they are the Italian seasoned ones, I may get enough to run a couple of canner loads and see what we think - it should be good for things like chicken Alfredo and chicken lasagna. They are pretty easy to can - let 'em thaw, dump about an inch of chicken broth in the bottom of a pint jar, cut them in chunks, put in jar, wipe rim, slap on lid and ring band, pressure can.
Hubby was kind enough to pull the last 12 posts out of the garden for me - the ground was so dry that I just didn't have enough strength to pull them out of the ground by hand and hadn't gotten around to taking a jack and chain out to the garden. Later today, once the dew has dried off, I will mow off everything except my beloved zinnias. I am thinking about solarizing the area by putting down large sheets of clear plastic - or - putting down large pieces of cardboard to smother some of the weeds. If I pull off all the tape on the boxes, they will pretty much be broken down enough to till in by spring.
Well, the tribe is getting restless - guess I'd better quit lollygagging on the computer and get to work baking a cell
You folks all take care out there; stay safe!
We are going to spend some time in the kitchen this morning - older grandson has to make a edible model of an animal cell; and we hadn't gotten around to baking my birthday pie yet. The edible cell model shopping list was: cake mix, icing, atomic sour balls, multi-colored licorice, Fruit by the Foot, jelly beans, sour bites, and sprinkles. The saving grace is that we don't have to eat it - just take a picture of it
After the cake is in the oven, we are going to bake my birthday apple pie - the last minute trip and a minor kitchen snafu at daughter's house led to putting it off until today. I have photos of my boys using the apple peeler/corer to make applesauce when they were 3 & 4; seems like a good time to do a refresher course before we go into major apple season in a couple of weeks. I was amazed when daughter mentioned that she had been cooking the apples for the pie - and she also left the peels on - guess I need to write out a recipe for her.
I did manage to pick up a total of 7 of the roasts that were on sale last week; and then the new ad came in the mail yesterday and the sale has been continued - I will check the budget and see how many more I can get; then have a canning frenzy once I'm done shopping. We hit the small local store last night for cake mix and icing, and I noticed that although it wasn't in the ad, they still had the bags of sliced chicken breast at 5#/$6 - they weren't marked as Italian so I didn't pick any up but will stop in Monday and ask the owner; even if they are the Italian seasoned ones, I may get enough to run a couple of canner loads and see what we think - it should be good for things like chicken Alfredo and chicken lasagna. They are pretty easy to can - let 'em thaw, dump about an inch of chicken broth in the bottom of a pint jar, cut them in chunks, put in jar, wipe rim, slap on lid and ring band, pressure can.
Hubby was kind enough to pull the last 12 posts out of the garden for me - the ground was so dry that I just didn't have enough strength to pull them out of the ground by hand and hadn't gotten around to taking a jack and chain out to the garden. Later today, once the dew has dried off, I will mow off everything except my beloved zinnias. I am thinking about solarizing the area by putting down large sheets of clear plastic - or - putting down large pieces of cardboard to smother some of the weeds. If I pull off all the tape on the boxes, they will pretty much be broken down enough to till in by spring.
Well, the tribe is getting restless - guess I'd better quit lollygagging on the computer and get to work baking a cell
You folks all take care out there; stay safe!