tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927059918887167222024-03-13T20:25:52.934-07:00my messy roomSome artists have a room they call a studio.... mine is just a messy room....reallyDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-45732387845981491792024-01-22T15:17:00.000-08:002024-01-22T15:20:46.827-08:002024-- A New Year - a new start -Eat Your Vegetables (and fruit)!!!<p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year! Cheers!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGcjGKZ6vWjYO4lQuMbjNrQ1PcwsH59Bx00ief2Vzr9emeHTa-CoKsXNZvuSaEAwn6h6xF_W9pTuOMp41hVPGrfbjOayhhr21hT1FF5Ko_ZXRYVz9XyFlkSlsno3dXYlAlvTrSaDw2PCHyWnORmV7Hk9K22ieqOT8GPxkMipQ-51O7weeTq34qUBG01sI/s4032/Paloma%20served.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGcjGKZ6vWjYO4lQuMbjNrQ1PcwsH59Bx00ief2Vzr9emeHTa-CoKsXNZvuSaEAwn6h6xF_W9pTuOMp41hVPGrfbjOayhhr21hT1FF5Ko_ZXRYVz9XyFlkSlsno3dXYlAlvTrSaDw2PCHyWnORmV7Hk9K22ieqOT8GPxkMipQ-51O7weeTq34qUBG01sI/w480-h640/Paloma%20served.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p>We are 3 weeks into 2024 and many of us have set our goals for the new year. I wish for all of us abundance, joy and good health so let's start out with a great resolution:</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I will eat more vegetables!</span></p><p>It's not hard....don't reach for the Balance of Nature jars. Reach for tomatoes, eggplant, sugar snap peas, grapefruit, cauliflower, peppers, celery, beets, carrots and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started out the year by making a big leap of faith and planting two avocado trees. I had help from my great niece, Teagan, and great nephew, Kellen</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwLiL-FUaa5IRfgCQS8LMCyOeXAfGGq6fJbQ4N7sO61mRDo-lVZOsSU6P4iCYXCP_LO3EEYBaxK2ysf0zui2kTAKnsgzaW76k5VWFh6-4ahSLSEX7obHoYQhHtiqixAJX5KEQdX4IMlJmBqEHYS8Mvq2Gte7d9wcVsqncmz03rICOaAnice57MFTgax0U/s4032/avocado%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwLiL-FUaa5IRfgCQS8LMCyOeXAfGGq6fJbQ4N7sO61mRDo-lVZOsSU6P4iCYXCP_LO3EEYBaxK2ysf0zui2kTAKnsgzaW76k5VWFh6-4ahSLSEX7obHoYQhHtiqixAJX5KEQdX4IMlJmBqEHYS8Mvq2Gte7d9wcVsqncmz03rICOaAnice57MFTgax0U/w480-h640/avocado%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bacon Avocado, Teagan and Kellen</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5Qjk1qPBmMGA-7RGOY0xlIEwkJfgLDcPDLhfQ29mNg26VYdHT-mdTw_-p4e2ZWPeKckZfC1XD9VwrnIvDAorLFeokA0yqIL1uwS3foOKLeZjQIixzrw2H35fhn7vrcLpAY5oteqqqMIjdbHzk9w0vhYl4cw1nfEzjiEG026jBmA4q77SCgcUsxp97TKz/s3426/avocado%20tree%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3426" data-original-width="2333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5Qjk1qPBmMGA-7RGOY0xlIEwkJfgLDcPDLhfQ29mNg26VYdHT-mdTw_-p4e2ZWPeKckZfC1XD9VwrnIvDAorLFeokA0yqIL1uwS3foOKLeZjQIixzrw2H35fhn7vrcLpAY5oteqqqMIjdbHzk9w0vhYl4cw1nfEzjiEG026jBmA4q77SCgcUsxp97TKz/w436-h640/avocado%20tree%201.jpeg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Teagan is 6 and Kellen is 3 and this little Reed avocado is half Kellen's height so it has a long way to grow before its fruit lands up in a guacamole. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>But things start small and with nurturing, sunlight and a place to shine they grow.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf9EfswQPTX8AeOT-3B3bGBT3uMMHc6Upvlrlp6dkwV2uPLL3B__H_tnhGMMwc4iJUACIHJkDGl-2hx_3EievHF6Xmyvaid-mCgBENC826cKwCQi8G-rmDTa4uSQFKGXNIvlhOmA4I3Vgud0AQgd0eTleCeRSWVPnkzjqbY0Y2wOu77AOBVtwx9V8ZrQC/s2920/two%20strawberries.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="2667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf9EfswQPTX8AeOT-3B3bGBT3uMMHc6Upvlrlp6dkwV2uPLL3B__H_tnhGMMwc4iJUACIHJkDGl-2hx_3EievHF6Xmyvaid-mCgBENC826cKwCQi8G-rmDTa4uSQFKGXNIvlhOmA4I3Vgud0AQgd0eTleCeRSWVPnkzjqbY0Y2wOu77AOBVtwx9V8ZrQC/w584-h640/two%20strawberries.jpeg" width="584" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1PasSyKWym_w7B_agjM_K7BK9QKys4ISL3cDwHy32nRYXg42NPY3yxb9WeSB81YvqfINvyOtMKazZHrdYuVLsGgsuk76u3s-5KtLJJGwfMVN6usCAcP3lR2Mw0N4UvKTy63ifaQRZGXiJ_D4obVIr7r0kZsS-8v2_oa1mZQDNsBeOmaEXgi-mxpnCd0R/s4032/sugar%20snap%20pea.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1PasSyKWym_w7B_agjM_K7BK9QKys4ISL3cDwHy32nRYXg42NPY3yxb9WeSB81YvqfINvyOtMKazZHrdYuVLsGgsuk76u3s-5KtLJJGwfMVN6usCAcP3lR2Mw0N4UvKTy63ifaQRZGXiJ_D4obVIr7r0kZsS-8v2_oa1mZQDNsBeOmaEXgi-mxpnCd0R/w480-h640/sugar%20snap%20pea.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sugar snap pea planted 3 months ago and ready to nibble on</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OwzEwsWdrVNHM6GtJf_oepayDIbbx5WYtFOewMJtgEVrmQOFe2duWcxmQmM4Ju4Kmcz3BO6Accfi8qiRi_wKro6fQCwRJeurNH07bWxjfQyh5qIjCv09-JMJu-hS1Vk5DUZ5PipUhE0snLcc8i26uSfBJu6N4J8PIJ7FZHUvRx55eStOyCgleEiZKve2/s4032/cauliflower%20start.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OwzEwsWdrVNHM6GtJf_oepayDIbbx5WYtFOewMJtgEVrmQOFe2duWcxmQmM4Ju4Kmcz3BO6Accfi8qiRi_wKro6fQCwRJeurNH07bWxjfQyh5qIjCv09-JMJu-hS1Vk5DUZ5PipUhE0snLcc8i26uSfBJu6N4J8PIJ7FZHUvRx55eStOyCgleEiZKve2/w480-h640/cauliflower%20start.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Cheddar" cauliflower start planted this week. Estimated harvest: April</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dgS7RWExrksWFkUVJCTIEC1QC8idNQFPBP4F1vSi8vRm6022NB0Mp2uJSQwXN9poKz4JxgJ8tQdNbnS7bf9dFjW4OP8DERls9flE78UScjL7QKoIv9QFVqrmpb5fpE0Ixpbd0VGtLngq6FMIWmPIk1YNg3RbJSEvmYHyYPFPIIHU4ZD8MXvcpD6448wa/s4032/egg.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dgS7RWExrksWFkUVJCTIEC1QC8idNQFPBP4F1vSi8vRm6022NB0Mp2uJSQwXN9poKz4JxgJ8tQdNbnS7bf9dFjW4OP8DERls9flE78UScjL7QKoIv9QFVqrmpb5fpE0Ixpbd0VGtLngq6FMIWmPIk1YNg3RbJSEvmYHyYPFPIIHU4ZD8MXvcpD6448wa/w480-h640/egg.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And after 2 1/2 months of no eggs my hen, Joleen< gave me a beautiful gift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So let's get started. All of my January veggie dishes are inspired by what my farm gives me in the Winter month of January. All are meatless. Most are packed with fruits and vegetables and all are delicious and nutritious <p></p><span style="font-size: large;">Caponata</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div>This vegetarian dish is native to Sicily and is very similar to ratatouille but with zucchini out of season and an abundance of eggplants and tomatoes this was my choice<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUgvIcSU0UVC5uZlqOaSsvRb58MNHCuvOpDvgkZD8HRFj17-vIytY131G63F30bIwn8qa7_25MX6vlfLWyb0pK9cebke36n9nSrCLMWHqp5vseXPEaO-0nqMUmgJLbIS7vICFiq3J9p90MpAmc3i2GrjyVJfXyjEb_O0V_HSPFfekN-pYntxpSOOu9vAq/s3249/caponata.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3249" data-original-width="2649" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUgvIcSU0UVC5uZlqOaSsvRb58MNHCuvOpDvgkZD8HRFj17-vIytY131G63F30bIwn8qa7_25MX6vlfLWyb0pK9cebke36n9nSrCLMWHqp5vseXPEaO-0nqMUmgJLbIS7vICFiq3J9p90MpAmc3i2GrjyVJfXyjEb_O0V_HSPFfekN-pYntxpSOOu9vAq/w522-h640/caponata.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caponata served on crostata* with a chicken looking on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Based on the recipe from <a href="https://www.loveandlemons.com/caponata-recipe/">Love and Lemons blog</a> (click on link for full recipe) I added about 1 cup of chopped fennel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXgIcTQWf40r2lE4vZChYkrh-GvNnmNFTp2ELaDef0_Mx06l9AoRNflxjfti-GumAQZ-twEd2g-PHmvx8UHxuhHCkoyhq62Ep24AgvWPbcopqyih9IPkcQS2qxrsogaY41sjUGJJrE2o8EyUZto4NZdtgxCfBMyCGBiZY6_bqvDlB4m6QcQz1EzVF2qDn/s4032/caponata%20mis%20en%20place%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXgIcTQWf40r2lE4vZChYkrh-GvNnmNFTp2ELaDef0_Mx06l9AoRNflxjfti-GumAQZ-twEd2g-PHmvx8UHxuhHCkoyhq62Ep24AgvWPbcopqyih9IPkcQS2qxrsogaY41sjUGJJrE2o8EyUZto4NZdtgxCfBMyCGBiZY6_bqvDlB4m6QcQz1EzVF2qDn/w504-h378/caponata%20mis%20en%20place%202.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mis en place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">veggies: Let's count them: tomatoes*(1 pound), celery* (2 ribs), roasted eggplant* ( 1 1/2 pound), 1 bell pepper, 1 chopped onion*, garlic ( 3 cloves), parsley *,capers, fennel (1 cup chopped) and cranberries (not a veggie)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CAAfKHXAC_GkSWYqLNqhF9lcBHFRrhz0hudenXZf4dQ31ycKYhAB-3UobfntPkKXOLrxG_SIVW9-vxJBcrvuyLUGfO1XX1v18sN8MJr-boE0DLtB3IrKliZMTPQIG8q8udCsRvVKAeIHEeLCl-IbLh0ghSoG___5Efp8g8ZuvS_flN4BlpkTFc3bWqQH/s2336/roasted%20eggplant.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="2336" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CAAfKHXAC_GkSWYqLNqhF9lcBHFRrhz0hudenXZf4dQ31ycKYhAB-3UobfntPkKXOLrxG_SIVW9-vxJBcrvuyLUGfO1XX1v18sN8MJr-boE0DLtB3IrKliZMTPQIG8q8udCsRvVKAeIHEeLCl-IbLh0ghSoG___5Efp8g8ZuvS_flN4BlpkTFc3bWqQH/w640-h544/roasted%20eggplant.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roasted eggplant</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About 1 1/2 eggplant cut into about 1 " cubes tossed in olive oil and seasoned salt and roasted at 425 for about 15 minutes or until tender</div><br /><p><br /> </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkB3p-itklbgbJfQJ8MPXpFp9zBBfPEqz3u8WKXkQ8NJjiOIh71wN9Yt5344ykW-pc7Ck914R-s_4oHa9agT5QQlUkZyH3bx35HTfXB01cdVP8TBh_vQRZagIbQdUTildsmUNli9aGsrQ98W0z_qo26c__ThW5DyObt4D0OVbbRJLuW_DHwjLer5ThJpG/s3634/sauteed%20veggies.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2951" data-original-width="3634" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkB3p-itklbgbJfQJ8MPXpFp9zBBfPEqz3u8WKXkQ8NJjiOIh71wN9Yt5344ykW-pc7Ck914R-s_4oHa9agT5QQlUkZyH3bx35HTfXB01cdVP8TBh_vQRZagIbQdUTildsmUNli9aGsrQ98W0z_qo26c__ThW5DyObt4D0OVbbRJLuW_DHwjLer5ThJpG/w640-h520/sauteed%20veggies.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vegetables sautéing in a copper pot</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ramekin in the mis en place picture above is capers, dried cranberries and sherry wine vinegar which add a nice contrast of flavors.</div><div><br /></div>Caponata is easy to assemble and cook and tastes better the second and third day so perfect to make ahead </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next dish</div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Cauliflower gratin</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>This recipe came straight from Ina Garten's "Barefoot in Paris" Here's the recipe <a href="https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/cauliflower-gratin">https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/cauliflower-gratin</a></div><div><br /></div><div>You can make a classic gratin with any veggie. I love zucchini when it is in season but this gorgeous "cheddar" cauliflower was in the market so I grabbed it. Gratins are basically Bechemel sauce and a crumble of cheese and bread crumbs popped into a hot oven (375 deg) until the sauce bubbles and the cheese melts.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR4TXGOk9tfVkTyLPitcr2Qce_ajpoxVp0YS4Mg_I_clMBtmcrIfPT4yAtE8nRQIpmojVNo6TItJQda17EWELnSD_F2x4-E5YbBAGSEngleUnTuphhITKKmmip5lVxcqn4nVs9MpftwGbHY3ZiH9a5rmcHvLhysC7Lwvt75N7V-L2C6PigpGBqVhC3lx-/s3739/gratin%20complete.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3017" data-original-width="3739" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR4TXGOk9tfVkTyLPitcr2Qce_ajpoxVp0YS4Mg_I_clMBtmcrIfPT4yAtE8nRQIpmojVNo6TItJQda17EWELnSD_F2x4-E5YbBAGSEngleUnTuphhITKKmmip5lVxcqn4nVs9MpftwGbHY3ZiH9a5rmcHvLhysC7Lwvt75N7V-L2C6PigpGBqVhC3lx-/w640-h516/gratin%20complete.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">mis en place...only veggie in this dish : cauliflower</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kd0LNQJzJQMemiKeh7PvSqlOIljBT6JZpCqkRkmBTfTwQuWiywrfhYC34DbGZx515h9dgnVNCpemfLdnoq06h6aQduvMS3IOAhRwbZdYqSWsg8u5nCsW0dJXakTTxLGZ8nUoCj256sJMtqWP1ILIomkaa0FsgsoBys1HPNZlg7PxNsq0UsdYFvsYmC8b/s4032/cauliflower%20start.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kd0LNQJzJQMemiKeh7PvSqlOIljBT6JZpCqkRkmBTfTwQuWiywrfhYC34DbGZx515h9dgnVNCpemfLdnoq06h6aQduvMS3IOAhRwbZdYqSWsg8u5nCsW0dJXakTTxLGZ8nUoCj256sJMtqWP1ILIomkaa0FsgsoBys1HPNZlg7PxNsq0UsdYFvsYmC8b/w480-h640/cauliflower%20start.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cauliflower start</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4va5zt_KQesAc5IYazYELiXS5kopclMMUM307sx0pWWAGp28SwolEZySifA0kYCUyZ142vc8v5dsQYqV9y9cO4-ZhN7oQ6PD6LVBrPWfP3JTZyEjZ5sCZtC8Zp-9Wz2jvGoWGjZ0fMANrwDuKvoiS58D-_PUpn9uW2q33sJ0sm8Rve4hzz5nzqyLnniD/w480-h640/bechamel%20sauce.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bechemel sauce</div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of classic French</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Quiche Lorraine:</span></div><div><br /></div><div>A classic French quiche is a pate brise (basic unsweetened pie crust) baked unfilled and then baked again with a custard filling over sautéed onions and Gruyere cheese with bits of bacon tossed in. There are many recipes available for quiche Lorraine but I used this one from Food Network: <a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/quiche-lorraine-7077405">https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/quiche-lorraine-7077405</a></div><div>The crust part is very flaky and more like puff pastry.</div><div> </div><div>I did not set up a mis en place but only have the final pic:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxrhZiOeQsMcx5udK6LGT0MJOg2B8Tou-FMV-iK90dLO0s6Q6IVcmVRhNfmRT0p1tThWU12wgOwnTPRyODarkLKzPBgyUrzR5_JVI-6eu5mmo03lRNxLOaJxA9pXTS8grwqzAghtr1VTrNWpYFFr_TxNQ0LcHdXJQqXI826qlqPQvAp23P74WlK7Kl6lH/s4032/quiche.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxrhZiOeQsMcx5udK6LGT0MJOg2B8Tou-FMV-iK90dLO0s6Q6IVcmVRhNfmRT0p1tThWU12wgOwnTPRyODarkLKzPBgyUrzR5_JVI-6eu5mmo03lRNxLOaJxA9pXTS8grwqzAghtr1VTrNWpYFFr_TxNQ0LcHdXJQqXI826qlqPQvAp23P74WlK7Kl6lH/w480-h640/quiche.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quiche Lorraine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">veggies: onions* made with High Tide Farm goat cheese and gruyere </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfvkyymI9StlHozXlcf9Qj8FQhP8c7a8aJolF9fSSD5DdSz6D9LNfv2gZbg4_yIxnS2tCbzAT7wdd7itAEA8dw35hW0HwLDfcwmfiC7D9LOIi_NlY-WPHbz5hjif_TBjk3Cl_3ZnhhPnzgXm9QGaTTeoFgJoyHI5uevy770d-Cdjc8V7HemLQsiycnrWo/s3164/heart%20quiche.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3164" data-original-width="2865" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfvkyymI9StlHozXlcf9Qj8FQhP8c7a8aJolF9fSSD5DdSz6D9LNfv2gZbg4_yIxnS2tCbzAT7wdd7itAEA8dw35hW0HwLDfcwmfiC7D9LOIi_NlY-WPHbz5hjif_TBjk3Cl_3ZnhhPnzgXm9QGaTTeoFgJoyHI5uevy770d-Cdjc8V7HemLQsiycnrWo/w580-h640/heart%20quiche.jpeg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quiche for one </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Chinese chicken salad:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>Oodles of veggies in this salad and so delicious I roasted bone in skin on chicken breasts and pulled the cooked chicken off the bone. I always use the bones for a little stock making before throwing them in the trash.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb4ZU1IZfoLmgQu54Ddp5zQdMKoNaBi4YjrIhUFpcpbhT0PrwECr6-qxRQScIoWr5XqI3teoyCVP-p9niL-WXYOrC2jhDQvUEyH0m5VYW_RqOzApbhM_J5iXwusRyhHycupCXW-k29FaI2emYWSMDMm5hRnpsW3ysLfPAuj03UpYEDVqI22CWAxuKP5WS/s4032/chinese%20chicken%20salad%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTb4ZU1IZfoLmgQu54Ddp5zQdMKoNaBi4YjrIhUFpcpbhT0PrwECr6-qxRQScIoWr5XqI3teoyCVP-p9niL-WXYOrC2jhDQvUEyH0m5VYW_RqOzApbhM_J5iXwusRyhHycupCXW-k29FaI2emYWSMDMm5hRnpsW3ysLfPAuj03UpYEDVqI22CWAxuKP5WS/w640-h480/chinese%20chicken%20salad%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">salad mis en place: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">veggies: broccoli slaw (Trader Joe's), chopped Napa cabbage (Trader Joe's), red cabbage (already planted in the garden), cilantro, cucumber, peppers, radishes, sugar snap peas, slivered almonds (TJ), sesame seeds, 3 oz chicken breast, won ton noodles and salad dressing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Salad dressing recipe:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>1/3 cup rice vinegar</div><div>1/4 cup soy sauce or Hoisin </div><div>3 Tbs honey</div><div>1/4 cup sesame oil</div><div>1/3 cup peanut oil</div><div>3 cloves garlic, grated or pressed</div><div>1 1/2" piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated fine.</div><div><br /></div><div>I used my mini food processor to homogenize this dressing but you can also just make sure the ginger and garlic and in very small pieces and just put all ingredients into a jar and shake well</div><div><br /></div><div>I have a pint of this dressing in the fridge so that I can chop whatever veggies I have and assemble this salad quickly</div><div>The wonton noodles are optional but add a nice crunch</div><div><br /></div><div>If your watching your protein intake with 3 ounces of chicken and the sesame seeds (toasted) and almonds added this salad has 26 grams of protein...almost half of my daily intake so even though it's a lot of prep it's a nutrient dense salad.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Paloma cocktail:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>Since I'm pushing fruits and veggies let's add a cocktail:</div><div><br /></div><div>A Paloma is a cocktail made from grapefruit juice and tequila. It's sweet and sour and a little smoky. If you like a Margarita no doubt you'll like a Paloma:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnpYlCI5cO2z2_1g7uLjp26LHyZhnSEPiRKtzGIuKlMVn_wn8KLKR32gVtWtMzHrWBn38OMr32v6ZxknuQLTDCvgMBW2h-O5VDYkF8OpBiM9shtj1wiN9NcBzjVmUQIjaKs9iCdj0akThPFlFL3uNRjT1Kg97Q_f2ke91EgPFTq7daSqckTw6dQLfRhM8l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnpYlCI5cO2z2_1g7uLjp26LHyZhnSEPiRKtzGIuKlMVn_wn8KLKR32gVtWtMzHrWBn38OMr32v6ZxknuQLTDCvgMBW2h-O5VDYkF8OpBiM9shtj1wiN9NcBzjVmUQIjaKs9iCdj0akThPFlFL3uNRjT1Kg97Q_f2ke91EgPFTq7daSqckTw6dQLfRhM8l=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Start with a juicy grapefruit. I picked this one from my tree literally 5 minutes ago</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Paloma recipe:</span></div><div>per serving:</div><div><br /></div><div>grapefruit juice* - 2 oz</div><div>tequila, 2 oz</div><div>sparkling water - 2 0z</div><div>lime juice* - 1 Tbs</div><div>agave or simple syrup - 1/2 Tbs</div><div>smoked sea salt</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tcanOlIx_TvvdEN7f93H7UBcGowcw0rlM47X-Z3fzCHaH4FMeDI0eQGWzmKWShBQ3qObPPuvS1XKh-VTdbdFMqOOnnT8V8zJoTIDt9WVOUFgIWPDK0srTkpCbPoBPHrKh7nfIhxfSssxQ3j8227WhNwAzx54d9vFmk2kagV2ezGMYxvSL_-yaz06aKkY/s4032/Paloma%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tcanOlIx_TvvdEN7f93H7UBcGowcw0rlM47X-Z3fzCHaH4FMeDI0eQGWzmKWShBQ3qObPPuvS1XKh-VTdbdFMqOOnnT8V8zJoTIDt9WVOUFgIWPDK0srTkpCbPoBPHrKh7nfIhxfSssxQ3j8227WhNwAzx54d9vFmk2kagV2ezGMYxvSL_-yaz06aKkY/w480-h640/Paloma%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mis en place, agave skipped the photo shoot</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X9bFO0hJKG4cn-PBdRfADARRoBmoCPsJeDf6sufFwQXmYCX8lcpFJFUiKOjXE_IDSX9TG3Iea2H_LvYV6VN3hDv_hjnLLjjN6bMnXo3cpaby5VhVLPheVy3VnVhwMxRS4X_UxoI4__e8ZZXKCcxHn1PF_pUbYU4Aln9rWI_7RNnUrqHj1tNIktPKz2KN/s4032/Paloma%20served.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X9bFO0hJKG4cn-PBdRfADARRoBmoCPsJeDf6sufFwQXmYCX8lcpFJFUiKOjXE_IDSX9TG3Iea2H_LvYV6VN3hDv_hjnLLjjN6bMnXo3cpaby5VhVLPheVy3VnVhwMxRS4X_UxoI4__e8ZZXKCcxHn1PF_pUbYU4Aln9rWI_7RNnUrqHj1tNIktPKz2KN/w480-h640/Paloma%20served.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paloma cocktail</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cheers to a very Healthy and Happy New Year! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And of course lots of love!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div>*** all grown and harvest at High Tide Farm<br /><br /></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-28237163013870568482023-12-20T12:55:00.000-08:002023-12-20T12:55:40.218-08:00A Very Merry Christmas to all Old Fashioned Gingerbread and candy cane treats<p> The packages have been sent to family members so it's time to reveal the 2023 theme. </p><p>Gingerbread Man and girls..with a lot of old fashioned sweets. An Old Fashioned Christmas.</p><p>Last year as I was putting away my Christmas ornaments I noticed my gingerbread men were sort of "tired". They had been taken out, displayed and stored in their boxes for over fifty years. I decided not to store them in 2023 but to do some repair and freshening up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWdSi7i63sjdXJSgqX7RESvu9LuJ0LAOflyPa9pDgV9MXi6MspePifHzwVf_fh8pVyCQ9Oqw_TYA4TYZQ3Lee00RpZBxwYWXkXNIpKmUzXSgCo8BcxpsfWw-GzXEWLa9Q5vk2sas7cZop1NgWMJ0EV_2pRBjSAfIDAiHapc7kT6BxY3UYFR7XdVZfQ-UG/s4032/gengerbread%20man%201970.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWdSi7i63sjdXJSgqX7RESvu9LuJ0LAOflyPa9pDgV9MXi6MspePifHzwVf_fh8pVyCQ9Oqw_TYA4TYZQ3Lee00RpZBxwYWXkXNIpKmUzXSgCo8BcxpsfWw-GzXEWLa9Q5vk2sas7cZop1NgWMJ0EV_2pRBjSAfIDAiHapc7kT6BxY3UYFR7XdVZfQ-UG/w480-h640/gengerbread%20man%201970.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>circa 1970<p></p><p>When I was a young newlywed I wanted to start my own ornament collection for my tree as all young adults like to do when they've moved out of their parents home. Because I loved to sew and because money was tight I decided to make these little guys. I used a cookie cutter for a pattern and cut out from velvet and brown gingham fabric scraps. Then I appliquéd and embroidered the eyes, mouth and cheeks and apple buttons. A velvet necktie and rick rack around the edge dressed them for display. I still love to hang these old ornaments on my tree each year. They send my mind back to another happy Christmas time as so many ornaments do. My friend, Jan, just recently described it as "my life's history is presented on my tree. So true!</p><p>Usually my Christmas theme inspiration comes to me in October or November but this year in early January I knew what 2023 would be. Gingerbread. I decided to make more gingerbread men and share them with others:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj922izYZ82JujB39Uey55YBEk26BkyPOlynAFv1frnRPAIWlbylT0CO0vbNhayBUy8iHBYyeo9k68nqKyDLZxWse0gLMWnrbn45KaszT1JVNLLGCZwn_ZFEPG7jWHbPl6rx4GF7zIzIJdjpkH_N1ViS-4oFxUXlZqPGg9Y0h4n7rT8jVRiK8k2Q6gnyFSH/s4032/village%20of%20gingerbrea%20people.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj922izYZ82JujB39Uey55YBEk26BkyPOlynAFv1frnRPAIWlbylT0CO0vbNhayBUy8iHBYyeo9k68nqKyDLZxWse0gLMWnrbn45KaszT1JVNLLGCZwn_ZFEPG7jWHbPl6rx4GF7zIzIJdjpkH_N1ViS-4oFxUXlZqPGg9Y0h4n7rT8jVRiK8k2Q6gnyFSH/w640-h480/village%20of%20gingerbrea%20people.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Start with a set of gingerbread people - yes I have a few.. In my kitchen "more is more"<div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifliqBBPN40thbFpqQHIJ0mIepSM-E_MRvbsaTt8KuSJYQOm5onO3KNsgUrgMOaHg1cR2_dDwrbfW4fzjBTYrDG514oCKcdRYNz8PcQ9ZUCx1xjpntup92h2fRP5774K9dzpNZO5plybv6_1ymgPjLBwOSJf-AlVuSnJTm51iTeh9VaeIUHtEhpmorJICj/s4032/new%20gingerbread%20pairs.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifliqBBPN40thbFpqQHIJ0mIepSM-E_MRvbsaTt8KuSJYQOm5onO3KNsgUrgMOaHg1cR2_dDwrbfW4fzjBTYrDG514oCKcdRYNz8PcQ9ZUCx1xjpntup92h2fRP5774K9dzpNZO5plybv6_1ymgPjLBwOSJf-AlVuSnJTm51iTeh9VaeIUHtEhpmorJICj/w640-h480/new%20gingerbread%20pairs.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The originals are on the top and 7 new pairs of gingerbread fabric ornaments made from both old and new materials</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP38uwibHERWPm_WWV1Ao0T9vKMrIg0LlYqyMva39gmwSEc0Hq5JkMz47c_Kv0cFxxf76P8axG4OSv96AdGw90zDLzkTHFgMAx54jzTmPMP24PR3TzMWJ-aDZ6D7zzCUVHSuf1_5NqzjxnFIpTklHS5pqv81Y4wvaYzHAbD1whXb37MjGb7ASj8Uj5mr3a/s4032/new%20kids%20on%20tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP38uwibHERWPm_WWV1Ao0T9vKMrIg0LlYqyMva39gmwSEc0Hq5JkMz47c_Kv0cFxxf76P8axG4OSv96AdGw90zDLzkTHFgMAx54jzTmPMP24PR3TzMWJ-aDZ6D7zzCUVHSuf1_5NqzjxnFIpTklHS5pqv81Y4wvaYzHAbD1whXb37MjGb7ASj8Uj5mr3a/w480-h640/new%20kids%20on%20tree.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFSVVs7MV3jKYFV-XV2Won5E8mctAZr4TDmo2-kLIW3SOLnhg0VDbuN0oPwc7rDYTJ7to4Xjmc_sCHaRBEx2AEDL7a5u-7PAqFZyjOJeeDN-e07oxf-UBTJElN6wDBjDg53U7G4JIIq5ndUOzDcuXflDPvkndlYgBMYfIYuQy0AAywIOZgbUQOXoQ9odn/s4032/white%20gingerbread%20pair.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFSVVs7MV3jKYFV-XV2Won5E8mctAZr4TDmo2-kLIW3SOLnhg0VDbuN0oPwc7rDYTJ7to4Xjmc_sCHaRBEx2AEDL7a5u-7PAqFZyjOJeeDN-e07oxf-UBTJElN6wDBjDg53U7G4JIIq5ndUOzDcuXflDPvkndlYgBMYfIYuQy0AAywIOZgbUQOXoQ9odn/w480-h640/white%20gingerbread%20pair.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>white felt, "apple" appliqué , blue felt eyes, embroidery and vintage ribbon</p><p>As I decorated the tree I pulled out all the old ornaments that supported the theme of old fashion candy canes and ribbon candy, sweets like cupcakes and chocolate truffles. Then I added gingerbread houses and candy cane striped ribbon</p><p>Here's a look at my tree:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S-ZLdyN9xC7du51-62fMkU2LIzH48CF7oiWU29FJMuaMLpfgo05O5ckDFOqOGKjfc7lN819xZq3zOGoPRR8PTS6duM_GrDjRaSprtLBhFBr6-XpAegBToqrtnGbK66dVQBcgY0H79a9SuIOh0Rf9gMElTYTVOWnseLhepbXPUg6BhyphenhyphenuNEeGSbgYVOeyX/s2221/under%20the%20tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2221" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S-ZLdyN9xC7du51-62fMkU2LIzH48CF7oiWU29FJMuaMLpfgo05O5ckDFOqOGKjfc7lN819xZq3zOGoPRR8PTS6duM_GrDjRaSprtLBhFBr6-XpAegBToqrtnGbK66dVQBcgY0H79a9SuIOh0Rf9gMElTYTVOWnseLhepbXPUg6BhyphenhyphenuNEeGSbgYVOeyX/w640-h466/under%20the%20tree.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Candy cane paper, gingerbread bags and boxes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6Zb745xmp90-Ce1aqHJvl_MCCVEyhc37e62aHXZoz08pX1thE04DtOAdP8jXifXxRSH79F_VRpCN4uCjVwZE0aGiy_-5fx2UnWzXunnz9TYMqn0WPVnuH3FS3VwV9P_X-R6OtcPB6BAcbETD8U7hr2WvUEMUQ7gs8Y8sF6qFRfqEs1dLwoenkpu95192/w480-h640/top%20of%20tree.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Topped with a gingerbread girl "Jellycat"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdoKlK4Xwg78YlrpfQaBpKJwADbMUY0wPTzuxGAOOMPHtFpc8bleD9-eCxgO3gwqCNJxvQs0TgGEjWwUt3quUzfZNEpxe2ejQ2OqOgaXdA4Jn4O9SzsSMHE_V1uMur2zrY6ghSrWkpZbp6bP4Zlf1Ap9ed6mdHjqeIaVzJnXReiKZJizv8B8eD6VZwvp3/s4032/garland%20and%20candy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdoKlK4Xwg78YlrpfQaBpKJwADbMUY0wPTzuxGAOOMPHtFpc8bleD9-eCxgO3gwqCNJxvQs0TgGEjWwUt3quUzfZNEpxe2ejQ2OqOgaXdA4Jn4O9SzsSMHE_V1uMur2zrY6ghSrWkpZbp6bP4Zlf1Ap9ed6mdHjqeIaVzJnXReiKZJizv8B8eD6VZwvp3/w640-h480/garland%20and%20candy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>ribbon candy, candy cane ribbon, gingerbread garland - all sugar free!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Then Ella requested peanut butter cookies with the iconic chocolate kiss on the top. Red velvet crinkles and sugar cookies made the cut this year. I first made a batch of each gluten free ( for my Denver family) and then an additional batch of each for others. Really the G-F choice does not compromise the taste at all and I encourage everyone to try it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoPLn9Q34EhCgeauCYh2QdGrkwWQ4cQf4Nve6_T32BfzfU012t8qW0gB-4LMO5E6GK9oGtOLV8BaNjWrDvgMhibDyiDYOBiNL63pgVolmxqcbGgOT6a7tH5ocWp6kIiLaUsjyvATh64bDDfzJseqKdkSw3JzTPB54lmONatBtgk7B_teLXbf-e6Vqu0b_/s4032/red%20velvet%20batter.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoPLn9Q34EhCgeauCYh2QdGrkwWQ4cQf4Nve6_T32BfzfU012t8qW0gB-4LMO5E6GK9oGtOLV8BaNjWrDvgMhibDyiDYOBiNL63pgVolmxqcbGgOT6a7tH5ocWp6kIiLaUsjyvATh64bDDfzJseqKdkSw3JzTPB54lmONatBtgk7B_teLXbf-e6Vqu0b_/w480-h640/red%20velvet%20batter.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Red velvet crinkle batter<div><a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/231745/red-velvet-crinkle-cookies/">https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/231745/red-velvet-crinkle-cookies/</a></div><div>so pretty and delicious<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3445" data-original-width="2641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1dHVqkwLtoDSXQdrdOaRrDc0KLn4zfpnlQHHr86qqC7qpjOpjxeByqo0H1X4PEdp8hD3NdthPyxAvviwRGnEF6noCvtv9fW_mMANTrqMh1P7njhMbbwrVTx-lglea-Vj_PDmi0Ewv_pSIxOoyx3jW0z8D9PiEh-S6oKFt14cBYfDupelQnFWeZdlsIqD/w490-h640/gingerbread%20cookies%20decorated.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A village of ginger people <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230238/gingerbread-men-cookies/">https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230238/gingerbread-men-cookies/</a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zw1P8ITmFoGZ_bbQNvc-uU5fmW5tvLV0RUODxYoODoRFhR6j8PKYWnmv6svIHJEyvGohAS4KeAZPVTx4SJyFm9Afp4r6FJDQSUqksQME_eRaxNc6VQSy3n4oMyBt1ZDSZOk1p7JYwgcs1bqr9yfqXsVmu_YRKMrxZPyDGtpKP48hLxDmyQ58n3NxjBa9/s3171/candy%20cane%20cookies.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="3171" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zw1P8ITmFoGZ_bbQNvc-uU5fmW5tvLV0RUODxYoODoRFhR6j8PKYWnmv6svIHJEyvGohAS4KeAZPVTx4SJyFm9Afp4r6FJDQSUqksQME_eRaxNc6VQSy3n4oMyBt1ZDSZOk1p7JYwgcs1bqr9yfqXsVmu_YRKMrxZPyDGtpKP48hLxDmyQ58n3NxjBa9/w640-h510/candy%20cane%20cookies.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>And sugar cut out cookies candy cane, Royal Icing (with 1 drop of peppermint extract) I use the recipe from Rose's Christmas Cookies book - secret ingredient is lemon zest but if you don't have that bible Allrecipes has a good one too <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10402/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/">https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10402/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And finally it would not be a complete Christmas without including my High Tide Farm animals</div><div>A big wag, hug, nestle, cackle, and meow from all of us</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2949" data-original-width="3933" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnThvUE6wBiWaspMFUVlnC7VKtrDY6g8B6aPK9MruFitJBEAHGch8yfME5o0I3hxrSS5HCOaYzeyx9qyXX33QizNhwa-3lnhwSl5cHo1P26ZGhAeF2TXyn7gsfzT21JoZL5TDCJwI6JPLyTzahhipaqpeVHpUXq8vKkk1sqsFOPTdv3hyvPTpyZ1Fe7Ty/w640-h480/reina%20gabriela%20and%20me.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Reina (16) and Gabriela(13) Visiting from Seattle</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8re0TdPWkVQadQT53SyWPkFgJ6qr8Z6QINOnm_6aU6aaGKjwVhRjqQC854oya4vhYY_cmN-EFVBIdhMAKFEN8IsbMXViRvjqQod6Fb81LWe1lkNSjqmEXhXr6yba2B11kMEbx7tLPakSFu-aW-Peuj52JaeVhFwTMOPoef3W0VIUE2dhbGtfkovPVOWE/s1292/Kate%20and%20Ella%20in%20New%20Zealand.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1292" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8re0TdPWkVQadQT53SyWPkFgJ6qr8Z6QINOnm_6aU6aaGKjwVhRjqQC854oya4vhYY_cmN-EFVBIdhMAKFEN8IsbMXViRvjqQod6Fb81LWe1lkNSjqmEXhXr6yba2B11kMEbx7tLPakSFu-aW-Peuj52JaeVhFwTMOPoef3W0VIUE2dhbGtfkovPVOWE/w640-h530/Kate%20and%20Ella%20in%20New%20Zealand.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Kate(16) and Ella(20) - my Denver girls - on their trip to New Zealand</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">May this upcoming year be filled with love, adventures and joy in your lives</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year 💗</span></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-91882269855572748352023-11-29T13:24:00.000-08:002023-11-29T13:24:10.591-08:00November and Orange<p> Before we move on to Christmas and all of the red and green I wanted to review my month of orange: Orange pumpkins, orange persimmons, orange kittens, big bros and Mama cats, Orange apricots from the freezer, orange linens. Fall has been gorgeous here in Southern California. I still have shorts on today. Honestly I'll have to put on a sweater this evening but I can't remember when the last time I still had tomatoes on the vine and sleeveless shirts on my body on November 29. Certainly not in Denver. BRR</p><p>The fall sunsets set the color palette:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA351a809cuBAgKxpYRWtKUFPFfJ9vfk8-MP6fHzdfjyOl1AJQRJgiKfZFz16CwoPbz_RsHFO3r3VghpJmhcuaQrs1Fjhb7wbzEqlF_1fX4TxIQ5zezlsDA3nVZ-mjiT6hK_EsGmAhyphenhyphenCQWXFIjQWCaJnrmhLnmfQCccjDAyxvCTo4gGHdAg7uZ0LIj8Hr-/s4032/sunset.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA351a809cuBAgKxpYRWtKUFPFfJ9vfk8-MP6fHzdfjyOl1AJQRJgiKfZFz16CwoPbz_RsHFO3r3VghpJmhcuaQrs1Fjhb7wbzEqlF_1fX4TxIQ5zezlsDA3nVZ-mjiT6hK_EsGmAhyphenhyphenCQWXFIjQWCaJnrmhLnmfQCccjDAyxvCTo4gGHdAg7uZ0LIj8Hr-/w480-h640/sunset.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Even in California we get beautiful sunsets</p><p>Lots of purples, a little yellow but mostly orange.</p><p>Let me tell you about my orange:</p><p>Most of my extra energy was spent discovering and caring for a litter of kittens that was birthed in the back yard of an unoccupied home. The Mama brought them over the fence to hide them in my orchard. The Mama is not new to my orchard. She naps there often and feels pretty safe. My dog, Charlotte, has an ongoing conversation with Mama "Ollie" about her hanging around so much. So I knew that Ollie had brought her kittens to the orchard and where they were hidden. Ollie is feral but trusts me a bit. She trusted me enough to transplant her babes from the soggy place in an old trunk to the breezeway of the workshop:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx32dqh4z1i0RNBD3YZZu-guyorxpT_jbHwWHsabFdQcF5nTe1mp7ue1a0nE-XMrRUTubqQ-XcyK1pjKZrA1v2mOzu6luJy9GYnwE745gLa4lWdZYaPP32djdJVtixYI-hh1mS6Zq4uYV-toc4min5GqB1uNC2DpOu7frO_lwRf0kUhOZE4JEph6Xf9og7/s4032/new%20kittens.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx32dqh4z1i0RNBD3YZZu-guyorxpT_jbHwWHsabFdQcF5nTe1mp7ue1a0nE-XMrRUTubqQ-XcyK1pjKZrA1v2mOzu6luJy9GYnwE745gLa4lWdZYaPP32djdJVtixYI-hh1mS6Zq4uYV-toc4min5GqB1uNC2DpOu7frO_lwRf0kUhOZE4JEph6Xf9og7/w640-h480/new%20kittens.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the whole family. Mama Ollie and her 4 three week old kittens - yes three of them are orange just like her. The visitor to the side is Rodney who is from Ollie's last litter in March. He's orange too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OhH8MOrDgavhmPI4NjTDiMOvAUXfN678OcU2lU40gVQupXUYwPvr-jJSILFTIirobMizeiQG3tMtDCqcIJMakTXYZM6PlwGfkF2-hB1E_mYzQbvi-leFrCYno8-nYdm7e98hEii8e92zaXaR3lq8MeWtxPhFyvt830H5O1fi2g3gxT_X7kHUQHea_bf2/s4032/Rodney%20and%20half%20bros.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OhH8MOrDgavhmPI4NjTDiMOvAUXfN678OcU2lU40gVQupXUYwPvr-jJSILFTIirobMizeiQG3tMtDCqcIJMakTXYZM6PlwGfkF2-hB1E_mYzQbvi-leFrCYno8-nYdm7e98hEii8e92zaXaR3lq8MeWtxPhFyvt830H5O1fi2g3gxT_X7kHUQHea_bf2/w640-h480/Rodney%20and%20half%20bros.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rodney is a great babysitter and plays with his half bros quite often ( The white specks in the grass are the remnants of avian hunting) Feral cats know how to feed themselves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of orange kittens</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOSZ9R7E2KBwAfJ8R1mqsKhq9h5ynYsvdqW2vTBQQyot5PauLcv_G1DB_MtC07wl2ST0uu04k28r-dMhLq8Vqk-uuLzfoj9fv3wfrH1RnBcdlg5_6BsRgtgRYGc0SJVBmzh-3VxDW-LRnzjUF01yr7mztyh1DOblpSGJhSZJGD31PgLSp7FBITS-Lzx6O/s2071/Bullet%20and%20Axel.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="1648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOSZ9R7E2KBwAfJ8R1mqsKhq9h5ynYsvdqW2vTBQQyot5PauLcv_G1DB_MtC07wl2ST0uu04k28r-dMhLq8Vqk-uuLzfoj9fv3wfrH1RnBcdlg5_6BsRgtgRYGc0SJVBmzh-3VxDW-LRnzjUF01yr7mztyh1DOblpSGJhSZJGD31PgLSp7FBITS-Lzx6O/w510-h640/Bullet%20and%20Axel.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kittens felt adventurous and safe enough to become part of the barnyard, Axel sneaks in to have a morning conversation with Bullet</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKfv8WtFnWnUt7jb_XFGEsvwyQizzxRHdGq8qVfwxkCiGa6N2Mbrg1-Ey-JSlFV8u7wF8JmNns6YYxVLdhFbQvcVx9w-JKzzaWemXIBzouXKLLvU8x3cbEdmnaAexynYLgJnGLr6yAP2YcHkmMMY5WrpLsmuBslQwVszzUUS2oWeoz5gqJN0FoeHnZGDR/s2776/Axel.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2776" data-original-width="2335" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKfv8WtFnWnUt7jb_XFGEsvwyQizzxRHdGq8qVfwxkCiGa6N2Mbrg1-Ey-JSlFV8u7wF8JmNns6YYxVLdhFbQvcVx9w-JKzzaWemXIBzouXKLLvU8x3cbEdmnaAexynYLgJnGLr6yAP2YcHkmMMY5WrpLsmuBslQwVszzUUS2oWeoz5gqJN0FoeHnZGDR/w538-h640/Axel.jpeg" width="538" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Well, Axel is the last kitten to be adopted. He is finally big enough ( 2 pounds) to be neutered. Here lies the biggest challenge: There are many wonderful organizations who offer low or no cost neutering to feral cats but the demand is much higher than the supply so I have been waiting months on many lists to have these little guys and their Mama and brother neutered. It's a real problem. But guess what, Axel ? We are taking a road trip to Simi Valley and you are returning without the ability to ever be a daddy. Yay! <div>All kittens have been adopted by loving humans now so I'm just waiting for the teenager and Ollie to have an appointment</div><div>This has been a big focus of mine this Fall. I'm not even a cat person. Lots of orange!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course there are lots of orange pumpkins that color up the kitchen and good cuisine;</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ohdNpNZmMhDmkC1sDMNNfOwd-MuXA67zZmPkJozIHrl1BpmZuQvSoHRJq1mEAdE71CQOT5DpjELSR_EQJOU2llyKJ8Len-vQ7Hq2iqwyRy9me_4hyphenhyphenUS4KfBMefo28KfPI6FCpOJrmNNqnefdFI_o8CJ6TQeg7hPjXpiMrc2T7oWyfesKkQ4RHLZPXWDt/s4032/Hubbard%20squash%20cut%20open.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ohdNpNZmMhDmkC1sDMNNfOwd-MuXA67zZmPkJozIHrl1BpmZuQvSoHRJq1mEAdE71CQOT5DpjELSR_EQJOU2llyKJ8Len-vQ7Hq2iqwyRy9me_4hyphenhyphenUS4KfBMefo28KfPI6FCpOJrmNNqnefdFI_o8CJ6TQeg7hPjXpiMrc2T7oWyfesKkQ4RHLZPXWDt/w640-h480/Hubbard%20squash%20cut%20open.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jarrahdale pumpkins</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5h8xOrHMKYTzQ_k1NI9fied3ArmGJh_NEejf1nor8McPcbC9biwRfYrfuUVlegn3875W7Y3q1XyBoxa08bhq_S71iuFeeI_nMdFWfKQ0qQk0TjXdWDnJR4KDyYWRSk2DtADr30Om-Strt7vmrTuTOfYM8f8FCZymkjcCg-8TLvxfMf5_5HbEQaekI6FyA/s4032/chunks%20of%20pumpkin.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5h8xOrHMKYTzQ_k1NI9fied3ArmGJh_NEejf1nor8McPcbC9biwRfYrfuUVlegn3875W7Y3q1XyBoxa08bhq_S71iuFeeI_nMdFWfKQ0qQk0TjXdWDnJR4KDyYWRSk2DtADr30Om-Strt7vmrTuTOfYM8f8FCZymkjcCg-8TLvxfMf5_5HbEQaekI6FyA/w640-h480/chunks%20of%20pumpkin.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pumpkin cut up and ready to roast</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FYWaXCehPipJfzHPrLuuLE4WNOWFznywFO3aJLmHjdGV3drShslvi8M2bdGKCo5m8KeiTZ5E_wuMIXorZ7r8IfO4OFWPFPwo4H_bJCtKN4LyHEWT0nq__Ks_9u73JsRtndUpWCeV9fDDLtTBP39WwpIYdSXmshlKY8xWZu86Ll2K3BBF8TlCxOQHFVyj/s2639/pumpkin%20soup%20on%20plate.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2639" data-original-width="2509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FYWaXCehPipJfzHPrLuuLE4WNOWFznywFO3aJLmHjdGV3drShslvi8M2bdGKCo5m8KeiTZ5E_wuMIXorZ7r8IfO4OFWPFPwo4H_bJCtKN4LyHEWT0nq__Ks_9u73JsRtndUpWCeV9fDDLtTBP39WwpIYdSXmshlKY8xWZu86Ll2K3BBF8TlCxOQHFVyj/w608-h640/pumpkin%20soup%20on%20plate.jpeg" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">chunky pumpkin soup</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of orange. Doesn't this table setting mimic all of the colors of the sunset?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3skaHta55z2pVZn74NnmX2fKk2LIM9w_5OT8T72TXzQtbX65c37y05kzHJP-MoRFpscHv-UHgr32UGaprtZ26QkHDgFzccpsOf8hAshR0Rzrz9ISs6UvQVk67XNwMlpT0sbm2MjaD2wqbUHaRXwoW2of7J76xtHYJmdilJ-gWxv-MviuQ3LTIufkLkpg/s3733/golden%20beets.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3733" data-original-width="2303" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3skaHta55z2pVZn74NnmX2fKk2LIM9w_5OT8T72TXzQtbX65c37y05kzHJP-MoRFpscHv-UHgr32UGaprtZ26QkHDgFzccpsOf8hAshR0Rzrz9ISs6UvQVk67XNwMlpT0sbm2MjaD2wqbUHaRXwoW2of7J76xtHYJmdilJ-gWxv-MviuQ3LTIufkLkpg/w394-h640/golden%20beets.jpeg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Golden beets ready to roast</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScXlNvxvQyHaM48l4eX4y4OFJoWvGgfuaPPungxc1Nd0aDWs3797ZKjJc1LEZoji9fQ8CLz_j8LmLsfcbt-vhZpjZJZxDcykwL1_qPZzhIg6YghOI16k88c-p5vtMwqN0W7EVAK40A41rtykZUlWsY4DGAV4qN75-ByX4y-tKiRDybv3OWlgx2HfN1sHJ/s4032/lobster%20salad.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScXlNvxvQyHaM48l4eX4y4OFJoWvGgfuaPPungxc1Nd0aDWs3797ZKjJc1LEZoji9fQ8CLz_j8LmLsfcbt-vhZpjZJZxDcykwL1_qPZzhIg6YghOI16k88c-p5vtMwqN0W7EVAK40A41rtykZUlWsY4DGAV4qN75-ByX4y-tKiRDybv3OWlgx2HfN1sHJ/w640-h480/lobster%20salad.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a lobster salad- orange</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Persimmons are orange too. I love Fuju persimmons. Raw they are kind of like an apple...crisp and slightly sweet with lots of fiber. But they are pricy at about $3 each so a delicacy. One of my neighbors has a tree and we will swap our harvests. OMG he brought over nearly 50 pieces of fruit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKqBGpHUpXbuwvEP4wKe7c4j9EPxWq6ltUR8vcjhuwXyDYEbLcwzZL2uMiziOUa967RuGQ_uX4JQoevV6hC9xgA2ccrAgH1R7ne7oED6wStGcc8AKJRFKBjzg3IoHjKusSije_ZgR0Bb_pn-NZXVoQoA9BHHr7w7xZYr4DHYLtmtkUtBQMT4pDUt1VzZ4/s3169/persimmons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3169" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKqBGpHUpXbuwvEP4wKe7c4j9EPxWq6ltUR8vcjhuwXyDYEbLcwzZL2uMiziOUa967RuGQ_uX4JQoevV6hC9xgA2ccrAgH1R7ne7oED6wStGcc8AKJRFKBjzg3IoHjKusSije_ZgR0Bb_pn-NZXVoQoA9BHHr7w7xZYr4DHYLtmtkUtBQMT4pDUt1VzZ4/w640-h610/persimmons.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What to do now?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfo00ljQMUZdLIBes7kUbf6CHtAQj2C5BQ-XRsmy2QuZYcqk81CTiwSGh9IZ_QBicg3whZ4qWU43SGGZnjrWq7y_y_x6irQA3ecJj0qK1vVo7tiYZ04ZffAhe6f0ZCav-FbVorq-RmcIsrhsyy2SOpySQvawPxNt6RHSVIlc9u7gADaUgCORwwkhEWTCp/s4032/jam%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfo00ljQMUZdLIBes7kUbf6CHtAQj2C5BQ-XRsmy2QuZYcqk81CTiwSGh9IZ_QBicg3whZ4qWU43SGGZnjrWq7y_y_x6irQA3ecJj0qK1vVo7tiYZ04ZffAhe6f0ZCav-FbVorq-RmcIsrhsyy2SOpySQvawPxNt6RHSVIlc9u7gADaUgCORwwkhEWTCp/w480-h640/jam%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjk6D1aYXdbhl4PnikNq_h-tE6K6j9Qu_TErUAmwRz4l_Yt7mYlqmSzveA8sPNgmXUuj-yUgo5MEnNywniA7aKcnuqjV7QNmEd81-K-ZqiVWaJYSI2mqUe1A7S6YRqKGlU8s64nCX551sRX-Wusx-NmqceAe0JitIMaBAur_aB4M7Bi6f127xFrU7FICb/s3237/persimmon%20and%20apricot%20jam.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2763" data-original-width="3237" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjk6D1aYXdbhl4PnikNq_h-tE6K6j9Qu_TErUAmwRz4l_Yt7mYlqmSzveA8sPNgmXUuj-yUgo5MEnNywniA7aKcnuqjV7QNmEd81-K-ZqiVWaJYSI2mqUe1A7S6YRqKGlU8s64nCX551sRX-Wusx-NmqceAe0JitIMaBAur_aB4M7Bi6f127xFrU7FICb/w640-h546/persimmon%20and%20apricot%20jam.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>So knowing I had a lot of apricots in the freezer from my own bounty in June I decided to make jam</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5x5G8zfnsU0O3Nn0aP75OIUVT-EuaAQZ3kgLV06Gq3PJ9P-dvwdwfWn9-O8ALQHqHpGxr3K5LOZJhb2Kc19uD7jg0TW4G9sG1CKuYYFVVWDa-EIakvuQ-6deuPG6ezKSePpsK72wippz6YUL04MPbeOHVSLLpemNNtDMzB2Td5F5pwfCoXYye4Dsh-2A/s4032/jam%20and%20butternut%20squash.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5x5G8zfnsU0O3Nn0aP75OIUVT-EuaAQZ3kgLV06Gq3PJ9P-dvwdwfWn9-O8ALQHqHpGxr3K5LOZJhb2Kc19uD7jg0TW4G9sG1CKuYYFVVWDa-EIakvuQ-6deuPG6ezKSePpsK72wippz6YUL04MPbeOHVSLLpemNNtDMzB2Td5F5pwfCoXYye4Dsh-2A/w640-h480/jam%20and%20butternut%20squash.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Butternut squash is orange as well. The persimmon and apricot jam came out delicious...and not too sweet. I used not only lemon juice but also lime which I will repeat very low sugar and a vanilla bean.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-algo6XXAUExmjWrpdoREKVS41pP3mtBrMgQQPS_CFF8ZbgxzEn_TkE6OlRX8mhgCCrC8VXBpLUCYiVb62clRIY9LUcGE7bn2srNZBmr-ul-YhI-gkrSytjM9UgKhgoeYTQk_6wTi82nlKtXL0S2PVf4EDFD6wl6KmLrsIYsh_J7ckRBOQSoyczyImsSl/s4032/French%20onion%20soup.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-algo6XXAUExmjWrpdoREKVS41pP3mtBrMgQQPS_CFF8ZbgxzEn_TkE6OlRX8mhgCCrC8VXBpLUCYiVb62clRIY9LUcGE7bn2srNZBmr-ul-YhI-gkrSytjM9UgKhgoeYTQk_6wTi82nlKtXL0S2PVf4EDFD6wl6KmLrsIYsh_J7ckRBOQSoyczyImsSl/w480-h640/French%20onion%20soup.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">French onion soup is kind of orange. I had a bounty of onions and some gruyere cheese. Maybe it's the cheese that's orange.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrUE_J17epAYk-oA7Zdo_apuY0vSAXlWSkrrQdwTk8eq6pvc3v_eFRVq-b3FpaCCHhbl-rCeclzp1MlvveWAeJvEUTfgZZJLtbKsSPfr2mbbqDtXR5P3SjNj-bjsYQyRl7xrqwNo8hHk7GD9hLI-cJY99AQJMfDug4JJFQi63UfP1jnbxgNOaPV1Ao8wC/s4032/nastursiums.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrUE_J17epAYk-oA7Zdo_apuY0vSAXlWSkrrQdwTk8eq6pvc3v_eFRVq-b3FpaCCHhbl-rCeclzp1MlvveWAeJvEUTfgZZJLtbKsSPfr2mbbqDtXR5P3SjNj-bjsYQyRl7xrqwNo8hHk7GD9hLI-cJY99AQJMfDug4JJFQi63UfP1jnbxgNOaPV1Ao8wC/w640-h480/nastursiums.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nasturtiums are orange among many other colors. I just sneaked out to take this picture and the following:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IcJLwdzjO-9vjE4YvVn9ECxmTcSzq4FVOhyphenhyphen77sdyQ39LZxHNEP2MNecnISDE1AZWezWGUXuSCBURzP0aXYBTD_79EmKuCzGLsvJdUyHwm0sNPhMvBvoZF1tFrp6QIlo5RMC38eSgKcZ79loS9iZdXw1bys21J_K5Gk15BsOyWUwdda_cL83igObBhqny/s4032/blood%20oranges.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IcJLwdzjO-9vjE4YvVn9ECxmTcSzq4FVOhyphenhyphen77sdyQ39LZxHNEP2MNecnISDE1AZWezWGUXuSCBURzP0aXYBTD_79EmKuCzGLsvJdUyHwm0sNPhMvBvoZF1tFrp6QIlo5RMC38eSgKcZ79loS9iZdXw1bys21J_K5Gk15BsOyWUwdda_cL83igObBhqny/w640-h480/blood%20oranges.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My blood orange tree is bearing fruit for the first time since I planted it in 2018. I just about gave up on it but patience won out. These beauties will color up and be ready to pick in about January or February. The tree is planted outside my bedroom window. It's such a joyful view in the morning and reminds me of hope and anticipation for my next crop of fruit.<p></p><p>I could add some purple but I think this is enough of my sunset colors for my Autumn on the farm. I am grateful tfor my lifestyle with fresh homegrown food to prepare into fabulous healthy dishes. I am surrounded by loving animals who bring me great joy and this year a huge challenge. Spending over an hour each day walking my dog is good for both of us and I get to visit with my neighbors. Spending time around my goats makes me laugh and calm down with their amazing therapeutic energy. The chickens are taking a few months off from laying eggs but they love taking dirt baths on these warm sunny days. </p><p>LIFE IS GOOD ON THE FARM</p><p>AND VERY ORANGE</p><p><br /></p><p>OK time to get in the Christmas spirit</p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-50658059064261203912023-10-27T16:33:00.001-07:002023-10-27T16:33:27.566-07:00Time to make some stock<p>The weather is changing and our appetite is craving something warm and comforting. Yes.. Soup! Last time I looked for stock in the market to restock my pantry I just reached for good bone chicken stock and then checked the price!!!!! More than $9 Yikes. So I decided to take the time I had and the love I have for the kitchen and creating delicious nutritious meals and make some of my own. I pulled my go to book on stocks: John Ash From the Earth to the Table</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A82NjmWEpDUl32tUbaA1UScrIQAQ37lKkd8Bz6TJ66lxXea3tROvSfe5pjkhopXdVu6jGn7sPc7AtnWc0M6n0mkTSsIfROX5wwC25c2KIzpAuQG-VUbfEAVCnifDjxvoxRbjKVL7gBe0-BYAb8uZPvWFr4EJ3LKmo-aEJ1KshAz7uYLjm3IT58e9eK5s/s4032/jaoh%20ash%20book%20jacket.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A82NjmWEpDUl32tUbaA1UScrIQAQ37lKkd8Bz6TJ66lxXea3tROvSfe5pjkhopXdVu6jGn7sPc7AtnWc0M6n0mkTSsIfROX5wwC25c2KIzpAuQG-VUbfEAVCnifDjxvoxRbjKVL7gBe0-BYAb8uZPvWFr4EJ3LKmo-aEJ1KshAz7uYLjm3IT58e9eK5s/w480-h640/jaoh%20ash%20book%20jacket.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John Ash was brought on staff by Fetzer Vineyards in Napa to create a menu for their restaurant. Naturally there would be companionship with the local wines. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">While you can always make good stock without wine the addition of a little acidic taste is so delicious. Feel free to leave out the wine in these recipes if you like but if you do add as an ingredient make sure you choose a quality of wine that you would drink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I refused to pay $10 for a quart of stock but I had no problem spending $40 on gorgous organic vegetables and a few bottles of wine. So here we go. I made three different kinds of stock that yielded 13 quarts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Generally speaking if you add 6 cups of water ( and wine) you will end up with about 1 gallon of stock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rich Vegetable Stock</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-6Fk8DbYC02a6igCRiCNR95ZGNyhiUPeH_Lq_YHKyG2R7UFBie7irn_B-gktCBMIDgz024JvpjqEAfy_G3ntEBtSquJ91Pc9KqMmXDuGx0snN8M5mRBOzeVGmjDqbr1qXD3az5C7b6JMOpYRfaMAGXmWheQ-bgpkZYiG08a-5dXi4ru4QN7D2MdRNn9r/s3717/hearty%20vegetable%20stock.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="3717" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-6Fk8DbYC02a6igCRiCNR95ZGNyhiUPeH_Lq_YHKyG2R7UFBie7irn_B-gktCBMIDgz024JvpjqEAfy_G3ntEBtSquJ91Pc9KqMmXDuGx0snN8M5mRBOzeVGmjDqbr1qXD3az5C7b6JMOpYRfaMAGXmWheQ-bgpkZYiG08a-5dXi4ru4QN7D2MdRNn9r/w640-h488/hearty%20vegetable%20stock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Ingredients:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>8 cups sliced onions</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>4 cups diced carrots</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2 cups sliced celery- including tops</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>4 cups sliced leeks, both white and tender green parts</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>3 cups sliced parsnips</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1/4 cup chopped garlic</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1/4 cup olive oil</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>6 quarts water</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2 cups white wine</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1/2 ounce dried porcini or other dried mushrooms</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>5 cups chopped canned or fresh tomatoes</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2 tsps whole black peppercorns</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>6 bay leaves</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1 Tbs thyme</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2 tsps fennel seed</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2 cups chopped parsley, leaves and stems</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Method:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In a large pot put the onions, carrots, celery, leeks, parsnips, garlic and olive oil and very lightly brown over moderate heat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3iZYYx5XAGedniX1QDup9Wm7tS5ZJEEAU6mHlP59XaVpYQBxYK_bPFzLcvAuSDKbwVQXHqFgVCVFERTy2tpIOJr7A3PLoUILXctxAT3mSjvMpGKZkLj8pnlFYvmjKJ65HoCNyxU00sWXEP-Dci6giaAqJHy9QwhEBugrBUz8FNaoNvKDUnAqa1g7dpY5/s4032/saute%20hard%20veggie%20base.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3iZYYx5XAGedniX1QDup9Wm7tS5ZJEEAU6mHlP59XaVpYQBxYK_bPFzLcvAuSDKbwVQXHqFgVCVFERTy2tpIOJr7A3PLoUILXctxAT3mSjvMpGKZkLj8pnlFYvmjKJ65HoCNyxU00sWXEP-Dci6giaAqJHy9QwhEBugrBUz8FNaoNvKDUnAqa1g7dpY5/w640-h480/saute%20hard%20veggie%20base.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Add the remaining ingredients bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer partially covered for 2-2 1/2 hours. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Remove from the heat, cool slightly and strain carefully, pressing on solids to extract all the juices.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Chill the sock and remove any fat. Store in fridge for up to 7 days or freeze</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRerjhi8gMUf0b8z_kcZ-veHHE6jZW3YyS3Vc0mO6DrrszJ_Wgm2OtbxoZcoYSo_xxZI8JMcWG0ikv8fQk8oAAKDZWAlXNfEMDGAXIg-FLWualuhRlQgiUnikF0wzQDVMqn5HMbH4nz5rAWM5XrJwexBSJ7Gk805CVlDTYLEpFToPBxzej8DasoYDPZUWn/s4032/rich%20vegetable%20stock.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRerjhi8gMUf0b8z_kcZ-veHHE6jZW3YyS3Vc0mO6DrrszJ_Wgm2OtbxoZcoYSo_xxZI8JMcWG0ikv8fQk8oAAKDZWAlXNfEMDGAXIg-FLWualuhRlQgiUnikF0wzQDVMqn5HMbH4nz5rAWM5XrJwexBSJ7Gk805CVlDTYLEpFToPBxzej8DasoYDPZUWn/w640-h480/rich%20vegetable%20stock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">made 4 quarts</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tomato Stock</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0xBzLF-TZjpRmD2y1P3PF6ZttwvF2qhTSbhx4KRE9JhTXhrPbNtzIi8boGTWdn8JSr0Z9x8US8OpAaCatCgdO-aGZlA7cY5K89kettiK_7fjPNbDxwbp3oYBHbmp5fja2dAZgtDmWHK4NJg9UrTn-rMYCxnxNv3ZsZMc17TOyjo9vE3S34i2vj92_am-/s4032/tomato%20vegetable%20stock%20ingredients.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0xBzLF-TZjpRmD2y1P3PF6ZttwvF2qhTSbhx4KRE9JhTXhrPbNtzIi8boGTWdn8JSr0Z9x8US8OpAaCatCgdO-aGZlA7cY5K89kettiK_7fjPNbDxwbp3oYBHbmp5fja2dAZgtDmWHK4NJg9UrTn-rMYCxnxNv3ZsZMc17TOyjo9vE3S34i2vj92_am-/w640-h480/tomato%20vegetable%20stock%20ingredients.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I am lucky enough to still have tomatoes so these ingredients were easy to assemble</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ingredients:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>7-8 pounds of ripe tomatoes</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>olive oil</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4 cups red onions</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2 cups chopped mushrooms</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2 Tbs slivered garlic</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1 cup chopped carrots</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3 cups dry white wine</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3 large bay leaves</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2 tsps fresh thyme, chopped</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2 tsp whole black peppercorns</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1/2 tsp fennel seed</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>6 quarts of water</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Method:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Place the tomatoes in a single layer on a lightly oiled baking pan. Place in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for 40-50 minutes and roast until the tomatoes are lightly browned. Set them aside</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQLX7JIgDgQKTVTX696UEtYjvRPFyJjfYBLFZ2QENe0AmzexEqfKNzCDTToB2pCD4p08zTgSrpK6jhxJR8YtLKqQDit_ffCMiUl6iB-nihvUAkRA0wZ4DH4Khe763aP-8JAwDlRJHI0inb8Y6RbssAc_rNekXRafmxjQROsZc6fw0l0aVdaiPflupgxje/s4032/roast%20tomatoes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQLX7JIgDgQKTVTX696UEtYjvRPFyJjfYBLFZ2QENe0AmzexEqfKNzCDTToB2pCD4p08zTgSrpK6jhxJR8YtLKqQDit_ffCMiUl6iB-nihvUAkRA0wZ4DH4Khe763aP-8JAwDlRJHI0inb8Y6RbssAc_rNekXRafmxjQROsZc6fw0l0aVdaiPflupgxje/w640-h480/roast%20tomatoes.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Put a tablespoon or two of olive oil in a stockpot along with the vegetables and sauce over moderate heat until just beginning to color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWz81Q0OUUhOCqQ8IhCwnfAhgV5ylUzzrzyBEsyN3w9Vs2I13MezzzuL21yWmXbslZEjVLx1FruNRPJfD10mUkOUAXlyvkU8qnHqC2yVsDz8qn0_tDGjGa5gKzm3OP_Eb1QF0SmwAI0pP7LpRTYWWRxKhJyexGDRXgX5nDXB1RhyHFlHvUZNe8M_nDce17/s4032/sautee%20tomato%20veggie%20base.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWz81Q0OUUhOCqQ8IhCwnfAhgV5ylUzzrzyBEsyN3w9Vs2I13MezzzuL21yWmXbslZEjVLx1FruNRPJfD10mUkOUAXlyvkU8qnHqC2yVsDz8qn0_tDGjGa5gKzm3OP_Eb1QF0SmwAI0pP7LpRTYWWRxKhJyexGDRXgX5nDXB1RhyHFlHvUZNe8M_nDce17/w480-h640/sautee%20tomato%20veggie%20base.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Add the wine, herbs, peppercorns, fennel seeds roasted tomatoes and water and bring to a boil. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Reduce the heat and simmer partially covered for 30 minutes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Remove from the heat, cool slightly and strain pressing on the solids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Chill the stock and remove any fat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Store in fridge for 7 days or freeze</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is really a vegetable stock but ends up being almost tomato soup...Great soup base</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4gSyt5vSwfoi_StOAU38u146O4WZX0BGJUMuB9xPIVh5meorWaItxsdGznYvtWlqLDNb6yM8UdPgEXPSUD47xIJhiZrUS_I8vSLooT5k0jeXJ140LE2UtGAqoDBp7x6yP4Q5rYln_Hep5iXAx4xDAi0qBC1xxZBbJcQ-MUMrgQvwJ2rl_Zy8Zr0jNuGh/s3301/tomato%20stock.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="3301" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4gSyt5vSwfoi_StOAU38u146O4WZX0BGJUMuB9xPIVh5meorWaItxsdGznYvtWlqLDNb6yM8UdPgEXPSUD47xIJhiZrUS_I8vSLooT5k0jeXJ140LE2UtGAqoDBp7x6yP4Q5rYln_Hep5iXAx4xDAi0qBC1xxZBbJcQ-MUMrgQvwJ2rl_Zy8Zr0jNuGh/w640-h450/tomato%20stock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Made 5 quarts<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Corn Stock</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_4eyiSIFIEw8DmL0E2VN50eMbsMo4b9VXA55LJmOEF7m7QTfkU2CkI6A6JjUZckBlvK2gDrFHdDL-Se21dVBQ7Sa6OfPUp5GdeHl-9TVzoB6abA-HRIMhDaKfzbvpf5MGIO5yX4bfpRfqDVnYkjlmdpD69EAnVKssB71sqk4y9i4FxuqlvtnoNrpiswB/s4032/corn%20stock%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_4eyiSIFIEw8DmL0E2VN50eMbsMo4b9VXA55LJmOEF7m7QTfkU2CkI6A6JjUZckBlvK2gDrFHdDL-Se21dVBQ7Sa6OfPUp5GdeHl-9TVzoB6abA-HRIMhDaKfzbvpf5MGIO5yX4bfpRfqDVnYkjlmdpD69EAnVKssB71sqk4y9i4FxuqlvtnoNrpiswB/w640-h480/corn%20stock%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Corn is still available fresh right now in Southern California but if it's not in your area wait until next summer and come back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Ingredients:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>16 large ears fresh corn, shucked</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2 Tbs olive oil</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>6 cups chopped onions</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>4 cups chopped carrots</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2 cups chopped celery</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2 Tbs chopped garlic</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2 cups dry white wine</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>2 bay leaves</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>1/2 tsp white peppercorns ( black will do too)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Method:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I grilled my corn first</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4hs_1DQFAypD_nOm-PdW9G4pNL9cf0s12EDtdm53UaIWcGkCsqTEXqg2M4PY4-W1AKxIYcnP4OyX1Glr1uO97OWXRj4qpwnZXptDCL1I5lyoQ_0DeWl30loInDTOvS9Qhza3o9zYPfLsG_6YeqlF1CCHrI47wfv-DfJwFejWCJHkZZkPtzw8VxqnB90H/s4032/grilled%20corn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4hs_1DQFAypD_nOm-PdW9G4pNL9cf0s12EDtdm53UaIWcGkCsqTEXqg2M4PY4-W1AKxIYcnP4OyX1Glr1uO97OWXRj4qpwnZXptDCL1I5lyoQ_0DeWl30loInDTOvS9Qhza3o9zYPfLsG_6YeqlF1CCHrI47wfv-DfJwFejWCJHkZZkPtzw8VxqnB90H/w640-h480/grilled%20corn.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Remove the kernels from the cobs and reserve both:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jbbg2c4hAqaqt84KM7O-hqACtvZnlNn-DUoZ1-3Uof93eGeFBwfHJD3QLMaelaebO7QSsXtcuT2ovS0rSrRibJjmAuGV5vvhWauAY5wlm3djFvjCcE2H_bAEzHVJL2PmSBLNFYgpfxAvoOpjJUlFMq9r_QPxDhxIgG_UqEmRR1mk25DYjNfC5z0FO8JA/s4032/corn%20peeler.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jbbg2c4hAqaqt84KM7O-hqACtvZnlNn-DUoZ1-3Uof93eGeFBwfHJD3QLMaelaebO7QSsXtcuT2ovS0rSrRibJjmAuGV5vvhWauAY5wlm3djFvjCcE2H_bAEzHVJL2PmSBLNFYgpfxAvoOpjJUlFMq9r_QPxDhxIgG_UqEmRR1mk25DYjNfC5z0FO8JA/w480-h640/corn%20peeler.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I love this corn peeler. A must if you want fresh corn kernels Go to<a href="https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/kuhn-rikon-corn-zipper-with-desilker-brush/?sku=5037597&cm_ven=PLA&cm_ite=5037597_14932288920&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Local&gclid=CjwKCAjwnOipBhBQEiwACyGLuiQrP5XcFwVbpJPe5DA2URaArmKr0wsd8sAGNf2XMk60mupwPIaVmRoCrbAQAvD_BwE"> Williams-Sonoma with this link</a> to learn more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Put the olive oil into a stockpot along with the onions, carrots, celery and garlic and cook over moderate heat until the vegetables are just beginning to brown. <div>Break the corn cobs into 2 or 3 pieces each and add to the pot along with the wine bay leaves, peppercorns, and enough water to cover all by at least 3 inches. </div><div>Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours </div><div>Strain the stock, pressing on the vegetables and cobs to extract all liquid, return to the stockpot, and add the reserved corn kernels.</div><div>Simmer for an additional 30 minutes</div><div>Strain, cool and store covered in the fridge for up to 5 days or freeze</div><div><br /></div><div>Made 3 1/2 quarts</div><div><p><b style="font-size: x-large;">Chicken Stock</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> (basically chicken bone broth/stock)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><b>Ingredients: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><b>5-6 pounds meaty chicken parts, such as wings, backs, necks or a large hen quartered </b>sometimes I will use the carcus of a rotisserie chicken with still some meat on it</li><li><b>2 Tbs oil, avocado or olive</b></li><li><b>2 cups chopped onions</b></li><li><b>1 cup chopped carrots</b></li><li><b>1 cup chopped celery</b></li><li><b>4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled</b></li><li><b>1 cup chopped mushrooms </b>( optional)</li><li><b>2 cups dry white wine</b></li><li><b>2 large bay leaves</b></li><li><b>1 tsp dried thyme</b></li><li><b>2 whole cloves</b></li><li><b>1/2 tsp whole black peppercorns</b></li><li><b>water</b></li></ul><div><b>Method</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Rinse the chicken and set aside.</div><div>Add the oil and vegetables to a stockpot and cook over moderately hight heat until the vegetables are lightly browned. </div><div>Add the chicken, wine, herbs, cloves, peppercorns and enough water to cover the chicken by at least 3 inches.</div><div>Bring to a boil</div><div>Reduce the heat and simmer slowly partially covered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, carefully skimming off any scum or froth that rises to the surface.</div><div>Remove from the heat, cool slightly, and strain carefully</div><div>Cool the stock and remove the fat layer</div><div>Store in fridge for up to 7 days or freeze</div><div><br /></div><div>There is a nutritional advantage of making stock with bones. The minerals - especially calcium and glucosamine.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>OK this should get you off to a good start.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next post: soups</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-90703914902952534762023-09-30T17:13:00.003-07:002023-09-30T17:15:01.883-07:00"......Give us this day our daily bread...."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an excerpt from The Lord's Prayer meaning please give us our basics ....bread used to be a basic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My grandmother grew up on a farm in Missouri. She must have learned how to make bread from her mother but I never heard her say when she started, I lived with my MiMi in the summers between college and she taught me how to make bread. She would get up at 5 am and get the yeast started. She would have 4 loaves by about 9 am ---ready for her customers. She sold each loaf for 25cents. Yikes Can you even imagine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I absolutely love love making bread, I often take photos of what I create in the kitchen but I guess I make so much bread I just forget this subject matter but I did find some I could pull from my photo album.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhll96r88vSkGuD9JRzn818GIAziPT9qfmgB-ZpsvLkRvL31BHTPFYDZfunbrbL43Rv_ibF3P527SK6j0Acje8vcqEYCr2Ur24X4qiDaxi64V3Twk1GcOQsOCDIopV4_l1OJkdp0OfdK0xf1dK1TbNKy8qqNdqKDwj8DH7VRIO88Y6c7oa4xDACOPhaD-dG/s4032/squash%20bread.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhll96r88vSkGuD9JRzn818GIAziPT9qfmgB-ZpsvLkRvL31BHTPFYDZfunbrbL43Rv_ibF3P527SK6j0Acje8vcqEYCr2Ur24X4qiDaxi64V3Twk1GcOQsOCDIopV4_l1OJkdp0OfdK0xf1dK1TbNKy8qqNdqKDwj8DH7VRIO88Y6c7oa4xDACOPhaD-dG/w640-h480/squash%20bread.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> This loaf is squash bread. It's not a sweetened bread like you usually think of as pumpkin bread but I did make it from pumpkin (or maybe butternut squash) Here is the<a href="https://chocolatewithgrace.com/harvest-squash-bread/"> recipe </a><a href="https://chocolatewithgrace.com/harvest-squash-bread/">Winter squash bread</a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82EAIMzc-rzUm1vmi6vnnomilqvguuE2L2CYX0WGIrcC5kPAjPsig1yQ6NJUhbbNO8kBsq39O65nVgZgaB3M6Z3Pc3_5pZKPJLmvOB1UY1AuRW0_xy8jbeKeFAk79xIO1zjMPLXYfZONO9QzVv0ehNGi9L5R96cE54337rL1swultGcSkWBcXY6fJSBEV/s2448/Denver%20pumpkins.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82EAIMzc-rzUm1vmi6vnnomilqvguuE2L2CYX0WGIrcC5kPAjPsig1yQ6NJUhbbNO8kBsq39O65nVgZgaB3M6Z3Pc3_5pZKPJLmvOB1UY1AuRW0_xy8jbeKeFAk79xIO1zjMPLXYfZONO9QzVv0ehNGi9L5R96cE54337rL1swultGcSkWBcXY6fJSBEV/w640-h640/Denver%20pumpkins.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Use any of the above winter squash. This pic was taken from one of my harvests whenI lived in Denver</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But there are all sorts of breads to try</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqAkJvBwP_MwqWHv8vHWKncxzwTZzNTFIP26sm8yLD4lyxRnqz4B7IRLfZ1bnbCysdOGKGuiSUpsIEr9D19z9dnQ9XIY7-vl3Ij4VOagHcdhrMbytBbVrU7PlJ_uGl6c862Q5QjhOyPxqWIW-3iKtdInPc6MAUBZzWzvaSTR9Ya927Q6E-p2l0RMIAj2o/s4032/bread%20loaf.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqAkJvBwP_MwqWHv8vHWKncxzwTZzNTFIP26sm8yLD4lyxRnqz4B7IRLfZ1bnbCysdOGKGuiSUpsIEr9D19z9dnQ9XIY7-vl3Ij4VOagHcdhrMbytBbVrU7PlJ_uGl6c862Q5QjhOyPxqWIW-3iKtdInPc6MAUBZzWzvaSTR9Ya927Q6E-p2l0RMIAj2o/w480-h640/bread%20loaf.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7GPRvrtZE6JCoEr0O5t_t7anhIi4Hk4vowo9_xCUaGNaRTy-sJVYrxPK1cacpLF-WSHuIomoOZc2o0OoNSKxv2ZLZaxgU-8OqvG3CNJP-ez05J9cMHbiZf_czvJeaBc3BIgF1WkVCWX4kw_1d29kJpXy_w24HYNx3Nromg6cW2Q2sKhjV4bnRLmW4Dls/s4032/English%20muffins.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7GPRvrtZE6JCoEr0O5t_t7anhIi4Hk4vowo9_xCUaGNaRTy-sJVYrxPK1cacpLF-WSHuIomoOZc2o0OoNSKxv2ZLZaxgU-8OqvG3CNJP-ez05J9cMHbiZf_czvJeaBc3BIgF1WkVCWX4kw_1d29kJpXy_w24HYNx3Nromg6cW2Q2sKhjV4bnRLmW4Dls/w480-h640/English%20muffins.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">English muffins</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfOoxMlfKCZX2EG3zYh19qt0m-9Cpc7fO4mmLWpTlxWgeY4w0VcJX-eTyGqQ17wjU7ysEX_kN18phhhyphenhyphen_H_Z_JCNq-FmYrCwVCyBR0ndlbd8_7fjHqT97DA5t-L0jx3y_gVR3E7MOJzttPkELsHcaiY6ACNvBBFcNn704Bie5kwesUs5dD1za34b4fsNV/s4032/seeded%20muffins.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfOoxMlfKCZX2EG3zYh19qt0m-9Cpc7fO4mmLWpTlxWgeY4w0VcJX-eTyGqQ17wjU7ysEX_kN18phhhyphenhyphen_H_Z_JCNq-FmYrCwVCyBR0ndlbd8_7fjHqT97DA5t-L0jx3y_gVR3E7MOJzttPkELsHcaiY6ACNvBBFcNn704Bie5kwesUs5dD1za34b4fsNV/w640-h480/seeded%20muffins.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5q9uZDgrrMHwdl06Z66IMzguNPevZetBfAyxTD4RKiO6upuI08YtMI9e4sXnovJkl8o1rLRs4dqRFPO5jtigwGBwDQhz7_GlblF3h1d3MLyIpcwPzY-6j7FmoHmbewNFBAmejIx0VZFBbTE5SNcpBWn8t7lIMA3T3zGWwhatY_xEXYAfHhgAIbZ9Jz2i/s542/pumpkin%20bread.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="542" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5q9uZDgrrMHwdl06Z66IMzguNPevZetBfAyxTD4RKiO6upuI08YtMI9e4sXnovJkl8o1rLRs4dqRFPO5jtigwGBwDQhz7_GlblF3h1d3MLyIpcwPzY-6j7FmoHmbewNFBAmejIx0VZFBbTE5SNcpBWn8t7lIMA3T3zGWwhatY_xEXYAfHhgAIbZ9Jz2i/w640-h458/pumpkin%20bread.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFACPS_T4eMXew_VUAa_4b3EOULOaaifL31ja6Fh_kf9S2idxQNZjeoLPCmUqv4DIZIC7o_m3G-4WzWnKV4vzRJuZn_ZWhF4rtZslBClD8ZnRTfd9dCkcLVW3ZnI-xJeYxSxHnh1xyMYmtluMPoquHCnPraksSeWRFp7BPWfiqB3F9I09UovOHhXDRmi0/s4032/bread%20rising.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFACPS_T4eMXew_VUAa_4b3EOULOaaifL31ja6Fh_kf9S2idxQNZjeoLPCmUqv4DIZIC7o_m3G-4WzWnKV4vzRJuZn_ZWhF4rtZslBClD8ZnRTfd9dCkcLVW3ZnI-xJeYxSxHnh1xyMYmtluMPoquHCnPraksSeWRFp7BPWfiqB3F9I09UovOHhXDRmi0/s320/bread%20rising.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bread ready for the oven</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am extremely grateful for "my daily bread" I have gone my entire life without being hungry and having nothing to eat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bread is a basic,. I no longer eat very much of it since my body does better without gluten but I absolutely love making bread and grabbing delicious quality butter when I do indulge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What kind of bread do you love?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-46617980458187179592023-08-13T18:24:00.009-07:002023-09-09T12:13:25.068-07:00Summer in a soup bowl Gazpacho<p>A couple of weeks ago my friends came over for a farm visit and we all pitched in with lunch.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlunHG640_mB-NxGJ9OE3BT-sI8AYlN6mf9piKYSSuK4AJ5ZXJ_kBOWejCf_jLGSTHEk7M6Nur8gC8QP2tHARfnENTk6a_5NapfCPGW7RyQ3QRRhNb7EPLqUJFJGUKFTQUL2RyGtU8Up2YHOiYLV1QIi6Q-skab0o6mlVN2JwLnVOeRZSk0vuNsxYLyrh2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlunHG640_mB-NxGJ9OE3BT-sI8AYlN6mf9piKYSSuK4AJ5ZXJ_kBOWejCf_jLGSTHEk7M6Nur8gC8QP2tHARfnENTk6a_5NapfCPGW7RyQ3QRRhNb7EPLqUJFJGUKFTQUL2RyGtU8Up2YHOiYLV1QIi6Q-skab0o6mlVN2JwLnVOeRZSk0vuNsxYLyrh2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linda, myself and her 4 Colorado granddaughters</div><br /> Sometime during the sit-down Michele remarked Gazpacho is "summer in a soup bowl." Precisely. I thought I would share our luncheon menu since a lot of it came right from the garden/farm<p></p><p>Menu:</p><p>Gazpacho ( yes- even the 3 year old loved it)</p><p>Egg salad sandwiches</p><p>Watermelon pizza</p><p>Palmiers</p><p>Jun tea</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit4MfqltOMxHf4TansYRsZlY9QWknc2uRh5V000Zi-IsSzPmhJBR4hPFYfz2_PClA1S6M5iRHTrvXojbFs27JsKFuAIlvc7vgweKKHEb_xNpf7fJSvZAJWZhxRanmdpjh5n-Nywpg2OpH8oqbOwJhjaLSiy20jVEHZtyDEdKrsNghj-qRlIhXO0KIfeFr1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="2389" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit4MfqltOMxHf4TansYRsZlY9QWknc2uRh5V000Zi-IsSzPmhJBR4hPFYfz2_PClA1S6M5iRHTrvXojbFs27JsKFuAIlvc7vgweKKHEb_xNpf7fJSvZAJWZhxRanmdpjh5n-Nywpg2OpH8oqbOwJhjaLSiy20jVEHZtyDEdKrsNghj-qRlIhXO0KIfeFr1=w605-h640" width="605" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpyNztJl7U35W8AMsC5LSbBLQiiF1FNzX9qWBvvYpDTPPbA1aIih91CpOB6zLHLHma1QB1qDQA8EiU6J2JEzMzFDlf9FPQ-WTCNfWK7ty7X-Fe-7u0oYFE89y9KEZx6A4omyJBbtzNymiSikBsTHhnDnSpVOlpKRlSuhWce3p98tgVlAoPEyM3qWdUsVqM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpyNztJl7U35W8AMsC5LSbBLQiiF1FNzX9qWBvvYpDTPPbA1aIih91CpOB6zLHLHma1QB1qDQA8EiU6J2JEzMzFDlf9FPQ-WTCNfWK7ty7X-Fe-7u0oYFE89y9KEZx6A4omyJBbtzNymiSikBsTHhnDnSpVOlpKRlSuhWce3p98tgVlAoPEyM3qWdUsVqM=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mis en place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Ingredients:</span></div><p></p><p>2 bell peppers, chopped into 1" square pieces</p><p>4 plum tomatoes, also 1" pieces</p><p>1 cucumber seeded but not peeled, 1 " pieces</p><p>1 red onion - 1 " pieces</p><p>3 garlic cloves, chopped finely</p><p>3 cups tomato juice or enough tomatoes to make your own</p><p>1/4 cup white wine vinegar</p><p>1/4 cup good olive oil</p><p>1 1/2 tsp salt</p><p>pepper</p><p>avocado and or cilantro to garnish</p><p><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/gazpacho-recipe/index.html">Ina Garten's recipe</a> on Food Network<br /></p><p>Yes use a food processor but chop each vegetable up separately</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifC7PuoGI9MTSi-jfVZPCjZfveAfS0FBdwh_leEVz9F0XXIEwhYUxqy747T4Lotr5LMRdeza05CRyKCGetx87pOSggVmV0E6P2lqD6WI2aukGsj-FDa2I9Vg8s-nSPIx20BoRWGLEjEQj2MgGb1EcRjnm-y0UAJB8GlXaJcR-xsKSjpj5iYGpTfIQgVkJj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifC7PuoGI9MTSi-jfVZPCjZfveAfS0FBdwh_leEVz9F0XXIEwhYUxqy747T4Lotr5LMRdeza05CRyKCGetx87pOSggVmV0E6P2lqD6WI2aukGsj-FDa2I9Vg8s-nSPIx20BoRWGLEjEQj2MgGb1EcRjnm-y0UAJB8GlXaJcR-xsKSjpj5iYGpTfIQgVkJj=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Mix all veggies and tomato juice with olive oil and vinegar and store in the fridge for at least a day or two before serving<div><br /></div><div>I have made this soup 3 times now and love each serving. I will be sad when the tomatoes are gone.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next up EGG SALAD sandwiches</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHdsPimARes35Z4g8vmyyfrLZaaUu0ZiwmrIqRXEqGwNO7QvKfsrGmgi8GL7O7TJ3Sl-Xdp1hYVEXycExx41QVsc9nL9OnD12CIFkwaaab9nWhuj4BnOTkKwkQY4Gz79fEyaOFl5b50YIlDDWuvU_fPVTHpQV5VMOCBDEuBzhpHAuW5cdWyWZf8kFAQGiG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHdsPimARes35Z4g8vmyyfrLZaaUu0ZiwmrIqRXEqGwNO7QvKfsrGmgi8GL7O7TJ3Sl-Xdp1hYVEXycExx41QVsc9nL9OnD12CIFkwaaab9nWhuj4BnOTkKwkQY4Gz79fEyaOFl5b50YIlDDWuvU_fPVTHpQV5VMOCBDEuBzhpHAuW5cdWyWZf8kFAQGiG=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwYEm-49R2zhOrVfzL9cbHevzogohmv1pGLpTBf6TVWThMyNWMVdqKRkRDtx1QATH-mLZLfjCRgho-z4D_jUV8IxkOgevY-ieN_jq3CftnInrJAu6EjQl0QpHu7c4T1sXtbMIiXKCBCJQbLWBXMisQeOLwKDRpEjtYFl7hHdMKbw07LO7taviJuzprVfz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwYEm-49R2zhOrVfzL9cbHevzogohmv1pGLpTBf6TVWThMyNWMVdqKRkRDtx1QATH-mLZLfjCRgho-z4D_jUV8IxkOgevY-ieN_jq3CftnInrJAu6EjQl0QpHu7c4T1sXtbMIiXKCBCJQbLWBXMisQeOLwKDRpEjtYFl7hHdMKbw07LO7taviJuzprVfz=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mis en place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>EGG SALAD SANDWICHES</div><div>Ingredients</div><div>farm fresh or store bought pasture raised chicken eggs, hard cooked - I prefer to steam</div><div>mayonnaise</div><div>dijon mustard</div><div>red onions chopped fine</div><div>I dill pickle slice, chopped fine</div><div>fresh dill</div><div>salt and pepper</div><div><br /></div><div>How to hard cook super fresh eggs:</div><div>When I first tried to hard boil my fresh eggs I found that the shells would not release from the white when I tried to peel them.. It happened the second, third and fourth times as well ????? So I did some research and found that super fresh eggs just don't do well boiled. So I steam. 12 minutes in a steamer. I could give you all of the chemistry behind this....Ask if you really want to know otherwise just steam your eggs. You will be glad you did.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicosTOQ2Uqv1g74DtRqvegR8r2b8AjgbIK3KUCPevQj-EinWSZuJgOa526-NfG89ILbZJs28-UXAawPVM4HvMt8jgGJg4nAhqKsjSJc9a_JBXuer04HIzkz22vEVqV_XwxGnwmLQ2H9dLY0bKModiNFpkTABHRevWxMAvE6FQPNeLsKxo1rGeNTrqw5STl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicosTOQ2Uqv1g74DtRqvegR8r2b8AjgbIK3KUCPevQj-EinWSZuJgOa526-NfG89ILbZJs28-UXAawPVM4HvMt8jgGJg4nAhqKsjSJc9a_JBXuer04HIzkz22vEVqV_XwxGnwmLQ2H9dLY0bKModiNFpkTABHRevWxMAvE6FQPNeLsKxo1rGeNTrqw5STl=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Steam for 12 minutes. Then cool in an ice water bath</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn_A9FdH3HJ-bfev9-ioRVdrcr1uluZR0XcKBk8F03VZ4ndpo7sbgZDmh72OZklIr5CXxjDG-E7IHtuBV6BMDT9LmczlWZpYu_yq86NrZyDov0TDoZ_X5qm8c5QzTKwFhSFZ4-dSaiUAvRa2LUSQ0btXaK1jAZjswiC8hrFjz5jZlNM33259LVoFYIDDjz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn_A9FdH3HJ-bfev9-ioRVdrcr1uluZR0XcKBk8F03VZ4ndpo7sbgZDmh72OZklIr5CXxjDG-E7IHtuBV6BMDT9LmczlWZpYu_yq86NrZyDov0TDoZ_X5qm8c5QzTKwFhSFZ4-dSaiUAvRa2LUSQ0btXaK1jAZjswiC8hrFjz5jZlNM33259LVoFYIDDjz=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mix about 2 TBs of dijon mustard with about 1/2 cup mayonnaise to start then adjust as needed. I used 6 eggs and this worked out well. </div><div>Then add the red onion, dill pickle and fresh dill to the sauce.</div><div>Mix into the eggs</div><div>I use a box grater to cut up the egg but you can hand cut it as well</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8UErh91bBSqp1gHuwiNZd_E_ifYf148425h7aWwOrxZpuHVokKePsTUFqmrCtAALhJWHN9bAa6OVlfPBZzg-TpQVwzo3epZLvORvmFpeAa8akhsaxb6YX6Gm2cPKoO9U0rfXN5lI5ZnbkVlySZPBMvUnnIpW1T15xuJeQltmbKlHsXfQvGSbddgblyZYQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8UErh91bBSqp1gHuwiNZd_E_ifYf148425h7aWwOrxZpuHVokKePsTUFqmrCtAALhJWHN9bAa6OVlfPBZzg-TpQVwzo3epZLvORvmFpeAa8akhsaxb6YX6Gm2cPKoO9U0rfXN5lI5ZnbkVlySZPBMvUnnIpW1T15xuJeQltmbKlHsXfQvGSbddgblyZYQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Assemble between two pieces of bread after piling on some condiments : how about pickled onions?<p></p></div><div>I'll add the recipe to the end of the post</div><div>Add lettuce and as we did one nasturtium leaf. The nasturtium leaves and blossoms are edible and add a bit of spice - kind of like arugula.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihz5MMK1oz73IIr9QhtxgHSY57h7ZgVCq5v-IxA-NLGLpUvVfaOsyi6pVLWnT1pyHFUtKfeEgIPEvbwgcXiYN77AOhdriDQEKFOt1nBLCqLt6Kik4SYVrPZAW7ctuvdBbX59xFOtN0IjOtUU6gNTTly0nw2gvRAeV5me1pHfL4C4j3ydofv5xR1-UjTvGp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihz5MMK1oz73IIr9QhtxgHSY57h7ZgVCq5v-IxA-NLGLpUvVfaOsyi6pVLWnT1pyHFUtKfeEgIPEvbwgcXiYN77AOhdriDQEKFOt1nBLCqLt6Kik4SYVrPZAW7ctuvdBbX59xFOtN0IjOtUU6gNTTly0nw2gvRAeV5me1pHfL4C4j3ydofv5xR1-UjTvGp=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Egg salad sandwich with pickled onions, lettuce and nastursium leaves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next up WATERMELON PIZZA</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD_kt8WIfbKQfa0xlulrYdF_DfeMDllLTSWS4TwH6vrsY_XOO--_XEqUd3eHo-LBMaCXlVwKRWd3w28FyzUHc939fdTeN4nXVOJIYn9q_pwK29dU9RybQ1xZROWFt3mdvni-SIaJDZTCfo4YaGu_BwbJcycXE5FLfXJ0xqnyJPAGtz_s1ZBmYHZQYfi8qA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD_kt8WIfbKQfa0xlulrYdF_DfeMDllLTSWS4TwH6vrsY_XOO--_XEqUd3eHo-LBMaCXlVwKRWd3w28FyzUHc939fdTeN4nXVOJIYn9q_pwK29dU9RybQ1xZROWFt3mdvni-SIaJDZTCfo4YaGu_BwbJcycXE5FLfXJ0xqnyJPAGtz_s1ZBmYHZQYfi8qA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So much fun. You can see that it is made up of a wedge of watermelon topped with blueberries and reap berries, The "Cheese" is cream cheese mixed with powdered sugar and pushed through a pastry bag. Linda's previous performance was with a little smaller hole in her bag thus a narrower stream of cream sheese/sugar</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And for dessert: PALMIERS - Gluten Free!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Palmiers are a classic French pastry made from the pastry dough mille feuilles (puff pastry) This recipe is absolutely easy to make from Pepperidge Farm frozen puff pastry found in the freezer section of the grocery store and just follow<a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/palmiers-recipe-1915703" target="_blank"> Ina Gartens's recipe </a> But I decided to make it from scratch since I was really rusty from my school days at The Cordon Bleu in Paris.</div><div><br /></div><div>Did you know that there are 739 layers of dough/butter/dough in the finished pate ? You start out with a pie crust round then add a butter layer, wrap the edges of the pie pastry up and over the butter layer. Now you have 3 layers. With a sequence of rolling out and folding into thirds six times you end up with a beautiful uncooked dough</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlFeQKt8P2_gbldsmQy7DgRBq3D1S12vpJldk_YG0q_-XUXMqjghbeSTxUAL4uEzqs7Zwj1WroDKM_eTy70WAREehcnI38m1C4a5lGvwv1x_IfEZe9Sp31W6nLJTHpSVrklcuUhmsyJSPq0V3wVkrKqxxOYK0rU4Q7G-c-scTwnVG6mkBFx84gpg2GSa9N" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlFeQKt8P2_gbldsmQy7DgRBq3D1S12vpJldk_YG0q_-XUXMqjghbeSTxUAL4uEzqs7Zwj1WroDKM_eTy70WAREehcnI38m1C4a5lGvwv1x_IfEZe9Sp31W6nLJTHpSVrklcuUhmsyJSPq0V3wVkrKqxxOYK0rU4Q7G-c-scTwnVG6mkBFx84gpg2GSa9N=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIabpY0vrsmFxodoqaVtEofIpNdF9wv4AroXmna2mgLcvPtZ2ngvL-AXY4OqzG1v8EbE4kurjvYWPwx2mc_ff7kePUcFz_yQn5arE0dMxwbhRP3IszucXX09PhMNW-VYjz9kPf5wUaDKMa3cxO1bP0SAohYKnqqg2Gghlluwb5x77wpCutGbzNkTB_pmKB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIabpY0vrsmFxodoqaVtEofIpNdF9wv4AroXmna2mgLcvPtZ2ngvL-AXY4OqzG1v8EbE4kurjvYWPwx2mc_ff7kePUcFz_yQn5arE0dMxwbhRP3IszucXX09PhMNW-VYjz9kPf5wUaDKMa3cxO1bP0SAohYKnqqg2Gghlluwb5x77wpCutGbzNkTB_pmKB=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Roll the dough in sugar and cinnamon and then roll into a log by folding the outside edges two times each and meeting in the center, Chill the dough again. </div><div>Classic palmiers do not have cinnamon adulterating the flavor but what American does not like cinnamon sugar?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPANfwO7h6WMx4C-c4172OlYBTL-Om-d5EVRWusGxruvYLoTnMcODmRErne5D6r77uUbM7UuaNgVgEUJiduuFKaS2npGwy9ZWymv7te9MAxS97gEol6wx9ZMUi4Xo8jo-hEFDCR3t-nUKOTT67Wy9kX8c2G2fPoiJobKDjQnGA1DPgO2RQHldmSTF3W6N6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPANfwO7h6WMx4C-c4172OlYBTL-Om-d5EVRWusGxruvYLoTnMcODmRErne5D6r77uUbM7UuaNgVgEUJiduuFKaS2npGwy9ZWymv7te9MAxS97gEol6wx9ZMUi4Xo8jo-hEFDCR3t-nUKOTT67Wy9kX8c2G2fPoiJobKDjQnGA1DPgO2RQHldmSTF3W6N6=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then cut the chilled dough into slices</div><div>Put them one more time back into the fridge or freezer for a final chill then pop them into a preheated oven</div><div>450 degrees for just 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle again with cinnamon sugar. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI6psMDmfhsetdFOKHDsTuuYWbDTHcJUQkDAv4Z1mdKWPKZSRV9PdvOpcIzVJ6pNEksBJGXvAZvDz9SvIbeizTKpz2Unohu8X5ezWx_boPAKQoGqlX_8qUxttlYn2Ku9v-RP6lyeylRXA7HWCYd1q2ONO8hmr2Ew4PHhApu2bj_XwBpFqYhJ_-ccTXbDRQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="2261" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI6psMDmfhsetdFOKHDsTuuYWbDTHcJUQkDAv4Z1mdKWPKZSRV9PdvOpcIzVJ6pNEksBJGXvAZvDz9SvIbeizTKpz2Unohu8X5ezWx_boPAKQoGqlX_8qUxttlYn2Ku9v-RP6lyeylRXA7HWCYd1q2ONO8hmr2Ew4PHhApu2bj_XwBpFqYhJ_-ccTXbDRQ=w533-h640" width="533" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />These will go fast - especially with 9 people for lunch</div><div>I made this dough gluten free because my sweet Kate cannot have gluten. But like any normal teenager she love loves pastries and bread. Since she was coming for a visit I wanted to make these G-F palmiers for and with her, She loved it </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv2WFiAedZKn3sV1zMMnSHFe2ReE6YF4jS1osWownlgMxd3iqW62ZtwqUqfGAORfPFRW_ciln_QUhEjCOXFtuSt03q8f-Su7ncnjqxUBvKtQa5AcOTeZ4ZnBCVAPcF7CWkDsFz4zVMSOn5m5Ch3IY7ouj2oJavacLOngdA74aW9JbGZ76gp4qtXxSTAj0i" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv2WFiAedZKn3sV1zMMnSHFe2ReE6YF4jS1osWownlgMxd3iqW62ZtwqUqfGAORfPFRW_ciln_QUhEjCOXFtuSt03q8f-Su7ncnjqxUBvKtQa5AcOTeZ4ZnBCVAPcF7CWkDsFz4zVMSOn5m5Ch3IY7ouj2oJavacLOngdA74aW9JbGZ76gp4qtXxSTAj0i=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />We made this batch into twisted sticks. Kate loves churros so this was our version of a G-F churro/palmier. You can buy G-F frozen puff pastry in some markets @ $9/box l Yikes. On the other hand the ingredients for making it at home was not much less. Good news is I'm not rusty at the technique any more!</div><div><br /></div><div>And that was our summer lunch! </div><div><br /></div><div>Hurricane Hilary has just past through here leaving a mess for all of us to clean up but not any damage here, I think I have some time to make the pickled red onions </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have an entire <a href="https://messyroomstudio.blogspot.com/search?q=pickled+onions">post dedicated to this condiment </a> Please click on this link to go to that post </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVbmjUzGVE8zYLOFfGgOgdsIeEQlPqdTTWyHBR5PBAYCM0HQGrXg4sG3yQafeoKq1sYEXYpvvT91hRGLRbYniDKjc_bQ44S2j_UL6o72PKvSpCAzw72Eg02Ow_6xYkIIHDxOU37ipRz_0ywYZJcqUWCoLKU-l5TF0pSLJC27yh2E82MNzStZy5Yyn2Mciv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3474" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVbmjUzGVE8zYLOFfGgOgdsIeEQlPqdTTWyHBR5PBAYCM0HQGrXg4sG3yQafeoKq1sYEXYpvvT91hRGLRbYniDKjc_bQ44S2j_UL6o72PKvSpCAzw72Eg02Ow_6xYkIIHDxOU37ipRz_0ywYZJcqUWCoLKU-l5TF0pSLJC27yh2E82MNzStZy5Yyn2Mciv=w640-h557" width="640" /></a></div><br />I use Marisa McClellan"s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Food-Jars-Preserving-Batches-Year-Round/dp/0762441437/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H59YXIRY0EBH&keywords=food+in+jars&qid=1692730812&s=books&sprefix=food+in+jars%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-1"> Food in Jars book</a> many times every summer and throughout the year. You can also follow her website <a href="https://foodinjars.com">https://foodinjars.com</a> for many additional ideas </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3 pounds of red onions, thinly sliced</div><div>2 cups apple cider vinegar</div><div>3/4 cups granulated sugar</div><div>1 1/2 cups water</div><div>2 TBs Kosher or pickling salt<br /></div><div>2 tsp whole mustard seed</div><div>1 tsp celery seed</div><div>1/2 tsp red pepper flakes</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLlGltuROBU3zrkhsJBGMaK25JZw5xp5thTLz0RhIDUmVU21WltuhL2MVFzuc4fFw3xPvJwVBFwUlthx7gYpwNfzpUaBdkmKaKK2uKSicmcUSlO8baobV7E2fbm_sgM8Owp6yJv1fU1hadHpAMJdWN0Uv0H9Zjm6_AZKsX5ZUrjxJWbj8fAkDli4dANVeo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLlGltuROBU3zrkhsJBGMaK25JZw5xp5thTLz0RhIDUmVU21WltuhL2MVFzuc4fFw3xPvJwVBFwUlthx7gYpwNfzpUaBdkmKaKK2uKSicmcUSlO8baobV7E2fbm_sgM8Owp6yJv1fU1hadHpAMJdWN0Uv0H9Zjm6_AZKsX5ZUrjxJWbj8fAkDli4dANVeo=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbcWz7c3zHhvZI167bXVoiPRoOMD1cZTBG729161Dlk6_SeZbq-AF5FDS2z5-eYBelQXyP8665mZpZXPPIUoanKbnOrgh4PMbFJGJoglR86VT92EaPyDkF4F4LN2Ca4v9oh58C4eQQwYjoWvtUZUFtEUHHSmE0vQ4LGzTf9DtWk-p17XAEICIbTKT488CE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbcWz7c3zHhvZI167bXVoiPRoOMD1cZTBG729161Dlk6_SeZbq-AF5FDS2z5-eYBelQXyP8665mZpZXPPIUoanKbnOrgh4PMbFJGJoglR86VT92EaPyDkF4F4LN2Ca4v9oh58C4eQQwYjoWvtUZUFtEUHHSmE0vQ4LGzTf9DtWk-p17XAEICIbTKT488CE=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Combine the vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a pot over high heat and bring the brine to a boil</div><div>Add sliced onions to brine and stir to combine, Reduce heat to medium and simmer briefly to soften onions.</div><div>Combine the spices to blend and then divide among 3 pint size jars</div><div>Evenly divide the onions among the jars. Use tongs to transfer.</div><div>Pour brine over onions.</div><div>Pickles need to cure 48 hours before eating.</div><div>I used to water bath preserve these but I find they last in the fridge just fine.....they never last too long. If you make 3 jars - give one jar to a friend,</div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-82589535544166338392023-08-01T15:17:00.020-07:002023-08-13T18:11:23.034-07:00The Dog Days of Summer-<p>Here we are in the middle of the dog days of summer. It is so hot and humid that my doggie has to come in during the high temperatures to stay cool. Here is Charlotte definitely playing hookie from her duties as guardian to the farm animals. It's too hot to ask her to stay outside with her double thick coat. My kitchen is too hot to do much creativity. Who wants to turn on the oven?<br /></p><p>***For for pics of our "dogs" scroll to bottom of post*****</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkEpOJrn7KRkxFJSlUIbokDdlfLHMRFYkWUGkasOcbxJmKROPNlunQO-YbWaWhgxrhIrwMitxHrraYeVPrvHG4Lv-UPCqclIpNmb9Q3QWicYMCxZqG_1SyYmpC6wIPbiTvtBy7hKSzgDmLXZk15p3BMcgOE7XYgOKB9GgMl8wk1pqfLmweDCLMwPmyT45/s4032/Charlotte%20napping.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkEpOJrn7KRkxFJSlUIbokDdlfLHMRFYkWUGkasOcbxJmKROPNlunQO-YbWaWhgxrhIrwMitxHrraYeVPrvHG4Lv-UPCqclIpNmb9Q3QWicYMCxZqG_1SyYmpC6wIPbiTvtBy7hKSzgDmLXZk15p3BMcgOE7XYgOKB9GgMl8wk1pqfLmweDCLMwPmyT45/w480-h640/Charlotte%20napping.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>But what are the dog days of summer? The Farmers Almanac sites from July 3 - August 11 - the middle of summer and when the temperatures are highest along with high humidity. After a little research I found out that the "dog" is Sirius from the constellation Canis Majoris. It seems that the bright star of Sirius appears in the morning sky announcing changes in the weather pattern......some good like flooding in Egypt providing water to the desert fields and some bad.....high temperatures and humidity.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYhjdp7mzOfvrM54D9w5gjJ8w7avxuOkDVDaHAsKTLxUTHA-y1mTmtjWmGNgTiaI87I8Rqi6p8u4tfvVa_r9RWruSTZX0BTJVfXm0DcjGcYWdJEgd3Sf8mBCXyr0WsKaYbv1JmLQQU60OHDfrZFibG4Sqizx8huF573uFle8YZ4oe598l_kwTIh6pTF1P/s960/dog-star-sirius-canis-major_full_width.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYhjdp7mzOfvrM54D9w5gjJ8w7avxuOkDVDaHAsKTLxUTHA-y1mTmtjWmGNgTiaI87I8Rqi6p8u4tfvVa_r9RWruSTZX0BTJVfXm0DcjGcYWdJEgd3Sf8mBCXyr0WsKaYbv1JmLQQU60OHDfrZFibG4Sqizx8huF573uFle8YZ4oe598l_kwTIh6pTF1P/w480-h640/dog-star-sirius-canis-major_full_width.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>But also in the Farmer's Almanac is the fact that most of the spring planting is now bearing its fruit and the vines and plants that once provided water and nourishment are drying out allowing the fruit to reach maximum sweetness and announcing harvest time. All the work from the last few months is now paying off.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QPepQfzkzNul2HQCoKF4NGlVBDimLPaXs9g8l48SvJT8iktKAj_EypdH0sMxHMVGy6oHWJ9LlQGufomDiydUfQ_xDYtyw0aqBwypn7hEik0DOw9FiaaxdlaAwso8aSz8n_wU2APt16lmnjG-LpuG-4P0KE5fp1X_aRuf0no2CIQHXPSr9XzNf2WDtwQQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QPepQfzkzNul2HQCoKF4NGlVBDimLPaXs9g8l48SvJT8iktKAj_EypdH0sMxHMVGy6oHWJ9LlQGufomDiydUfQ_xDYtyw0aqBwypn7hEik0DOw9FiaaxdlaAwso8aSz8n_wU2APt16lmnjG-LpuG-4P0KE5fp1X_aRuf0no2CIQHXPSr9XzNf2WDtwQQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Some of the garden planted itself. This single scarlet runner bean sprouted so I gave it a stick to climb on. The pods have now dried and the beans are ready to harvest. The beans are such a beautiful color. And don't worry the pods are given to the goats. They are dry and crispy and the goats consider them potato chips.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2E4_KXsErfOH2Ft5_NaiIcf8ba_nVoLcfxbdQxkRIInceWmf9X1hAf8JwItie1eJydiWp5HmoFbwlDTwaoklnbtMClqtixImABf-VyEwKSjBDhsCx3RbEBvbaoeY1FyXuPY_tbB2bljHeGt7N73kxJO_AuPvpMnSNhWT1z4cud7arMEaY_qfo9emXVveS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2E4_KXsErfOH2Ft5_NaiIcf8ba_nVoLcfxbdQxkRIInceWmf9X1hAf8JwItie1eJydiWp5HmoFbwlDTwaoklnbtMClqtixImABf-VyEwKSjBDhsCx3RbEBvbaoeY1FyXuPY_tbB2bljHeGt7N73kxJO_AuPvpMnSNhWT1z4cud7arMEaY_qfo9emXVveS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7f9qiI4B7Y5qZ5haTRXz6J3b9BHnsdiZxJs8WMRLna-iRh37cPmoMOpwf_Q1Nb3D16x1A8BKrT-nVFf_MStRPWPLMo-tezaHBrILn6IGln3EFCPYoatJ-tUOfF3wJ9PQLG-efxl6LOritA6HS9uda0fXr3GC6UthQbDG3ImlCOS_uazXEY0g0n9EHrQD/s4032/scarlet%20runner%20beans%20in%20bowl.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7f9qiI4B7Y5qZ5haTRXz6J3b9BHnsdiZxJs8WMRLna-iRh37cPmoMOpwf_Q1Nb3D16x1A8BKrT-nVFf_MStRPWPLMo-tezaHBrILn6IGln3EFCPYoatJ-tUOfF3wJ9PQLG-efxl6LOritA6HS9uda0fXr3GC6UthQbDG3ImlCOS_uazXEY0g0n9EHrQD/w480-h640/scarlet%20runner%20beans%20in%20bowl.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCffcooP3uQp6HDBciRFVTurrFTplc1_BEoUezloBBEEaGC2yYANY6MrOs0paoNCrTENVmCM4eaCL68pI-D2gYNwd6mIV4UTQuwP98ItK0l-_aDCHRvxdTpHJ3yUsPlZqzWINzvW2KG0BnygeMaEkDyD8H79ZLchR0412STwbhYCZABlGDO2A70ix3_8Kk/s4032/Satsuma.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCffcooP3uQp6HDBciRFVTurrFTplc1_BEoUezloBBEEaGC2yYANY6MrOs0paoNCrTENVmCM4eaCL68pI-D2gYNwd6mIV4UTQuwP98ItK0l-_aDCHRvxdTpHJ3yUsPlZqzWINzvW2KG0BnygeMaEkDyD8H79ZLchR0412STwbhYCZABlGDO2A70ix3_8Kk/w480-h640/Satsuma.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Satsuma plums are ripening.<div><br /><div>I planted blackberry "sticks" and they are starting to ripen</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMhLbXt3z8ARqDgEg4jHmYP3TsyomyMDG1sGA0rRdQ9f5dMMtxi9kxi0NnLUAw64NUmrUPDrTkGichnkWtnazkNuL9OIv2kW7SDc2ltfgZoRbwqLiEyuIBdRxq9r2j3G9kWWwPNJnCBwu_9oRl7jONNic0XYH-gGQNBfgy0P5dZvsVT7S2NsGueYDlWhp/s4032/blackberries.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMhLbXt3z8ARqDgEg4jHmYP3TsyomyMDG1sGA0rRdQ9f5dMMtxi9kxi0NnLUAw64NUmrUPDrTkGichnkWtnazkNuL9OIv2kW7SDc2ltfgZoRbwqLiEyuIBdRxq9r2j3G9kWWwPNJnCBwu_9oRl7jONNic0XYH-gGQNBfgy0P5dZvsVT7S2NsGueYDlWhp/w480-h640/blackberries.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I planted shallots for the first time this year. When the top green spikes start to wilt and fall to the side they are ready to harvest. I see caramelized shallots in my near future:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPuP4FsY3sQFQUj4z214bOyDv5gkCT9izeepTVXEPMDQHEHEMWhtlNsoYaPIM3ISFrJ8qQqoBfcqr0Vc7P4ZUhsZvJVlvPSxKi_Q_uAtc6BPvaaHWkmzsBstcmQ-JaztzN7ehZYe_5m1lcPREFO6J0BGJES61oBA7TK2rEv9Opx5x31C6a0_XBHyppY3x/s4032/shallots.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPuP4FsY3sQFQUj4z214bOyDv5gkCT9izeepTVXEPMDQHEHEMWhtlNsoYaPIM3ISFrJ8qQqoBfcqr0Vc7P4ZUhsZvJVlvPSxKi_Q_uAtc6BPvaaHWkmzsBstcmQ-JaztzN7ehZYe_5m1lcPREFO6J0BGJES61oBA7TK2rEv9Opx5x31C6a0_XBHyppY3x/w640-h480/shallots.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also planted sweet onion starts - about 50 of them and they are ready to pull as well. Last night I grilled two along side my Halibut. Yes there are apricot preserves and jam on the shelf behind...June's project<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XSWXQcEcpF7sqoKW1FmAx1xdyktL8oAQZU9ILVx1dEamfgEHRVdUueVzRLuboEheWVYZUm2GATZtewDME6s_vdMlOlxXVfYF-2h4idy-bo3L-BPKEyAjmurUNcVrarsZZkh7wqfNupsZZPkbyc4VswSd_W8QWCZXLrxoTvtwte8LE1q8-6V_zKnjSNOg/s4032/onions%20in%20basket%20with%20jams.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XSWXQcEcpF7sqoKW1FmAx1xdyktL8oAQZU9ILVx1dEamfgEHRVdUueVzRLuboEheWVYZUm2GATZtewDME6s_vdMlOlxXVfYF-2h4idy-bo3L-BPKEyAjmurUNcVrarsZZkh7wqfNupsZZPkbyc4VswSd_W8QWCZXLrxoTvtwte8LE1q8-6V_zKnjSNOg/w480-h640/onions%20in%20basket%20with%20jams.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lava flow tomatoes ripening on the now brown vines </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQvtzxJa1fbDdaNds3RbA3I4FuP-8DhECCs7Hxz-6mt8a_afW1EgWLHv7_pj7Wiw4GhJdsNf9Y6HmkO-y5KHBcFYQfcw48a_ZTIWikXodB6qmppOEJ_0Y9za2feFkZ1ZgjW8HTqMsYqB2nGYLq9iHH5yxz1wM_IV-3bjw9nEKumnk8QsHQoReedCgzP8xx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3658" data-original-width="2255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQvtzxJa1fbDdaNds3RbA3I4FuP-8DhECCs7Hxz-6mt8a_afW1EgWLHv7_pj7Wiw4GhJdsNf9Y6HmkO-y5KHBcFYQfcw48a_ZTIWikXodB6qmppOEJ_0Y9za2feFkZ1ZgjW8HTqMsYqB2nGYLq9iHH5yxz1wM_IV-3bjw9nEKumnk8QsHQoReedCgzP8xx=w395-h640" width="395" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>I did plant a variety of pumpkins--most of them are still on the vine but the funny one with peanuts on the skin - "Galeux D'Eysines" started on its own producing about 500 square feet of vines and these 4 large pumpkins. The largest one weighs about 25 pound and produces the sweetest of pumpkin pies and muffins. The orange one is a Cinderella "Rouge vis d'Etampes" and the green is "Jarrahdale"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPGgox1em-W3APg2f2S0i7Zv7m1B2vJaD39wq544NHhvv5NjdnYVvAkMUor_1I5VZR82PdpFGO1d8ChQJUpGa_ycg7BeU36Vi_5zeg4IHOPvycikTj3H6rraloD6Fj1kdsWwb8x4XAGuP5gOH5sqGR8G4WRd_9ci8bIhLyoK4sXqPDZe-NfH6rV1Wu8NF/s4032/pumpkins%20in%20breezeway.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPGgox1em-W3APg2f2S0i7Zv7m1B2vJaD39wq544NHhvv5NjdnYVvAkMUor_1I5VZR82PdpFGO1d8ChQJUpGa_ycg7BeU36Vi_5zeg4IHOPvycikTj3H6rraloD6Fj1kdsWwb8x4XAGuP5gOH5sqGR8G4WRd_9ci8bIhLyoK4sXqPDZe-NfH6rV1Wu8NF/w640-h480/pumpkins%20in%20breezeway.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxCrHFoyZSsVkG_ZxCIZZdW40iHTmCd4-DXPksll-V7iCMmcNMt-wVtmCXWiEzHbPmCvpoK-kj_e957Bcmcd02V_uEs2_NjyIvSVZBdJl8CtJHus28Q7Q-2Ux1t_Kbi0NYMuyZGB8VWm4jZNcdYXpOWTnW41i1MRObOtouhSKiUOxCpcCp5b-WXlvZErgK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxCrHFoyZSsVkG_ZxCIZZdW40iHTmCd4-DXPksll-V7iCMmcNMt-wVtmCXWiEzHbPmCvpoK-kj_e957Bcmcd02V_uEs2_NjyIvSVZBdJl8CtJHus28Q7Q-2Ux1t_Kbi0NYMuyZGB8VWm4jZNcdYXpOWTnW41i1MRObOtouhSKiUOxCpcCp5b-WXlvZErgK=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Yes all of this for 4 pumpkins</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qhGY5xtgZsNGCNMHuk0_1YRuNfPcyR0YOovo-juyzV_UCEh7NpRbDZyvAxPI2iWiJydhy4WGbBduSPxHhjID8DS73iVADO9UaUQCyJLXMoYOLYTY_BTvYwrpOW5pdR-YoGx6hkSBOE4bqW-bvKi7wVbaDvIOMC3s2j0okYEvGasdygRvuCa4G0AVvnzS/s4032/green%20pumpkin%20on%20trellis.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qhGY5xtgZsNGCNMHuk0_1YRuNfPcyR0YOovo-juyzV_UCEh7NpRbDZyvAxPI2iWiJydhy4WGbBduSPxHhjID8DS73iVADO9UaUQCyJLXMoYOLYTY_BTvYwrpOW5pdR-YoGx6hkSBOE4bqW-bvKi7wVbaDvIOMC3s2j0okYEvGasdygRvuCa4G0AVvnzS/w480-h640/green%20pumpkin%20on%20trellis.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here is a "Jarrahdale hanging from the squash trellis.</div><div><br /></div><div>But my new adventure was planting a melon patch. I started in March clearing a space about 10' by 10 " and enriching the soil with compost.. I built up mounds with furrows in between and installed an irrigation system that would flood the furrows therefore avoiding watering from above which can cause mildew to the plant. Of course no proper melon patch is complete without a dozen or so sunflowers:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFWZvfMxxKO0CMMkldjGDwgQQAZYrSjQehC5QbwWmQHsANKRfrSGNF7fIuEIwsG46xL3kcFuZSEFd_CREQqv1kMDLsVNWvRprBdZArlG3TSWlQJnqTTefqO4hxc0tU3-I90NDb8jD12ncsQbLYKbed1S0EdSxyo84e1SpWDQS3DnIZqm5fsQ_hNjf0_kyK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFWZvfMxxKO0CMMkldjGDwgQQAZYrSjQehC5QbwWmQHsANKRfrSGNF7fIuEIwsG46xL3kcFuZSEFd_CREQqv1kMDLsVNWvRprBdZArlG3TSWlQJnqTTefqO4hxc0tU3-I90NDb8jD12ncsQbLYKbed1S0EdSxyo84e1SpWDQS3DnIZqm5fsQ_hNjf0_kyK=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Here was the tricky part: Most melons take about 90 days to develop after 7-14 days for the seed to germinate in 70-90 degree temperatures. It was cold and wet this spring and not warm enough for the seeds to germinate until Easter weekend. April 8 But just as the weather cooperated I didn't feel like planting seeds. In fact I didn't feel like doing anything. COVID In spite of feeling awful I planted 4 rows of 12 different varieties before climbing in bed for 3 days. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomzoCFO2maUC2sRhOr7FhzsZTQxS6lymdISwxkNgfnTzMZtP4vV2G1I4xY15awQJqxp8p6QSw-b_Pzsd6JIWm2cktEOjJ9uJetHPikFczvtY3XZIE-HHwum4UfnJCVQvAVQZFOZ_EvOfzfXyErHXs2mZNp8hZ-_mCPnj5VelREIRlSlfqcfRkWWVF7vrw/s4032/melon%20with%20prochuto%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomzoCFO2maUC2sRhOr7FhzsZTQxS6lymdISwxkNgfnTzMZtP4vV2G1I4xY15awQJqxp8p6QSw-b_Pzsd6JIWm2cktEOjJ9uJetHPikFczvtY3XZIE-HHwum4UfnJCVQvAVQZFOZ_EvOfzfXyErHXs2mZNp8hZ-_mCPnj5VelREIRlSlfqcfRkWWVF7vrw/w480-h640/melon%20with%20prochuto%20.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Today 114 days after sowing my melon seeds I picked this melon from my patch and ate it for my lunch.</div><div>It is a French melon: "Petit Gris de Rennes" You can smell its perfumes 5 feet away. It is amazingly fragrant and the orange meat is so sweet. Pairing melons with salty or cured meats and fishes is amazing so this melon draped in prosciutto was perfect.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67_5YHf-0ht-5PiyCZ4QKB6q2KzEmrt_dFo2Sv70u6cdmJt2oOUhWr_iVOvkg8_-S35ew-o9g5aeBeYtEvbxn71rsl3JsSMw2UHBhAPI3iA1gg11a9QyXSYV1vKb9tAtgEEfbafwCEgQGmlNx6TFcjiV44gDHHCsOmCTUOKyza6c-ynNmjs6KPNnAzntF/s4032/canteloup%20under%20leaves.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67_5YHf-0ht-5PiyCZ4QKB6q2KzEmrt_dFo2Sv70u6cdmJt2oOUhWr_iVOvkg8_-S35ew-o9g5aeBeYtEvbxn71rsl3JsSMw2UHBhAPI3iA1gg11a9QyXSYV1vKb9tAtgEEfbafwCEgQGmlNx6TFcjiV44gDHHCsOmCTUOKyza6c-ynNmjs6KPNnAzntF/w480-h640/canteloup%20under%20leaves.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>French melon "Chanterais" hiding under cover.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM5G06s2yDAWjuKiMfdwyb70Jz2nP5e7SV3qFCvzbLYHokrZmgL1lRjwa6_SmIRbYqDbeohaT0INxi-KcKcMr7nbKk7pFkdfh68C3xfWZ2AihoiOSZcs12ZZZcCELg0KzMIWOYUSWUjiSrlXr04GqIxTUavaue_nk08N87ohCpGLREO3SSrqkZyKTI7bP/s4032/ripe%20French%20melon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM5G06s2yDAWjuKiMfdwyb70Jz2nP5e7SV3qFCvzbLYHokrZmgL1lRjwa6_SmIRbYqDbeohaT0INxi-KcKcMr7nbKk7pFkdfh68C3xfWZ2AihoiOSZcs12ZZZcCELg0KzMIWOYUSWUjiSrlXr04GqIxTUavaue_nk08N87ohCpGLREO3SSrqkZyKTI7bP/w480-h640/ripe%20French%20melon.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You can tell a melon is ripe by looking for a scar on the vine end. The scar is telling us that the vine is about to pull off of the fruit. It should also smell amazing. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd4FsduiSY80kn9oBp5k0JyVngSwN1Jpl7tItAmw8SQtC1EVJx3Lci30XuAQI0FRZtOZmA-dRmc-al5xgG0r_W4ZY4aeoy78PXmX6uJ3YJYELF7VFbfZfv5jBEFhZiPdTJ63_1g8pNhjtyqpZM4sXgrnoLtdaw-v0TMHLhYbi0nLWaDSHAiXb87REpPYO/s4032/chanterais%20cut.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd4FsduiSY80kn9oBp5k0JyVngSwN1Jpl7tItAmw8SQtC1EVJx3Lci30XuAQI0FRZtOZmA-dRmc-al5xgG0r_W4ZY4aeoy78PXmX6uJ3YJYELF7VFbfZfv5jBEFhZiPdTJ63_1g8pNhjtyqpZM4sXgrnoLtdaw-v0TMHLhYbi0nLWaDSHAiXb87REpPYO/w480-h640/chanterais%20cut.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Petit gris de Rennes cut open....must save some seeds for next year </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTbd-m5UcnfyL1RewDCixXu5Mk6lc_hErIvhztQYkPok4I5rdhsmIQwSSiLSgeKoTycUC7hqWqlvTgFxSY8xyehad7kXDzlH5sghWqP_8Tmsx3XkEJinXs4lTySdQttPDYvF8YhAdnQHf9jTA0rGS5C2F-n_GOMGXu6AVc_k8wrfIoLX09I12k00OzpIH/s4032/melon%20patch.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTbd-m5UcnfyL1RewDCixXu5Mk6lc_hErIvhztQYkPok4I5rdhsmIQwSSiLSgeKoTycUC7hqWqlvTgFxSY8xyehad7kXDzlH5sghWqP_8Tmsx3XkEJinXs4lTySdQttPDYvF8YhAdnQHf9jTA0rGS5C2F-n_GOMGXu6AVc_k8wrfIoLX09I12k00OzpIH/w480-h640/melon%20patch.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cantaloupe</div><br /><p>So much for the melon lesson. Just choose one that smells divine from the stem end cut open and eat. No cooking recipes this months. The kitchen is just too hot. Dog days.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrp6c7Wo8E_Py0w-O-E0B-QbJJH9_4KgACkrTQhD77ACMOx8HQKwgmS8pVQhJ8Jp4F70YT7mkTXqQv5nb1SQKbqNyQlPZX1CquHB3DMZMmB0qrp8QFvKEngXZ1W-g4mK2j8rVD6T5nlGTNTKT83_nEZB_oyLGo9pw0IxkALKozEQpdwgl6LCW6PcLuuZRd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3724" data-original-width="2218" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrp6c7Wo8E_Py0w-O-E0B-QbJJH9_4KgACkrTQhD77ACMOx8HQKwgmS8pVQhJ8Jp4F70YT7mkTXqQv5nb1SQKbqNyQlPZX1CquHB3DMZMmB0qrp8QFvKEngXZ1W-g4mK2j8rVD6T5nlGTNTKT83_nEZB_oyLGo9pw0IxkALKozEQpdwgl6LCW6PcLuuZRd=w381-h640" width="381" /></a></div><br />The sunflowers have all nodded their heads. This one will be fed to the goats and chickens tonight....maybe I'll save some seeds first <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6gvKCUC-Hhw7mzUYaEZXSQU4mu_jPjHXTewSw3PyXc-zdyts4Goo-A4VZJGmqYXOxWkCZyvml8UiMvnaWI99HOmJmugzy_5zu6528eTHFAVvnZq9CcQlGl7dQKSureJvytJV3o9i_QjV0R5oJyrYUyOutJUdc9nDk98v1bXnDI8WLmgacmLzxVFCaykgh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="1768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6gvKCUC-Hhw7mzUYaEZXSQU4mu_jPjHXTewSw3PyXc-zdyts4Goo-A4VZJGmqYXOxWkCZyvml8UiMvnaWI99HOmJmugzy_5zu6528eTHFAVvnZq9CcQlGl7dQKSureJvytJV3o9i_QjV0R5oJyrYUyOutJUdc9nDk98v1bXnDI8WLmgacmLzxVFCaykgh=w413-h640" width="413" /></a></div><br />Rose loves to clean up the garden vines and sunflowers <p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEKF475gp_dKVQi2s4vDVXUWm2IzOprlUNtMXrmWaVsF_KbH-cpFOEjG_1hOc3e1pNKkzMTDUDvmfbk6KWn7hb-KNGuM20d2GJCrBy4Stss6spGCBouXO3kwYitfa3zV98-Gck2IUGDJdN_y3bmyDnnrhf7TAsRkex_rNOR4T8BM2xf7Nb34Rpom9hc7Y1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3517" data-original-width="2641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEKF475gp_dKVQi2s4vDVXUWm2IzOprlUNtMXrmWaVsF_KbH-cpFOEjG_1hOc3e1pNKkzMTDUDvmfbk6KWn7hb-KNGuM20d2GJCrBy4Stss6spGCBouXO3kwYitfa3zV98-Gck2IUGDJdN_y3bmyDnnrhf7TAsRkex_rNOR4T8BM2xf7Nb34Rpom9hc7Y1=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />But I still have some garden growing. Next month: green beans, butternut squash, berries, nectarines, lots of herbs, eggplant, more zucchini, cucumbers, haricots vests, beets and then time to plant again<p></p><p>Enjoy your dog days. keep your cool</p><p>Share your DOGS:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XMIFehGUI0ZoiWsSjOgdRygZJxIf_Tk8dJgLicR5VFgNlvkzDB-5Oku3zy1p5Ylqy8jKZLNetb4ls-g2XRI12BJrn2Uu1YFAuWhj9-uWlAVD9oMNsh-ayp7qXozOUSlCd4kDSFZYf1uzMscgNWvx2mEYgpR4yEgFSeOTwemN6OsMR1mRcJSLdWgZi5Tb/s2666/Rudy,%20dog%20days.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="2352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XMIFehGUI0ZoiWsSjOgdRygZJxIf_Tk8dJgLicR5VFgNlvkzDB-5Oku3zy1p5Ylqy8jKZLNetb4ls-g2XRI12BJrn2Uu1YFAuWhj9-uWlAVD9oMNsh-ayp7qXozOUSlCd4kDSFZYf1uzMscgNWvx2mEYgpR4yEgFSeOTwemN6OsMR1mRcJSLdWgZi5Tb/w564-h640/Rudy,%20dog%20days.jpeg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rudy's dog days in Manhattan Beach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rudy is a Morkie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMyG-MQpjw4Y_enbzoBHrEdY-omA3v_xM_-gYrUSQA3E6vCxYo_MF4qvKQ0k61udw65XZnfAiF4bMFsl7OQbhy9mdgWuaCcY41KkXlzmokPBOes7Ssn78Au9r_TRe_ZHYpF7StKLo2tQJ3-Iv60wYspuC-EUMTbJlDNyoLS799BxEOuPd-iDHQhikMUpT/s2362/dog%20days%20Ella%20and%20baby%20goats.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="2362" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMyG-MQpjw4Y_enbzoBHrEdY-omA3v_xM_-gYrUSQA3E6vCxYo_MF4qvKQ0k61udw65XZnfAiF4bMFsl7OQbhy9mdgWuaCcY41KkXlzmokPBOes7Ssn78Au9r_TRe_ZHYpF7StKLo2tQJ3-Iv60wYspuC-EUMTbJlDNyoLS799BxEOuPd-iDHQhikMUpT/w640-h480/dog%20days%20Ella%20and%20baby%20goats.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bullet, Rose and Ella downward dog days</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURnp6U5KtMe7IJMYAARKVoEsrPLECIVSwg1-kJMLsdlqGyJSY1EyOU40exXKT3GwrialKb2X3LTYyWAl9yBj6OexhomKP32vQgYUaa9Zw46o6ncsMIiAMPMMjr8JypL1ewRRWA4XRcjpZzKCDXKCgh-ey3ruz8k2HydWaRDtVSKwWDyHWyKJIlDLnaKcb/s2883/Eddy,%20Georgia.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="2883" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURnp6U5KtMe7IJMYAARKVoEsrPLECIVSwg1-kJMLsdlqGyJSY1EyOU40exXKT3GwrialKb2X3LTYyWAl9yBj6OexhomKP32vQgYUaa9Zw46o6ncsMIiAMPMMjr8JypL1ewRRWA4XRcjpZzKCDXKCgh-ey3ruz8k2HydWaRDtVSKwWDyHWyKJIlDLnaKcb/w640-h562/Eddy,%20Georgia.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Georgia, Kate and Eddie in the dog days in Denver</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Georgia is a Goldendoodle and Eddie is a Newfoundland Poodle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4kXkFc_0lkr-vbu82gWfwX_zPa8T9zrYOp8aiFCghFjz2-_HDefOJJrljmfqS8zxJxBZwRRKu6-3HIc8sbjkeNmpuqmOhW9pTLEPFx-s3-rGImoQ8zlK950m02rYqBOKtWJxXhBrkHIZs90tkl2QJfCvcxdTagi5PMbvrUfvKCwta8b_jaodNYfU5R6Rc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3482" data-original-width="2506" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4kXkFc_0lkr-vbu82gWfwX_zPa8T9zrYOp8aiFCghFjz2-_HDefOJJrljmfqS8zxJxBZwRRKu6-3HIc8sbjkeNmpuqmOhW9pTLEPFx-s3-rGImoQ8zlK950m02rYqBOKtWJxXhBrkHIZs90tkl2QJfCvcxdTagi5PMbvrUfvKCwta8b_jaodNYfU5R6Rc=w461-h640" width="461" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fiona, Finn and Tiegan dog days</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fiona and Finn are Blue Merle Collie litter mates</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRrEpPXQD2xSUV0lcK-C2wXjOW9xrhQlGmJjndt_56jbabhLYl5rWXdJjCsL-ZOR-ZiR5zd_LXEq5vTMTLIXwgkrsXPfweD26tLmmUrye8HTfnuMOFSbjiQY6pMfFAolLE38QU4L13YvyMXcN7aDdNLhtU2fgkyh3uwe9FzbL9UrCas3LUPXvYQSkjel1/s1811/IMG_4419.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1491" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRrEpPXQD2xSUV0lcK-C2wXjOW9xrhQlGmJjndt_56jbabhLYl5rWXdJjCsL-ZOR-ZiR5zd_LXEq5vTMTLIXwgkrsXPfweD26tLmmUrye8HTfnuMOFSbjiQY6pMfFAolLE38QU4L13YvyMXcN7aDdNLhtU2fgkyh3uwe9FzbL9UrCas3LUPXvYQSkjel1/w526-h640/IMG_4419.jpeg" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zeke's puppy days in the pool ( 2 minutes after returning home from the groomer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zeke is a Giant Schnauzer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBYCZgPVRNUgBOml4OXHtt0pRW0Il-C0sDuYPLrq-3PFHHLFit3DW2V4cJa0gyYsKzom6F35gLKR7r6DiSJUq6Pu202UaRQ2QRjuG8Tx45zAKT5AmjHyy1FhACt3qWf-U3lrzGaYP8PqI3iPWZ1Tk29GPWlp8scwWcM38XfTHbF3r58dqjkPOSXaUyQ6jd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBYCZgPVRNUgBOml4OXHtt0pRW0Il-C0sDuYPLrq-3PFHHLFit3DW2V4cJa0gyYsKzom6F35gLKR7r6DiSJUq6Pu202UaRQ2QRjuG8Tx45zAKT5AmjHyy1FhACt3qWf-U3lrzGaYP8PqI3iPWZ1Tk29GPWlp8scwWcM38XfTHbF3r58dqjkPOSXaUyQ6jd=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Louis' first dog (puppy) days in Los Angeles with his PaPa Andrew</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Louis is a Lagatto Romanolo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJTtD5rN-9zObG3NhC2RWpcbvu5CBp5ga6RPnqherotSijIFizMKE123_K58MBXbCbgyjNAq7FuN6r6L5b_OYnPcfJ382L06dVnQzbAy2E20dOfzpwPXapW6YNpqSJFOsHWn3UbKi8GctFkI0mkmnMn2VjGM7JjI6rkBFzP3XW6eEgGdWJTVVcRTWozNb/s2613/Opie.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="1954" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJTtD5rN-9zObG3NhC2RWpcbvu5CBp5ga6RPnqherotSijIFizMKE123_K58MBXbCbgyjNAq7FuN6r6L5b_OYnPcfJ382L06dVnQzbAy2E20dOfzpwPXapW6YNpqSJFOsHWn3UbKi8GctFkI0mkmnMn2VjGM7JjI6rkBFzP3XW6eEgGdWJTVVcRTWozNb/w478-h640/Opie.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Opie - Charlotte's main buddy. Opie is a rat terrier and right at home here at High Tide Farm during the dog days of summer and all year round</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMQNb8arB-ZrKgtP4sILksiwDYTpLoooEM2oSE7COpwNtPiLxoBizmeeQ-nrWmqvoekgylfahxVu3rFHw1D4yqCDlGcMrO4CyZXZvZ1_Ly4qUDXV3-GpXgDVZhE9izmkw9KerH4T1kYGR0hjeiZYTj8nUikuhdYkEJU4tXIyK6q_YB5q5Kb-xhJwj_ZEyH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3171" data-original-width="2188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMQNb8arB-ZrKgtP4sILksiwDYTpLoooEM2oSE7COpwNtPiLxoBizmeeQ-nrWmqvoekgylfahxVu3rFHw1D4yqCDlGcMrO4CyZXZvZ1_Ly4qUDXV3-GpXgDVZhE9izmkw9KerH4T1kYGR0hjeiZYTj8nUikuhdYkEJU4tXIyK6q_YB5q5Kb-xhJwj_ZEyH=w443-h640" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bear...our dog day friend we see every day on our morning walk</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bear is a Newfoundland</div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK6XoPC4wEBHrDPEzBBv1GkUeVFm_k6jZZzWAOgW7C6HQoyuYlFnSe84utQNUUxvTsmt54tIR-kRAvIqnwWPEcPItGgfCvrtxh8jQtpe6KzbbFcyqynqjwBabS_aTNCscDIJaT-Py7C-eRs7hIiPIalibBGBdfGIl9LuNIZZ_3SPb0k8xwZ0hiFlq1l9-/s2144/Charlotte%20on%20dkim%20board.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="2144" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK6XoPC4wEBHrDPEzBBv1GkUeVFm_k6jZZzWAOgW7C6HQoyuYlFnSe84utQNUUxvTsmt54tIR-kRAvIqnwWPEcPItGgfCvrtxh8jQtpe6KzbbFcyqynqjwBabS_aTNCscDIJaT-Py7C-eRs7hIiPIalibBGBdfGIl9LuNIZZ_3SPb0k8xwZ0hiFlq1l9-/w640-h388/Charlotte%20on%20dkim%20board.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Charlotte on her skim board - dog and beach days</div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-78589706763700365572023-07-04T13:59:00.013-07:002023-07-17T08:13:23.124-07:00Apples! Pommes! Tarts! July's bounty<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLm5fKY7oKcdpDf8RFlNPKYzK8X1cbYdH4haBQdQF5mmVXoMYMrYmOM64a0b4E5Zs0zM55jdR2qRWntT2WYR6ek-H-_B0VPEk4FAVfjtPOEJm1UI_7vSPUUCJqbqAbPriOUir71wy1aTt2njEciBZoky_IQH3TnW7qjF4-SLrqdNBS9kDiiUmDukiWcLD/s2853/single%20apple.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="2134" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLm5fKY7oKcdpDf8RFlNPKYzK8X1cbYdH4haBQdQF5mmVXoMYMrYmOM64a0b4E5Zs0zM55jdR2qRWntT2WYR6ek-H-_B0VPEk4FAVfjtPOEJm1UI_7vSPUUCJqbqAbPriOUir71wy1aTt2njEciBZoky_IQH3TnW7qjF4-SLrqdNBS9kDiiUmDukiWcLD/w478-h640/single%20apple.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div>While I was busy with another huge crop of Apricots my Anna apple tree's branches were getting heavy with beautiful fruit. I would pick a few each day and share them with my goats. They love apples. Soon I realized that I had a huge crop and would have to think about preserving them too. After the apricot production started to wane I started in on the apples.:<p></p><p><br /></p><p> A bushel or a peck?</p><p>I think a peck is a basket that holds about 25 apples.</p><p>A bushel is 4 pecks</p><p>My childhood song lyrics: "I love you a bushel and a peck.....a bushel and a peck....and a hug around the neck."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKQVsgZXS3l_xvRcjiDazpPnTlkqE-IsfPAtIt6juAXwOOYOFuYS8EU63OG2aIQ9Tl-Lb-4Se6hSrIZrs1jj2YXt_cqKcVIJhO7lKbqf8Kr990wU774hfRddxHzeth-oVMtJ1vhZ68MvD5K5KxhGX80wJvqUEl1ciG1hzYlxh15x2eDyxup-LcBKoIl8Y/s3666/apples%20%20bushel%20or%20peck%3F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="3666" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKQVsgZXS3l_xvRcjiDazpPnTlkqE-IsfPAtIt6juAXwOOYOFuYS8EU63OG2aIQ9Tl-Lb-4Se6hSrIZrs1jj2YXt_cqKcVIJhO7lKbqf8Kr990wU774hfRddxHzeth-oVMtJ1vhZ68MvD5K5KxhGX80wJvqUEl1ciG1hzYlxh15x2eDyxup-LcBKoIl8Y/w640-h474/apples%20%20bushel%20or%20peck%3F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">basket of apples</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apples are best eaten whole but I have to find another route for them so my French cooking kicked in an I decided to make a simple apple tart.... galette pommes. really very easy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn0pwrvaMj5jDLmOUUHsZrrukztzKW-yz0z5w_dRNC8Aeg8EGGdVMY7_kuR-FlErsCp1Jqc0IPC0IbfLeiPVyPOsO9Sf8pU6steEntkAL6F6WMVPkzEgZXwgucwTyQR5Xm8nZyfp9D2XDjlBb8u3mEN63pTq1oCY-uS-ezVOkE25IzZtMnyQnAiCs37YD/s4032/apple%20galette%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn0pwrvaMj5jDLmOUUHsZrrukztzKW-yz0z5w_dRNC8Aeg8EGGdVMY7_kuR-FlErsCp1Jqc0IPC0IbfLeiPVyPOsO9Sf8pU6steEntkAL6F6WMVPkzEgZXwgucwTyQR5Xm8nZyfp9D2XDjlBb8u3mEN63pTq1oCY-uS-ezVOkE25IzZtMnyQnAiCs37YD/w640-h480/apple%20galette%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mis en place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As American as Apple Pie? No as French as an apple tart</div><div><br /></div><b>Recipe:</b><div><br /></div><div>Ingredients:</div><div>4 small apples</div><div>1 sheet of premade puff pastry</div><div>sugar enough to sprinkle the tops of the apples</div><div>butter - enough to drop a little on top of the sugar</div><div>apricot jelly or jam - to make the glaze after baking</div><div>Calvados ( or as you can see I used Pernod) to flavor the glaze</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Method:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Defrost one sheet of frozen puff pastry in the fridge.</div><div>Cut into 4 pieces and place on a parchment lined baking sheet</div><div>Peel, core and slice the apples. Place the slices on the small rectangle of pastry</div><div>Sprinkle with sugar</div><div>Dot with butter</div><div>Palace in fridge while oven is preheating</div><div><br /></div><div>Preheat oven to 400 degrees</div><div>Bake for 30-40 minutes until the apples are slightly caramelized and the pastry is golden</div><div>Cool slightly</div><div>The French ALWAYS glaze their pastries with an apricot glaze. It leaves the tart shiny with a slight sweetness to the finish</div><div><br /></div><div>To make the glaze:</div><div><br /></div><div>Heat about 1/2 cup apricot jam or jelly (Yep- got lots of this after my bounty of apricots In June.) with about 2 TBS of Calvados ( ar any other compatible liquor or water)</div><div>Paint a thin layer of glaze over the apples</div><div><br /></div><div>Bon Appetit!<br /><p><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXadprDKAbP2Mn3VY-J4yO_clYNd8FkpE8ZbOLR77b7JrS2t5lg48FceX2-iK-o32FHrz84Jr8rCpyMPHXlvAzD0e1aO1rnsunql-p3A03QVoOFJnGGC7G9IpKbYaXk0eY7mt7rBkS7VNO8k7olklvQgaCowXxJgjjvenYHQOuXo0DwYYE2T9jjw9Jjheh/s3484/apples%20on%20puff%20pastry.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="3484" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXadprDKAbP2Mn3VY-J4yO_clYNd8FkpE8ZbOLR77b7JrS2t5lg48FceX2-iK-o32FHrz84Jr8rCpyMPHXlvAzD0e1aO1rnsunql-p3A03QVoOFJnGGC7G9IpKbYaXk0eY7mt7rBkS7VNO8k7olklvQgaCowXxJgjjvenYHQOuXo0DwYYE2T9jjw9Jjheh/w534-h427/apples%20on%20puff%20pastry.jpeg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apples on puff pastry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg59SoJGbtfi2wPYt66T1praCIzBvBBgjZImMRx3IMlJsvZrqk8lU4Wy_1TvSsiSScvBel_G97gDNbAo1RXzPNUx1kmT5f6RXfQjKVbdnDfUM1YyP2lP-bjGDv2DqcZ4YusvoVdPE25IY6lM4DvSyPnQaRN4_iytO_Yre6tTFQBa5Xp8Dz9fHNApNYkO6v/s4032/single%20galette.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg59SoJGbtfi2wPYt66T1praCIzBvBBgjZImMRx3IMlJsvZrqk8lU4Wy_1TvSsiSScvBel_G97gDNbAo1RXzPNUx1kmT5f6RXfQjKVbdnDfUM1YyP2lP-bjGDv2DqcZ4YusvoVdPE25IY6lM4DvSyPnQaRN4_iytO_Yre6tTFQBa5Xp8Dz9fHNApNYkO6v/w358-h477/single%20galette.jpeg" width="358" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Out of the oven and glazed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdz6QSQwyIZTlidhkbIyHayt4FWD626-xNmhCTDXVNT31RyxxfY9gHjANOzj0xm2MwdXP2fc4YhBNArlKJ79M-WAdKiVtSP4vFpeOcC4-L5NNAxZKrWSVbwt2M84tg7sOvT9znX39HAV45d6ywD2AgI9_3mzmp_VteJCZnHoaVvlZz6uqAfLyXvj-Vmh4f/s4032/apples%20galette,%20presentation.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdz6QSQwyIZTlidhkbIyHayt4FWD626-xNmhCTDXVNT31RyxxfY9gHjANOzj0xm2MwdXP2fc4YhBNArlKJ79M-WAdKiVtSP4vFpeOcC4-L5NNAxZKrWSVbwt2M84tg7sOvT9znX39HAV45d6ywD2AgI9_3mzmp_VteJCZnHoaVvlZz6uqAfLyXvj-Vmh4f/w640-h480/apples%20galette,%20presentation.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">finished presentation (I ate the fourth one - the edges were a little burned so it didn't make the photo shoot)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nl-yAOuqk5ZY3LWBGYHOpQuVVI1h92CuBHPwTI2_Hnpb_Tx-bFyDd1MY-245qoP3unGCzy2x61Lqb0qb0ziorxryGIFhP0STg4eCFbGHi7vjIl6K7CKIWuzSdv8W_dEcKVGxaNTeITod2wwGoHZ5bl-GslI6nz4ap65pmXTLOx8yZ3PUcfqCtcfvo4Ha/s4032/apples%20and%20sky.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nl-yAOuqk5ZY3LWBGYHOpQuVVI1h92CuBHPwTI2_Hnpb_Tx-bFyDd1MY-245qoP3unGCzy2x61Lqb0qb0ziorxryGIFhP0STg4eCFbGHi7vjIl6K7CKIWuzSdv8W_dEcKVGxaNTeITod2wwGoHZ5bl-GslI6nz4ap65pmXTLOx8yZ3PUcfqCtcfvo4Ha/w480-h640/apples%20and%20sky.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait! There's more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been pretty successful dehydrating my fruit and then can share or eat in the off season although I'm not sure there is an off season here in Southern California</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbqCLL80GHyXdfjpl1r5v69e9StFttrnlarc6Zs09PZjnXIIIdEtd8BIJn6FrCcOv1kYMCcgIXp5IeMlWwvi0O9LqUzTNE291aOGiQbryAAeeZMzZsxH4rj0gffjoNFLtkPDxWR5Lw02kmGgKcPDhqNpBgkTjwhEoaY1uQ1m9xxfQXHOn1TpOquUnyRdU/s4032/dried%20apples.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbqCLL80GHyXdfjpl1r5v69e9StFttrnlarc6Zs09PZjnXIIIdEtd8BIJn6FrCcOv1kYMCcgIXp5IeMlWwvi0O9LqUzTNE291aOGiQbryAAeeZMzZsxH4rj0gffjoNFLtkPDxWR5Lw02kmGgKcPDhqNpBgkTjwhEoaY1uQ1m9xxfQXHOn1TpOquUnyRdU/w480-h640/dried%20apples.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many people say that this variety of apples is not any good but I disagree. I have pruned, fed, watered and cared for my little tree with lots of love and dedication. She has rewarded me for my efforts and I can put up a good argument for the quality of these beauties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZsWOasrzm--EkstYSzQXqY9TYJfo2XON_-rAHI0QdC_5a9fRfvbwxPIqNAQrFRfI3HpxaL7ZX7WHrmOFsmeKAAJk9Vr1-SBrgUC7c7fqXsBZ4Llx2xR4NcpSrrE8JTv2nvfIwiQasBU9MLE7qxBTg4z0QNmcKT7THqUO7y8BWjcYEiZFpnpxfo1WLtGg/s4032/moring%20apples%20goats.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZsWOasrzm--EkstYSzQXqY9TYJfo2XON_-rAHI0QdC_5a9fRfvbwxPIqNAQrFRfI3HpxaL7ZX7WHrmOFsmeKAAJk9Vr1-SBrgUC7c7fqXsBZ4Llx2xR4NcpSrrE8JTv2nvfIwiQasBU9MLE7qxBTg4z0QNmcKT7THqUO7y8BWjcYEiZFpnpxfo1WLtGg/w480-h640/moring%20apples%20goats.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bullet and LuLu enjoying their breakfast</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An addition:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lovely tarte tatin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWQ9U9BA4_wx_RvMvB8agQEPgsQAJ9DWibpg1Nrs_47R5Uq9Mk_54BfqBStgdBdib91clB30OXCJzz_Qjk4vbAaIEaEf5IMT8efi73tCF8eRZP79KqIxBroMOy0gIKWQi5fjl7B6Svh9tqZg_VhjHrg0KDVYRap7k-EU8XAPlGe_myn64WcoENINCH-dO/s3486/tarte%20tatin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3486" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWQ9U9BA4_wx_RvMvB8agQEPgsQAJ9DWibpg1Nrs_47R5Uq9Mk_54BfqBStgdBdib91clB30OXCJzz_Qjk4vbAaIEaEf5IMT8efi73tCF8eRZP79KqIxBroMOy0gIKWQi5fjl7B6Svh9tqZg_VhjHrg0KDVYRap7k-EU8XAPlGe_myn64WcoENINCH-dO/w640-h556/tarte%20tatin.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tarte tatin is an upside down caramelized apple pie. The crust is a puff pastry puff. This is a simple tart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to make:</div><p style="text-align: left;">Start with 5 apples, rich spices ( cinnamon, star anise, cardamom pods and ginger "coins"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsPSVC0u5ylQ3FUc7tYQFKDAM13NFmgvsfUlBpa4P9pn2IPMWotAEoGlqbW37fyBLfm3RV9gqsVEWloLJKFnVJ_JcwPH0BZr4R8wt6oQuGEy-Xk1TAL5rP6DbN5iY0yEy1P3WQTLXmv6GYRZadLtz2xd5z2iiKnuTPL-9rQ6rP_048IkmxzpXYf2JpfmH/s4032/mis%20en%20place,%20tarte%20tatin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsPSVC0u5ylQ3FUc7tYQFKDAM13NFmgvsfUlBpa4P9pn2IPMWotAEoGlqbW37fyBLfm3RV9gqsVEWloLJKFnVJ_JcwPH0BZr4R8wt6oQuGEy-Xk1TAL5rP6DbN5iY0yEy1P3WQTLXmv6GYRZadLtz2xd5z2iiKnuTPL-9rQ6rP_048IkmxzpXYf2JpfmH/w640-h480/mis%20en%20place,%20tarte%20tatin.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJiZLZqT8MwFhL8fLSDAVjgb-4cltspkG6iZZwWLv97k4FZn_UDhZJ_fghJyBKpJeOC0MM2qZfQxEC2lD0hNeaceArH1X1_8MbDyqfO3KD4HYvLKSna81ekyZMdcf5pMBtKaxMpox_vNB1TgvJLcndLSDlrwR9DAIiJdUKwKt7jIMf7JmvEYhIVa7XSk0/s4032/spices,%20tarte%20tatin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJiZLZqT8MwFhL8fLSDAVjgb-4cltspkG6iZZwWLv97k4FZn_UDhZJ_fghJyBKpJeOC0MM2qZfQxEC2lD0hNeaceArH1X1_8MbDyqfO3KD4HYvLKSna81ekyZMdcf5pMBtKaxMpox_vNB1TgvJLcndLSDlrwR9DAIiJdUKwKt7jIMf7JmvEYhIVa7XSk0/w480-h640/spices,%20tarte%20tatin.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>You'll also want to use a cast iron skillet - 8" or 9", a melon baller and a knife for pizza cutter to trim the pastry<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYKuKAkYdFbedxUwInrFPKYvwbxiXZ4z7GlfEesSNmvgcXTcas85Tavk4CqPJH-F75iz8Lxg8rLNZULBYHGECE7dgXrkFqSBO7bln8FUZ-HjE0ZxGgh51fCyMjdzW549TiUeSIFogHes55ZS7pgIXcpyWIAB8d_AWjJOMdM8JTatVAYTU-D-28kk0r1Sq/s4032/equipment,%20tart%20tatin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYKuKAkYdFbedxUwInrFPKYvwbxiXZ4z7GlfEesSNmvgcXTcas85Tavk4CqPJH-F75iz8Lxg8rLNZULBYHGECE7dgXrkFqSBO7bln8FUZ-HjE0ZxGgh51fCyMjdzW549TiUeSIFogHes55ZS7pgIXcpyWIAB8d_AWjJOMdM8JTatVAYTU-D-28kk0r1Sq/w640-h480/equipment,%20tart%20tatin.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Peel, half and core the apples with the melon baller<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoLfsVnyrOcCDSxaLfmGjFeiTkb51ZcDkI8hzkZD0YQ0HH8PemGGeIw_88AF8-BB2Qa55RN3Q1af-UQsF07U7Uwwli_ht58E8NoT4c2wgLVek6bx8fmkiKvGyoUpEZYv8YC8amHgSUlLsAn9CgraFRucohDNXKixVoiQvyyJO7F1eZ5cqgHpLZWD4sB1G/s3024/melon%20ball%20corer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="3024" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoLfsVnyrOcCDSxaLfmGjFeiTkb51ZcDkI8hzkZD0YQ0HH8PemGGeIw_88AF8-BB2Qa55RN3Q1af-UQsF07U7Uwwli_ht58E8NoT4c2wgLVek6bx8fmkiKvGyoUpEZYv8YC8amHgSUlLsAn9CgraFRucohDNXKixVoiQvyyJO7F1eZ5cqgHpLZWD4sB1G/w640-h508/melon%20ball%20corer.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>See how pretty they are? You will use the halves to fill the skillet after the caramel has been started<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwwQF4_5oqGZmLrLx_QyVucFVCrPfSEhH9GsH4d9CPfJz7dHklcTEyydDf7lthHeCN3FBWkAKnjdhsJ_2XDm_GOL3ZDvTagzY_2K2ZjmOp-SzD5FGbkSFdGHYzNwe3cSrG3RmUj2bRb7gdHW-c5-PYAXg2sbP4KXFld6DiaPeTK4qfXh4_ODahKIc__Z8/s4032/apples%20are%20ready.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwwQF4_5oqGZmLrLx_QyVucFVCrPfSEhH9GsH4d9CPfJz7dHklcTEyydDf7lthHeCN3FBWkAKnjdhsJ_2XDm_GOL3ZDvTagzY_2K2ZjmOp-SzD5FGbkSFdGHYzNwe3cSrG3RmUj2bRb7gdHW-c5-PYAXg2sbP4KXFld6DiaPeTK4qfXh4_ODahKIc__Z8/w480-h640/apples%20are%20ready.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Melt 4 TBs butter and add 2/3 cup sugar. Cook slowly to dissolve the sugar.about 5-6 minutes When golden and the sugar has melted drop in the spices ( cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamon pods and peeled ginger "coins" Then add the apples cut side UP. Coat all the apple by turning in the caramel. It will take about 10-20 minutes to cook the apples. Don't let the caramel burn so watch your heat and your pan<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhAO62Uc8UiLPl9g_3HBhmwNLRRd6FJ86gq2o2_9LsGrwEmG-V2Q06hVHQBUdEPAf9cDvD3kuv4gEnkMBjx5ibxpZvnUmOSrVHqDq1xecLmTqQEb1GnfZTI5fWc0Xdc75RzgvwSA-k_CZEar0uBHfPFa1OgwRyOFB64BWu5HXKMk-ggOqBBHLgwYftgSV/s4032/caramel%20in%20cast%20iron%20skillet.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhAO62Uc8UiLPl9g_3HBhmwNLRRd6FJ86gq2o2_9LsGrwEmG-V2Q06hVHQBUdEPAf9cDvD3kuv4gEnkMBjx5ibxpZvnUmOSrVHqDq1xecLmTqQEb1GnfZTI5fWc0Xdc75RzgvwSA-k_CZEar0uBHfPFa1OgwRyOFB64BWu5HXKMk-ggOqBBHLgwYftgSV/w480-h640/caramel%20in%20cast%20iron%20skillet.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Roll out one sheet of prepared puff pastry. Store in freezer but defrost in fridge. Roll out when pliable to 2" larger than skillet. Then cut a circle with the pizza wheel or knife. Keep in fridge until ready to add to the cooked apples.</p><p style="text-align: left;">When the apples are cooked enough remove from the heat and preheat the stove to 425. Let the apples cool while the oven is heating. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Remove the pastry circle from fridge and top the apples tucking about 1" into the side of the pan and over the apples. Faire attention! The skillet and/or apples may still be hot enough to burn you. Work quickly so that the pastry is still cold. Piece the top with a fork and pop in the oven Bake until golden - about 25 minutes </p><p style="text-align: left;">Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes </p><p style="text-align: left;">Run a knife around the edge of the pan to release any pastry that might be stuck. Place a heatproof serving plate over the skillet and, using potholders, carefully invert them together-- Might be messy if the caramel leaks out in the flip</p><p style="text-align: left;">Serve warm or at room temperature. Great with a dollop of sour cream.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Bon Appetit!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_OOCCKwN7VgsuU2d3OlWsDarCBqT5bUdGnIxGsf8Az1rXmf31ACDl1rBc_sbRKGZPwnXeqivipBTvMyYoQ4VACbIL7aB-XPG2aZKP6Vq9ZLjZcFeVq4f-oq22-__l_xhUrGMtJHCawKPkVwDVQh0fVJeFaFA52uQ2VBQ2ylxzoTCJria73TrhGj9-w-F/s3486/tarte%20tatin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3486" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_OOCCKwN7VgsuU2d3OlWsDarCBqT5bUdGnIxGsf8Az1rXmf31ACDl1rBc_sbRKGZPwnXeqivipBTvMyYoQ4VACbIL7aB-XPG2aZKP6Vq9ZLjZcFeVq4f-oq22-__l_xhUrGMtJHCawKPkVwDVQh0fVJeFaFA52uQ2VBQ2ylxzoTCJria73TrhGj9-w-F/w640-h556/tarte%20tatin.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Recipe from a mixing of <a href="https://zoebakes.com/2022/08/13/apple-tarte-tatin-from-zoe-bakes-on-magnolia-network/">Zoe Bakes </a>( a fabulous muse) and<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Tarts-Elizabeth-Wolf-Cohen/dp/0785807462/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HWDTT92KFWES&keywords=simple+tarts+elizabeth+wolf+cohen&qid=1689380887&sprefix=simple+tarts+elizabeth+wolf+cohen%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1"> Simple Tarts</a> by Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy your July!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-24465221239003132352023-05-30T17:26:00.000-07:002023-05-30T17:26:02.872-07:00SCOBY----> Jun tea<p> In the world of fermentation a SCOBY is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. When added to a mixture of green tea and raw honey it will ferment into Jun. What the heck is Jun? It is a drink very similar to Kombucha. The difference is that Kombucha is made from black tea and sugar and Jun is made from green tea and honey. Well I love drinking green tea and I prefer honey to sugar so I thought I'd try it</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsfw_zxkX_oX-L0StGlzJaGZe1rtuDt9BoVCIZ3Sc79GVNnKvgpfnSR9_9L-gy-aHnyWWfg6fNo6YxqM5hCmRrOBskkQFu43mBj9PyKV0OciaPegDsjQelzXPSjiwg560PY9BwDiHgA2DDnvIqGDHW6VlDMxCid9Edf3my5piKHbnka31BQGCxZv0sg/s4032/Jun%20ready%20to%20ddrink.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsfw_zxkX_oX-L0StGlzJaGZe1rtuDt9BoVCIZ3Sc79GVNnKvgpfnSR9_9L-gy-aHnyWWfg6fNo6YxqM5hCmRrOBskkQFu43mBj9PyKV0OciaPegDsjQelzXPSjiwg560PY9BwDiHgA2DDnvIqGDHW6VlDMxCid9Edf3my5piKHbnka31BQGCxZv0sg/w480-h640/Jun%20ready%20to%20ddrink.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First you need to get your hands on a SCOBY. I am lucky there is a little Kombucha supply store near me in Torrance. Then a big glass jar to use for fermentation. I brewed the green tea and diluted and let it cool. Then I added raw honey and stirred</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd_QU9_Lwc8UzQXkZHYjWwQgkJnK-uXtG26YFx3Gxqra9qBGJ4U3iAsVY8GlO_q4S4IAOvu-lpvOpOsFj5W5tyqaJwidXxJxfUFmyLVvWR_gyzRR_WUgle5B4mMSp_rPm0SLZs97eKUx2VoR98TuaDMopPAU7zKHDoNOP37eRtk7uycMFfnSVwzMTEQ/s4032/fermentation%201%20with%20SCoBY.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd_QU9_Lwc8UzQXkZHYjWwQgkJnK-uXtG26YFx3Gxqra9qBGJ4U3iAsVY8GlO_q4S4IAOvu-lpvOpOsFj5W5tyqaJwidXxJxfUFmyLVvWR_gyzRR_WUgle5B4mMSp_rPm0SLZs97eKUx2VoR98TuaDMopPAU7zKHDoNOP37eRtk7uycMFfnSVwzMTEQ/w480-h640/fermentation%201%20with%20SCoBY.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The jar is covered with a cloth allowing the SCOBY to breathe </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After 7 days the magic has happened and the first fermentation is complete. Next step: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remove the SCOBY and some of the liquid and save for the next batch, Then add your flavorings to a jar </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cpFyv_VM2RjiqnnfSoM9mn3vUQTxI_U54eeiyUrSMOGWFOMkKMG-WkCZ6HlRRvuwE5a6HTe-ufjkBu45FLSDP0VMfMXampeuAwbl9oLiR165tbaqO25s4xRrXGfgT078IWYEV98aFQKFlmxOqgNGvW-TQcaVYau3wVtMNr4DDuUxn2IQchETVJ37ew/s4032/alpine%20strawberries%20and%20pineapple%20mint%20in%20jar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cpFyv_VM2RjiqnnfSoM9mn3vUQTxI_U54eeiyUrSMOGWFOMkKMG-WkCZ6HlRRvuwE5a6HTe-ufjkBu45FLSDP0VMfMXampeuAwbl9oLiR165tbaqO25s4xRrXGfgT078IWYEV98aFQKFlmxOqgNGvW-TQcaVYau3wVtMNr4DDuUxn2IQchETVJ37ew/w480-h640/alpine%20strawberries%20and%20pineapple%20mint%20in%20jar.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I added alpine strawberries (fraise de bois) and pineapple mint</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJsjcvRbj77jQfv0MICt-bhUwxZfHo19-uvOEw0zITAcAvPprgLL3FbW68sPg7d81I7vbsGVNS0AoZSIS9RI3YzjNFPQzAma124AoOkUmwfiay3FolpTkwswcO9EdAznL7oLD7cVjJJR_C42PyToJNc2cGVXJJ1MoKi5kwNJDpUno0jNynFXAcAQKSA/s4032/strawberries%20in%20young%20Jun.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJsjcvRbj77jQfv0MICt-bhUwxZfHo19-uvOEw0zITAcAvPprgLL3FbW68sPg7d81I7vbsGVNS0AoZSIS9RI3YzjNFPQzAma124AoOkUmwfiay3FolpTkwswcO9EdAznL7oLD7cVjJJR_C42PyToJNc2cGVXJJ1MoKi5kwNJDpUno0jNynFXAcAQKSA/w434-h579/strawberries%20in%20young%20Jun.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add the original fermentation to about an inch from the top and seal tightly this time. You must leave room for the carbonation which takes place in the second fermentation</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidu0ls8T_HNHc_TA05eCaSA-5rnIKp9miEupRWSKBDvDQ4VzC4lpLaNRA0Vl4dQZvygHQcJk0XGHttfkc4FGrIK84ix2JPxb1JV3W9WbvdjwzO2kl63kcp1FPxHTMUuOfomPNBqRewrK_FP4nUd5M7tsf3ILN7BsiMqsHE7gskYbiKo_EUzHxNemETIg/s4032/flavorings%20added%20to%20stage%20one%20JUn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidu0ls8T_HNHc_TA05eCaSA-5rnIKp9miEupRWSKBDvDQ4VzC4lpLaNRA0Vl4dQZvygHQcJk0XGHttfkc4FGrIK84ix2JPxb1JV3W9WbvdjwzO2kl63kcp1FPxHTMUuOfomPNBqRewrK_FP4nUd5M7tsf3ILN7BsiMqsHE7gskYbiKo_EUzHxNemETIg/w480-h640/flavorings%20added%20to%20stage%20one%20JUn.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p>from left to right: lavender/lemons, passion fruit/ blood orange and loquat/mint<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVb9TviB0ycFNl1p9v7F74meieh1_sWaSFEleOUNETPEb4er69enXHhWKD87Ub5WGoz2g1Sl3Fm-wAX3VBOMtR3hxOFfkIJgtjgeWPlM3zwFF0K7G312wdFEp9W7scfczJO91RaiIvR0iw1H_IJgBS34F2tzPygnLtAlpEz4L3sFyz_ED7KGBPE7DAg/s4032/blueberry.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVb9TviB0ycFNl1p9v7F74meieh1_sWaSFEleOUNETPEb4er69enXHhWKD87Ub5WGoz2g1Sl3Fm-wAX3VBOMtR3hxOFfkIJgtjgeWPlM3zwFF0K7G312wdFEp9W7scfczJO91RaiIvR0iw1H_IJgBS34F2tzPygnLtAlpEz4L3sFyz_ED7KGBPE7DAg/w480-h640/blueberry.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blueberry lavender Jun tea</div><br /><p>Why drink Jun tea? First of all it's delicious. It is only slightly sweet after the double fermentation process. </p><p>Fermented beverages promote healthy bacteria in the gut</p><p>Jun lowers glucose levels by preventing energy spikes</p><p>The flavonoids and polyphenols in the honey are antioxidants </p><p>Green tea is purported to have anticancer, antiviral and antibacterial effects </p><p>Green tea also has theanine and amino acids which help lower blood pressure and improve brain and nerve function</p><p>Green tea also has caffeine so may give you a kick of energy</p><p>I'm having the glass above as I compose this post.</p><p>There are few distributers of Jun. There is a store in Leavenworth, WA <a href="https://www.huneyjun.com/store">https://www.huneyjun.com/store</a></p><p>Wild Tonic in Arizona <a href="https://wildtonic.com">https://wildtonic.com</a> You can also find kits to make your own on Amazon or </p><p>Kombucha Kamp <a href="https://www.kombuchakamp.com/?s=jun">https://www.kombuchakamp.com/?s=jun</a></p><p>Or drop by my little farm and let me pour you some.</p><p>To your health!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-23049502800722574602023-02-03T21:02:00.000-08:002023-02-03T21:02:12.749-08:00Don't you just love seed catalogues?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8Ea6mxvb2rKak1-J1U8rext6XUdOUMKeYVL46SWVcT6jRO9q6wmnJ-Wxek6thBwY-O_Owp1179S0tdxFSy9N_haEn85aRjK9jzyVJe2bdMWvjVetHGacrXfNzmZfQ_G1MJmA5t_ZtofxLcD9G45sWtBzw7ULXVzQp-gxwwjTMvyV3JcNnWif-644Fg/s3539/seed%20catalogue.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3539" data-original-width="3019" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8Ea6mxvb2rKak1-J1U8rext6XUdOUMKeYVL46SWVcT6jRO9q6wmnJ-Wxek6thBwY-O_Owp1179S0tdxFSy9N_haEn85aRjK9jzyVJe2bdMWvjVetHGacrXfNzmZfQ_G1MJmA5t_ZtofxLcD9G45sWtBzw7ULXVzQp-gxwwjTMvyV3JcNnWif-644Fg/w546-h640/seed%20catalogue.jpeg" width="546" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This month's seed catalogues</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February is planning month for the garden. It's a good time to reflect on what worked well last year and what you want to try new this year. Several nights a week I thumb through these mail order guides to see what I need and what I wish i could grow. There are always so many choices. I'm still thinking about it. In the meantime I've planted two new fruit trees ( Pink Lady apple and Blenheim apricot) and prepared about 60 linear feet for boysenberries, blackberries and raspberries. Hopefully I'll get the ground ready by the time the bare root plants get here. But a little spark of hope already bloomed:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuFPz8UnYtGNkukOjvr9Z8REhP3GmkDGXPOLZsGiUFpMvyTqmcpYwYSgHNFyrQPsUqzRYdRFz1vheZJyS8-lIR6lnviuHckIMMqxpwgqmMc2C74sy3uhxClvKpU3ZYoxJbiuSD6VI7q4X8flKA84mtcxqhEJBPBtcSBop4M_u-xYvDSnlLdtBBOO8Sw/s4032/apple%20blossom.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuFPz8UnYtGNkukOjvr9Z8REhP3GmkDGXPOLZsGiUFpMvyTqmcpYwYSgHNFyrQPsUqzRYdRFz1vheZJyS8-lIR6lnviuHckIMMqxpwgqmMc2C74sy3uhxClvKpU3ZYoxJbiuSD6VI7q4X8flKA84mtcxqhEJBPBtcSBop4M_u-xYvDSnlLdtBBOO8Sw/w480-h640/apple%20blossom.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apple Blossom: Anna</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg4dE3l9zSDMF8XAsWZ28uiPXj9wEkbZXWV43cPT4-YTxULtDoUBNJKbuxeUjRIAFz4TSSi-v4qp2APcpcFAQsG8VCnMcfzLLO0PmVFt8iiqhus5_yplzV27hiHFjHcB5wO9xFHrUPf6KJbKi_SIseC7kg98HeFF-Zh-pQBEYY0gRe0dG100jon27sw/s3003/Charlotte.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3003" data-original-width="2986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg4dE3l9zSDMF8XAsWZ28uiPXj9wEkbZXWV43cPT4-YTxULtDoUBNJKbuxeUjRIAFz4TSSi-v4qp2APcpcFAQsG8VCnMcfzLLO0PmVFt8iiqhus5_yplzV27hiHFjHcB5wO9xFHrUPf6KJbKi_SIseC7kg98HeFF-Zh-pQBEYY0gRe0dG100jon27sw/w636-h640/Charlotte.jpeg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Charlotte- always there to help me dig a hole</div><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-47362407177699532642023-01-04T17:47:00.002-08:002023-01-29T10:32:39.937-08:00Happy January!!! Happy New Year 2023 If the year gives you any lemons just make soufflés!!!!!<p> New addition: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Chicken Piccata meatballs</span></b>:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpfFxteUnsaxYUxXczmYKd2nYPs_vHhP92zmEvCV-Ls5eTtAd8XfN1EoQIjCunDJv1raaWsASDl81DRl4ofIzTjbeqv63Gt3bM4iymF0l2RMgzNm-i49mwhMMxa0En-iMdnSVy-tkK3cc_tPsTQADRC9LYZtdYSxas90H94X7i5PgKXoNLDraIWs-cQ/s4032/chicken%20piccata%20meatballs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpfFxteUnsaxYUxXczmYKd2nYPs_vHhP92zmEvCV-Ls5eTtAd8XfN1EoQIjCunDJv1raaWsASDl81DRl4ofIzTjbeqv63Gt3bM4iymF0l2RMgzNm-i49mwhMMxa0En-iMdnSVy-tkK3cc_tPsTQADRC9LYZtdYSxas90H94X7i5PgKXoNLDraIWs-cQ/w480-h640/chicken%20piccata%20meatballs.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Who doesn't love chicken piccata? Lemons and capers? So yummy. I thought I would add another recipe to this LEMON post I subscribe to Giddy.com which is Giada de Laurentis' cooking website. I found this recipe complete with video. It takes very little time. The recipe is perfect but I would double the sauce part....you just have to have plenty of sauce to cover pasta or sop up with bread. Bueno appetito!<p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://giadzy.com/blogs/recipes/chicken-piccata-meatballs?_pos=1&_psq=chicken+piccata+meatballs&_ss=e&_v=1.0">Chicken Piccata meatballs </a></span></b></p><p> Here we are in a New Year with lots of hope and ideas to look forward too. Somewhere in every year something "poopy" happens. Then what? Make lemonade from your lemons or soufflés or dessert bars or simply a fabulous vinaigrette:</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu4-IECT3WxdoJoeCUD9M_IneUSHrd2pkAe9a2Bh3MMGFh5fnqCGdXYJXmQJg567jgp9njUitP3wBissmhRtUI4OX4lzNWzTpVZunsoaB1Ab53zd8_CbbIfgcmbReCPlyLsDp-99i0cRcMSca08-vU1riLDk9F9apJCcCm6HP9N8iy7j-UZdFVV9_8g/s4032/lemons.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu4-IECT3WxdoJoeCUD9M_IneUSHrd2pkAe9a2Bh3MMGFh5fnqCGdXYJXmQJg567jgp9njUitP3wBissmhRtUI4OX4lzNWzTpVZunsoaB1Ab53zd8_CbbIfgcmbReCPlyLsDp-99i0cRcMSca08-vU1riLDk9F9apJCcCm6HP9N8iy7j-UZdFVV9_8g/w480-h640/lemons.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's always something to harvest in the garden. This week it's LEMONS! If I were to have only one food producing plant in my home or garden it would be a lemon tree...even better a Meyer lemon tree and even better two trees. The first year I moved here (2018) I planted a Meyer lemon tree. It was small but with a lot of hope. Last year she gave me 4-5 beautiful sweet fruit. This year I have about 25. I am thrilled:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIViGxoOBebG6M0TMhn-wm7R_1bj6j5tYh0wGgQOaGyNAjusqAN0H368xidqbvjuHQxoiFC1GkDM1vLgjM6ectgSFOuSt3ieNKqHN2BfiyMlsohr_3pxaQDLmWbPr9npKlX_rMvpOC_dgaJPiV_91lwZyPeZ5tmTlylrgNqE9uV9ezr8ZrEQHmdZ0Tfg/s4032/Meyer%20lemon%20tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIViGxoOBebG6M0TMhn-wm7R_1bj6j5tYh0wGgQOaGyNAjusqAN0H368xidqbvjuHQxoiFC1GkDM1vLgjM6ectgSFOuSt3ieNKqHN2BfiyMlsohr_3pxaQDLmWbPr9npKlX_rMvpOC_dgaJPiV_91lwZyPeZ5tmTlylrgNqE9uV9ezr8ZrEQHmdZ0Tfg/w480-h640/Meyer%20lemon%20tree.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meyer lemons are a little sweeter than regular California Eureka lemons. The skin is a little more orange and thin, It's zest is so pungent and flavorful in cooking. It's thought that Meyer's are a cross between a Eureka and a Mandarin orange.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> So now that I have an abundance of lemons in January what do I do with them? My first urge was to make a lemon soufflé. So for New Year's Eve I prepared this delightful dessert:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAcKjscGLj65TWlBgRwcJ6doAgBA2AhbH1DFMcM8muYD3U9xvGH74MXEqSMCfGi-uAf7iTp67wbv6LEGMjwxFXYxmhgKfj66hLFc59sgH5wXac7Hy5009TekZm3gEjKu0Kzt3vNWsFtvcpp7KflSVMVzQgDiZyP3Xwe1_D_L1wjqZyOPzc-2rCZ67iQ/s4032/lemon%20souffle.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAcKjscGLj65TWlBgRwcJ6doAgBA2AhbH1DFMcM8muYD3U9xvGH74MXEqSMCfGi-uAf7iTp67wbv6LEGMjwxFXYxmhgKfj66hLFc59sgH5wXac7Hy5009TekZm3gEjKu0Kzt3vNWsFtvcpp7KflSVMVzQgDiZyP3Xwe1_D_L1wjqZyOPzc-2rCZ67iQ/w399-h532/lemon%20souffle.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started counting my eggs - I need 4 eggs plus 2 extra whites. I need the zest of a lemon and 3/4 cups of lemon juice. Well here's the complete recipe; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> for<a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/lemon-souffle-recipe-1925031"> lemon soufflé</a> from the Food Network and Ann Burell. I also like Julia's recipe found in an earlier post.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>OK now I have two extra yolks.....hmm..... Lemon Bars?? Lemon bars are basically a shortbread on the bottom and lemon curd baked on top. This calls for 4 eggs and 2 extra yolks...hey...I have two extra yolks. Also the zest of a lemon (Meyer, please) and a full cup of lemon juice<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtmrAFBblpKgTtew7hvSLBSuWANNE6usdjRR0nUTfhulWj2s7ZaCrh-wIn_BKxU71hpWjypzLzadvWCU0LZIjDEEqtlVrTMnlpnA52V5MlBE-yBlurFeI5qOlFNCef5_AKkYz-uY0t2VIRemrHzp0iHtq2B_H4_qYcHtx6E2N883SEoK01gJhemRgQQ/s4032/lemon%20bars.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtmrAFBblpKgTtew7hvSLBSuWANNE6usdjRR0nUTfhulWj2s7ZaCrh-wIn_BKxU71hpWjypzLzadvWCU0LZIjDEEqtlVrTMnlpnA52V5MlBE-yBlurFeI5qOlFNCef5_AKkYz-uY0t2VIRemrHzp0iHtq2B_H4_qYcHtx6E2N883SEoK01gJhemRgQQ/w480-h640/lemon%20bars.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh these are pretty, nest pas? Any other time of the year I would be searching for friends to give my extra farm eggs to but I actually had to buy eggs to supply myself with the 10 eggs for these two desserts and you all know how hard it is to find pasture raised eggs these days and I had to pay for them!!!! Yikes!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have tried a lot of lemon bar recipes but this one is my best so far. I actually made the shortbread layer two days before I added the lemon curd layer. It worked out fine. Here's my recipe for <a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/classic-lemon-bars-recipe-1973065?nl=ROTD_041521_featurecta&%24web_only=true&~campaign=ROTD_041521_featurecta&bsft_aaid=cba88230-b22c-4c07-a9c1-292398476e2c&bsft_eid=419942c8-220a-4f51-bb6f-0579fe26c25f&bsft_clkid=0d9d3f1e-3294-4d51-97ae-0bbb10ca0370&bsft_uid=f8d5910d-a91b-4ec2-8b00-2f25b4c3d352&bsft_mid=2173dce3-2e70-487e-bf62-fe097b152572&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2021-04-15T16%3A40%3A52Z&bsft_lx=8&bsft_tv=5&bid=d9a3d3cc-5598-4b93-b9bb-97b477f2c57c&c32=bd9ca7faefba530377ac1d8f0d83201312005d04&source&gender=female&birth_year=1948&%243p=e_blueshift_sparkpost&_branch_match_id=799697854756021761">lemon bars</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also from Food Network.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of my granddaughters are fabulous bakers. Last week the youngest (almost teenager) Gabriela made lemon bars too:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyqRGA8f2RaZ8aqA0uyhPeg_tdABgioxuu-WGmG9m17xYkN83ke_p4f6uD5sBanGf4twrQD3ddJ_IG4FNuL-tpgFdn9vCW3j3nrpuZBFhrUnYjW2jnZyCp9g9pCS2UHmunrLCZYOVmwqFu3oTTk5ep9XXsPzBYuOzgd-oZkwvpQhMFvL0dPoAxXdhcg/s4032/Gabriela's%20lemon%20bars%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyqRGA8f2RaZ8aqA0uyhPeg_tdABgioxuu-WGmG9m17xYkN83ke_p4f6uD5sBanGf4twrQD3ddJ_IG4FNuL-tpgFdn9vCW3j3nrpuZBFhrUnYjW2jnZyCp9g9pCS2UHmunrLCZYOVmwqFu3oTTk5ep9XXsPzBYuOzgd-oZkwvpQhMFvL0dPoAxXdhcg/w640-h480/Gabriela's%20lemon%20bars%20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh the curd looks so rich and what a beautiful color. She used<a href="https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/the-ultimate-lemon-butter-bar-105890"> Rose Levy Beranbaum's Ultimate Lemon Butter Bar recipe</a> which is also very reliable and a go to must. I would highly recommend Rose's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roses-Christmas-Cookies-Rose-Beranbaum/dp/B006772YJU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MRIZN99M2B9J&keywords=roses+christmas+cookies+cookbook&qid=1672881436&s=books&sprefix=Roses+christm%2Cstripbooks%2C174&sr=1-1">Christmas Cookie book</a> for your kitchen library. Her Cookie Bible is also a great investment. Well done Gabriela!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well what else to do with my bounty?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I'm going to side step a bit and share a little art quilt project I did a few years ago. When I had collected enough full size quilts I started looking for a variation art. I met <a href="https://janelafazio.com/?doing_wp_cron=1672883068.3908119201660156250000">Jane LaFazio</a> in Oceanside for my first art quilt class. I love love embroidery, ribbons, buttons and beads so this little post card sized "quilt" was a perfect project. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXp5zw_0ru1g09JxMqUa0XGypIeP-Zs4dFHNS1RDuRxb0tg_kp7kHghu0sHdrbg1KNZ2WfjYaiGQSE2cayByuQ2nfYQ6kk1fjL2Jaujia5k1I6goNxz5R5LvxF6MSpVSJ03n1KKYoNctYnGpITNiBU9IWQhXWh8gqRIJMbypehp3f7pukyyvC4VREyw/s4032/lemon%20art%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXp5zw_0ru1g09JxMqUa0XGypIeP-Zs4dFHNS1RDuRxb0tg_kp7kHghu0sHdrbg1KNZ2WfjYaiGQSE2cayByuQ2nfYQ6kk1fjL2Jaujia5k1I6goNxz5R5LvxF6MSpVSJ03n1KKYoNctYnGpITNiBU9IWQhXWh8gqRIJMbypehp3f7pukyyvC4VREyw/w640-h480/lemon%20art%20quilt.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK next lemon recipe: Simple lemon vinaigrette: </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhuf2Kj2xOWu6T8QuKse3ivEdkNo7M3vuI2ZpX3phYz8NJ8m7-6rfzEGzT9_JZAD38IEXdGvpwjxywnDbMcn6GJlgKzzyuXS7Bbfn9-jixn0ZDMflqBttqRdfjP6g_sWwXstTzzUrvt66QzflDtJtW0lSntlJ2G7gPPcKGE30r5td1N5pmU90nnCvnw/s4032/salad%20dressing%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhuf2Kj2xOWu6T8QuKse3ivEdkNo7M3vuI2ZpX3phYz8NJ8m7-6rfzEGzT9_JZAD38IEXdGvpwjxywnDbMcn6GJlgKzzyuXS7Bbfn9-jixn0ZDMflqBttqRdfjP6g_sWwXstTzzUrvt66QzflDtJtW0lSntlJ2G7gPPcKGE30r5td1N5pmU90nnCvnw/w480-h640/salad%20dressing%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/3 cup lemon juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2/3 cup good olive oil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 garlic clove, minced</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/2 tsp Dijon mustard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">plus any seasonings, herbs you want to add</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK Now that I have my vinaigrette ready time to make a salad. I had to buy a fennel but all other participants are from the garden....yes even in January</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFD8iJXrr0bdd1XqLGFiXMWR_oXbt4jsWadIx9PkHR6N182vCu0ve5XksJKdjRu5mVolmf4QhM98KzD7MEvGVPhja8cHKPWe52Iaza-TghmymyH6eEDnHee1zrpJeiXJzw2nbkKA3aFwax_N7CYdvV7tbQW-vEFAmL-u9OetliMous4E9YiZNi4u-Epg/s4032/kale%20salad%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFD8iJXrr0bdd1XqLGFiXMWR_oXbt4jsWadIx9PkHR6N182vCu0ve5XksJKdjRu5mVolmf4QhM98KzD7MEvGVPhja8cHKPWe52Iaza-TghmymyH6eEDnHee1zrpJeiXJzw2nbkKA3aFwax_N7CYdvV7tbQW-vEFAmL-u9OetliMous4E9YiZNi4u-Epg/w640-h480/kale%20salad%20mis%20en%20place.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kale salad mis en place:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 cups Kale leaves - if the ribs are tough, cut out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">radishes - about a cup </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fennel, 1/2 bulb</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU83nt6vtow9ptO_LJWOMmsfS1n1n8MMbXVYTnwb8NBkl8Pi2YAcpvxMi1WicKaVEERqJExQ9A2YMFmZDMnur2KAwWuvB0bBAOU6ciTz5mMLM_BqLDTsuWHeW54xZCqv5fJdO5eEOYIuGnzShAOupz1ek0n92Rbq1G4-pJeU_6obrHV9J4_pCQcbcfiw/s4032/purple%20ribbed%20kale.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU83nt6vtow9ptO_LJWOMmsfS1n1n8MMbXVYTnwb8NBkl8Pi2YAcpvxMi1WicKaVEERqJExQ9A2YMFmZDMnur2KAwWuvB0bBAOU6ciTz5mMLM_BqLDTsuWHeW54xZCqv5fJdO5eEOYIuGnzShAOupz1ek0n92Rbq1G4-pJeU_6obrHV9J4_pCQcbcfiw/w480-h640/purple%20ribbed%20kale.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to grow the dinosaur kale with purple ribs....who doesn't want more anthocyanins in their diet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI4qAhbUzwr_1tNN_4QyxLlJe5n8b8y20ArPGAw3DNYiddJaODIaBbLoLDUis5gA8haxoeBc_SRjornbs3xaMX0vTbZrD7FAGDVlBivi2HPIRfD4fctziiTwQLxLTi0SbXpCI8wpnrwuhuiMkpC4lpKXTYc6br5tMwhuZxJeJQa7OJ18ghCloJHTZhA/s4032/watermelon%20radish.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI4qAhbUzwr_1tNN_4QyxLlJe5n8b8y20ArPGAw3DNYiddJaODIaBbLoLDUis5gA8haxoeBc_SRjornbs3xaMX0vTbZrD7FAGDVlBivi2HPIRfD4fctziiTwQLxLTi0SbXpCI8wpnrwuhuiMkpC4lpKXTYc6br5tMwhuZxJeJQa7OJ18ghCloJHTZhA/w640-h480/watermelon%20radish.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's this? you ask. It's a watermelon radish. This one is about a 2 1/2" bulb. Watermelon radish has no bitterness especially freshly picked. They are easy to grow in cool weather. You can also get them at good produce markets this time of year.....about $4/lb</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OQnALd6uEO9xDMIBUq48W_xvxuk_xuiF5Pmy5vBQJpCau3sMQ-GN67h1XbotlEg2h1P_wNlc4pMeBcEb7Obkwf_uVHsKTC8ewdGEZX0b_LSFvLJzm9aQXLyOX-jcGoDUpopCIdgacIN3u4zWozV6oVk9y-qHocFcLtD2uowDzL-EVgI4qI37jcXX9g/s4032/kale%20salad%20undressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OQnALd6uEO9xDMIBUq48W_xvxuk_xuiF5Pmy5vBQJpCau3sMQ-GN67h1XbotlEg2h1P_wNlc4pMeBcEb7Obkwf_uVHsKTC8ewdGEZX0b_LSFvLJzm9aQXLyOX-jcGoDUpopCIdgacIN3u4zWozV6oVk9y-qHocFcLtD2uowDzL-EVgI4qI37jcXX9g/w480-h640/kale%20salad%20undressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kale salad with fennel and radishes - undressed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn0WZK9-32O-Ky8w9TT_i0kG92gqH3doEukJ9GHQIUfwdVCdYlXCNr8xULfdRlK1nvrCzJZI4P77cJljTDh-ipkNtpmGiAlHtWoYE8tJj-kl7V3yYFwEAHdptyvECPgMdRgE1XCO_5DK-AhRjKaUOD1D7OC3DhVIx1lVxuWewYbp0Y1cuZHtLYIMKjg/s4032/kale%20salad%20-single%20serving.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn0WZK9-32O-Ky8w9TT_i0kG92gqH3doEukJ9GHQIUfwdVCdYlXCNr8xULfdRlK1nvrCzJZI4P77cJljTDh-ipkNtpmGiAlHtWoYE8tJj-kl7V3yYFwEAHdptyvECPgMdRgE1XCO_5DK-AhRjKaUOD1D7OC3DhVIx1lVxuWewYbp0Y1cuZHtLYIMKjg/w480-h640/kale%20salad%20-single%20serving.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I dressed it with the lemon vinaigrette and added some freshly grated Parmesan cheese. avocado and some Nicoise olives. That was my dinner!!!! I'm having it again tonight. This salad holds well even when dressed. It's one of those few salads that you can make ahead and will last almost a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another side step: This art quilt is about 8" by 8" </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpw-e8QI08Qruz8XW0dSJOS-WhjhiaKhz58RwgbU4OQsJYJx8IqjMRvWKyMnkQKWAlZPb4kdB9z2raIGrXUYS5fTJAgd3s5sOkgMenegIrwmO53yFoWut5y7bIsz8f_Sn4vNgSO2SIh-_zk1yhmAQiaWFTVLHWwrZRQjaUuCKoyE4IBFxJtU7BW-nNA/s2824/pink%20grapefruit%20art%20quilt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2824" data-original-width="2724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpw-e8QI08Qruz8XW0dSJOS-WhjhiaKhz58RwgbU4OQsJYJx8IqjMRvWKyMnkQKWAlZPb4kdB9z2raIGrXUYS5fTJAgd3s5sOkgMenegIrwmO53yFoWut5y7bIsz8f_Sn4vNgSO2SIh-_zk1yhmAQiaWFTVLHWwrZRQjaUuCKoyE4IBFxJtU7BW-nNA/w618-h640/pink%20grapefruit%20art%20quilt.jpeg" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all of my favorite notions: fabric, beands, embroidery and ribbons. Don't you just love pink grapefruit?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So what's better than one lemon tree? Two!! I live on my grandparents property. My grandmother loved lemon trees too. She had one in the front yard for many years. My brother, Dan, tells me for some reason it was moved to the back of the property where my orchard is now. A month before I moved in almost all of the trees on the property along with all of the overgrowth was cut to the ground. Last year on the side of an unidentified trunk up came little stocks with leaves on them that looked like citrus leaves....lemon leaves. So I nurtured it, fertilized it, pruned it and had about 3 lemons last year. Well look at it this year! Eureka!!! I love my job as a farmer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKptgV0pTXg87axBrSnmpMZIaXs6YXcm5l7kMKAr1v0Eucstut4mPXE9odnAXONc9ETukKyYObrjiKat0sOlIVlmETFDBrQjKGXa-4tFR08wkxBDbNOoh6OWiM-yz2FfTmS-66AORvOy4u6R9obO6iFSu59TZS87VNkZF7KluRcINzlaVXh9jpYoih3Q/s4032/Grandma's%20lemon%20tree%20rebirth.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKptgV0pTXg87axBrSnmpMZIaXs6YXcm5l7kMKAr1v0Eucstut4mPXE9odnAXONc9ETukKyYObrjiKat0sOlIVlmETFDBrQjKGXa-4tFR08wkxBDbNOoh6OWiM-yz2FfTmS-66AORvOy4u6R9obO6iFSu59TZS87VNkZF7KluRcINzlaVXh9jpYoih3Q/w480-h640/Grandma's%20lemon%20tree%20rebirth.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And a footnote. As I walked the property this evening I can see my next bounty ripening: Key Limes<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uFhXGnE0XGT5amvW2_69p-a-ajgEYgxrRGACpQ9_PhrspA8hczx6uASiFkwDGzZ4NSNrOy0cnowJLwudSFBSXY-YWWPb8qpC1K16w0JkVgMyXt3XmQp8BNZBacV56Xv__mIjF-WHcPkuxLVflGtc8vyY3apTe6XWeh55fAMpoCJ5OHXgARP2XQt_9Q/s4032/Key%20Limes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uFhXGnE0XGT5amvW2_69p-a-ajgEYgxrRGACpQ9_PhrspA8hczx6uASiFkwDGzZ4NSNrOy0cnowJLwudSFBSXY-YWWPb8qpC1K16w0JkVgMyXt3XmQp8BNZBacV56Xv__mIjF-WHcPkuxLVflGtc8vyY3apTe6XWeh55fAMpoCJ5OHXgARP2XQt_9Q/w480-h640/Key%20Limes.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Happy January friends!!</span><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-54949382777649384102022-12-19T11:20:00.005-08:002022-12-19T11:25:10.221-08:00A very Merry Christmas to all of you <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you are all in the midst of enjoying this wonderful holiday season. Christmas is now just six days away and hopefully we all can slow down enough to celebrate and be with the ones that you love. I never really plan for a yearly theme and when I do I always change it. This year I changed twice but it is not difficult to figure out what I landed on. I have always loved Van Gogh and have enjoyed studying and learning about his art through the years. A couple of years ago I dove in and copied three of his paintings. I painted with my most familiar medium: watercolor and then tried acrylic and ended up painting rocks. I painted only from the colors that were in his palette. I copied the wheat fields, lavender fields and a not so famous vase of sunflowers. But I avoided The Starry Night....too scary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You probably knew that Van Gogh painted all of these plus about 100 more while he lived in Saint-Remy-de-Provence but did you know that he drew inspiration for The Starry Night in the wee hours of the morning? He could only sketch in his room at the asylum but could paint in a public room elsewhere in the complex. Venus was the morning star and the brightest. He placed it to the right of the cypress tree. The background hills were accurate but he created the little village below including the steepled church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this year's Christmas theme: STARS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfW976ULxaVpeOMXIRy6hmU4SLFwOr9CRRPZE1HXwjtx7xaFbomdwhvnqQTSsPbM9zHTYsdhKOX4vGOX8ORFSfjLHt-UJ0k48yN2jONSuy26WWbEnIiCWXq2ZOuB-HmoQG-g3BEF7j6xUMHRzUeBj1qhmhAlmz1WidqgoSVj1YKVDAOkq4gwQPCiYZYQ/s4032/card%20front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">My Christmas card...each hand painted with gouache </div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzdbZ_d59ct_p6UnTDZwsLaxhy7Wlmru8kU96ziEVpvuGGhVWcdJZA89ddB0EVzF2MF0ZpJ7LNwOsvvnRu1RMqi2jVZ3s0ShCwAy4x9ycIlqHErzs3FeZhqRzXZuEBxOpVmu0Xbi12Z8MmzyA5H_eX5mETMQVeU3djOaw4VpGydpBuzOFM93vFNFYTw/s3467/tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2961" data-original-width="3467" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzdbZ_d59ct_p6UnTDZwsLaxhy7Wlmru8kU96ziEVpvuGGhVWcdJZA89ddB0EVzF2MF0ZpJ7LNwOsvvnRu1RMqi2jVZ3s0ShCwAy4x9ycIlqHErzs3FeZhqRzXZuEBxOpVmu0Xbi12Z8MmzyA5H_eX5mETMQVeU3djOaw4VpGydpBuzOFM93vFNFYTw/w640-h546/tree.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Under the Christmas tree</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">in my studio: felt and my new gouache set</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wKPXPF__WW3f82vvr-uUNfICff_g7vjaDUalu6ez5oCCI2imVxXC9k-vnfuPs3rkg-iHV7mg3ItPIO058_xz1IcOpuEfBHLIq3nv80n7oy1ZSDxkgUAFI9zJ1lmf_V7a8eJi7XWfQ4tmZHc9kEQh-vjFxIvFlm8Tl8Hpcjja4_a5kBAlNmXW0FLyYQ/s4032/felt%20swirl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wKPXPF__WW3f82vvr-uUNfICff_g7vjaDUalu6ez5oCCI2imVxXC9k-vnfuPs3rkg-iHV7mg3ItPIO058_xz1IcOpuEfBHLIq3nv80n7oy1ZSDxkgUAFI9zJ1lmf_V7a8eJi7XWfQ4tmZHc9kEQh-vjFxIvFlm8Tl8Hpcjja4_a5kBAlNmXW0FLyYQ/w640-h480/felt%20swirl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOeTQRDcIjiNTQe2fZ_87voIz0cPQPIUqamkDjtGRNxRJpiWdEFOrRozETlErO_7EeMgavT6uZarOvRicN30P9zTub7TAuHouGtbK32p3-61RMS0cKaqsdImVOtGU7n3Hatxruhs3eIuqTD1YAs5fxHLdCQqMLAy2meoMPb8ZQvRrOT_1n3fgVOa4fQ/s4032/star%20ornament.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Then to the kitchen to make star shaped butter cut out cookies</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiacNp8b3ShBrlwPcW9NJKbSQgbg_7Meef4cmmADbaLYxT-TPbfGXb0Hypbl7i0kst0_qIN7dtBz1kad8P046piWdyMJUyVFHCFNEWgr5FpD2kMZsB3DV5WCr2Ippswcvm0uQOzGaMSRxSifYdDz0ibvCQRuj2Ud6pb_JSxxfwfLiTV1GQck9yT2qSw/s4032/cookies.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiacNp8b3ShBrlwPcW9NJKbSQgbg_7Meef4cmmADbaLYxT-TPbfGXb0Hypbl7i0kst0_qIN7dtBz1kad8P046piWdyMJUyVFHCFNEWgr5FpD2kMZsB3DV5WCr2Ippswcvm0uQOzGaMSRxSifYdDz0ibvCQRuj2Ud6pb_JSxxfwfLiTV1GQck9yT2qSw/w480-h640/cookies.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">both white and blue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSB86GCySSQzCxEgxkEB71XUVVGoG5zNOyeJSFDmv_VUUWYfrND3jtlsmIL2CE6KEsBaULag3_tK_CqppXQbzNSjsqwPTA_eOSd0BEsgQDgCJptMApmu0SpL93bICPILHitcTPqkR1ijLRyWy4PNPGOyPiql8d4Cg2uU9JL1TXQJxnuaNWPJYK9gXlaw/s4032/Vincent.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Add on: Van Gogn on the rocks:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnl46OdH_kQdQdakIWku3Gi-tN89HtO7DWoD7fCST4FKtLWIS15MGdGP6mf7CTNZFSgXLnbnFs0rtiXkT4TgXHfKc-4VjrMMKthh0GZ6-UOiZyjVonorgGY9Cfm_HusniQEDPfcmyhQoQcEyi_eJvJbRgjfgnwGVyTwV-Nw5SYlsQvkMg32eDtxH0-g/s4032/starry%20night%20on%20rock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnl46OdH_kQdQdakIWku3Gi-tN89HtO7DWoD7fCST4FKtLWIS15MGdGP6mf7CTNZFSgXLnbnFs0rtiXkT4TgXHfKc-4VjrMMKthh0GZ6-UOiZyjVonorgGY9Cfm_HusniQEDPfcmyhQoQcEyi_eJvJbRgjfgnwGVyTwV-Nw5SYlsQvkMg32eDtxH0-g/w640-h480/starry%20night%20on%20rock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Starry night on rock - 4"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="3065" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIHMQ3A6DgCIh79p8xRX1NcoHJPihg8RhJis6mv2Jd2_QUoj06Fm1mVu_f61Q_JJkXleFhYnrOpaeSju1b8LnwvGln61AXot94-5EYzd3ADD8pAr_YFvvlLwuvheVDC9_Dcoeuf4PdGqai60uxDzlYb3FiI611KXR5q_7S_x8vVLs-8SGZYeTktuwOw/w640-h522/hayfiel%20on%20rock.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Haystack on rock</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zgwai-DLPU_d_gWGckrfchPtX6bYI5UkEXgbU94u-Llv3diPg5tBbDSUhSwHMoLID56T7vi_0pCRjesZXfb3OOOT1nV1SsE5Yju73mqy1dDhyr4cBMZjju4PXVDTuevkTbo_eCbWXwOVEZkNJmfYalXGSLAuLytD_xYnBiEQ5qycCFtQxn8hAoLgFA/s4032/five%20sunflowers%20on%20rock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zgwai-DLPU_d_gWGckrfchPtX6bYI5UkEXgbU94u-Llv3diPg5tBbDSUhSwHMoLID56T7vi_0pCRjesZXfb3OOOT1nV1SsE5Yju73mqy1dDhyr4cBMZjju4PXVDTuevkTbo_eCbWXwOVEZkNJmfYalXGSLAuLytD_xYnBiEQ5qycCFtQxn8hAoLgFA/w480-h640/five%20sunflowers%20on%20rock.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Five sunflowers- lost during a raid in WWII - oil pens on rock</div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-71963527724526036282022-09-09T13:32:00.005-07:002022-09-09T13:32:44.394-07:00Tomatoes - OK I can't stop myself. I ask the world for abundance and it often delivers in tomatoes. I am grateful<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueZQSC25YHija5I9yrWc5uxjqH7LqNiRAqVoLVb2vldsIampAr4xPuzAZim_POUSXvnBgEbOo2o2XcjmCKhpR4Bfh9jbl9iV9nAL4mO1E1tK_62LP4mBfoC1bUHUpZqe5ANPh7cY_8L6HiR4u38kItvK3UHxTPwqPnILESmqIJqMVp8K-qdPOXRPJKQ/s3750/sink%20of%20tomatoes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3750" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueZQSC25YHija5I9yrWc5uxjqH7LqNiRAqVoLVb2vldsIampAr4xPuzAZim_POUSXvnBgEbOo2o2XcjmCKhpR4Bfh9jbl9iV9nAL4mO1E1tK_62LP4mBfoC1bUHUpZqe5ANPh7cY_8L6HiR4u38kItvK3UHxTPwqPnILESmqIJqMVp8K-qdPOXRPJKQ/w640-h456/sink%20of%20tomatoes.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one day's harvest in the kitchen sink</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here is a good sampling of my tomato garden this year. I'm trying to think which is my favorite but it's impossible to choose. I love Cherokee purple for a traditional beefsteak tomato. I also love love Chocolate stripy which is a pear shaped with tons of flavor and always is firm. Last year I tried Lava Flow which is yellow orange medium size with rich non acid flavor. Then there are chocolate cherry and Shadow boxing. This year I tried black strawberry which is a gorgeous jeweled color cherry but was a little disappointed in the flavor but is so pretty plated. I couldn't ignore my new one this year: Brad's atomic grape:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrJLs2XGOZrc4Six2wWve0-bSAqtkPonQtkHT0Vq9fmlaBndY3pHh9g4_WKRDE1KWyFgtmsPhQNAL6zJACHrjd1CcFokFHwW_8ntsETaUSrWj8Mbiyj8TiXRVhDYPj0TLp1EhNNN7MXtFE0xR7MBxsyuTeOTdukfdkshsXgTffrtYXDR57p6sZBE0bQ/s4032/Brad's%20atomic%20grape.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrJLs2XGOZrc4Six2wWve0-bSAqtkPonQtkHT0Vq9fmlaBndY3pHh9g4_WKRDE1KWyFgtmsPhQNAL6zJACHrjd1CcFokFHwW_8ntsETaUSrWj8Mbiyj8TiXRVhDYPj0TLp1EhNNN7MXtFE0xR7MBxsyuTeOTdukfdkshsXgTffrtYXDR57p6sZBE0bQ/w640-h480/Brad's%20atomic%20grape.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes These are ripe...a small sauce tomato- delicious in a salad sliced or as you must do with a sauce tomato I made Marinara:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__28AYa8azNiGRzmh4QvgxIgwT-665Xq4JMYDOinmaHDNUvphtw31wqwqsnucVpDNNphFZzFJ3hh0CnPpcZfJOKlGTH9vf9mrRu-GItGlCbqoIUDOCPcw-fhWKXkvI4lZrrAvLMIz0ly-0WYff4DUg2iSy0G9E07uTSSoQh_TMSOhsxBuyURrY9mXpQ/s4032/Brad's%20atomic%20grape%20marinara.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__28AYa8azNiGRzmh4QvgxIgwT-665Xq4JMYDOinmaHDNUvphtw31wqwqsnucVpDNNphFZzFJ3hh0CnPpcZfJOKlGTH9vf9mrRu-GItGlCbqoIUDOCPcw-fhWKXkvI4lZrrAvLMIz0ly-0WYff4DUg2iSy0G9E07uTSSoQh_TMSOhsxBuyURrY9mXpQ/w480-h640/Brad's%20atomic%20grape%20marinara.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brad's atomic grape marinara</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yes I sent some to my son, Brad, for his birthday!<div>But I kept some myself to sauce up my eggplant Parmesan or simply use as a dip for the quite decadent Fried eggplant.</div><div>My first tomato was enjoyed in early June and I will today (September 9) sit down today and enjoy the end of my crop. I did plant a winter variety called Glacier. Fingers crossed I'll have fresh tomatoes for Thanksgiving salad.</div><div>The entire month of July I had my dehydrator working 24 hours each day. As posted about an hour ago in my stone fruit post I dried the plums and peaches during the day and at 9pm would place sliced tomatoes to loose their water by morning when it was time to place the plums again. Here are Lava Flow tomatoes on their way to dry:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiJZWCjfvEMWvytLhWoolcO4B_RSVJzU4zyMtYoSjav9rVbExfDmDbtrdLN29stmPRKFIKReZRgprRvAwom0uilBhDhVI1mSFgRZ_FXeZFr2ivtB4KrPsqvTUUf-SjvbYDJE0oyLr47UtiLXLpxQFkLr3dErLj2B7hghw_nio0nCrzQvu_tVTIhIxVA/s4032/Lava%20flow%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiJZWCjfvEMWvytLhWoolcO4B_RSVJzU4zyMtYoSjav9rVbExfDmDbtrdLN29stmPRKFIKReZRgprRvAwom0uilBhDhVI1mSFgRZ_FXeZFr2ivtB4KrPsqvTUUf-SjvbYDJE0oyLr47UtiLXLpxQFkLr3dErLj2B7hghw_nio0nCrzQvu_tVTIhIxVA/w640-h480/Lava%20flow%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lava Flow</div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExDq13c2nK9O59xCyKKj8aC5fBPe13yCL8a6uS6Ugjin0QX_9T2WFoYMSdwke2LnR-965eYkpG4iiJEE32y8Rr4ONRXIjgfyuVC73HLehItZ8Dt83ViZiliLXUZ_Nix9lasvBUeZCsvBELo_L-EybFzk5Y2gPBECGE9b3kjihntqLddhqCU_enET7qw/s4032/tomatoes%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExDq13c2nK9O59xCyKKj8aC5fBPe13yCL8a6uS6Ugjin0QX_9T2WFoYMSdwke2LnR-965eYkpG4iiJEE32y8Rr4ONRXIjgfyuVC73HLehItZ8Dt83ViZiliLXUZ_Nix9lasvBUeZCsvBELo_L-EybFzk5Y2gPBECGE9b3kjihntqLddhqCU_enET7qw/w480-h640/tomatoes%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ6bWz-47Q-tKPen4v4lb2rFqwNbihiVCBRflW5HHqxXF2_3ZRrbie1T4uD2H6HYEcWf-uwuIV_RVBz-g1gXuvwwd9GBKDbc4VHGpvAMyljUuPLSbi0eRdagRuZhv9z8ZSq1ddcklle7ab0NsuBoKhYwgu9S4nYDIaar22oTBQ02dFCPd2XpMwSYgdg/s4032/chocolate%20stripy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ6bWz-47Q-tKPen4v4lb2rFqwNbihiVCBRflW5HHqxXF2_3ZRrbie1T4uD2H6HYEcWf-uwuIV_RVBz-g1gXuvwwd9GBKDbc4VHGpvAMyljUuPLSbi0eRdagRuZhv9z8ZSq1ddcklle7ab0NsuBoKhYwgu9S4nYDIaar22oTBQ02dFCPd2XpMwSYgdg/w640-h480/chocolate%20stripy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chocolate Stripy</div><br /><p>OK Now I have 100 pounds or so of dried tomatoes securely locked in vacuum bags and losing most of their weight. In cooler weather I'll grab a bag of these beauties and add them to a soup.</p><p>Rogers Gardens in Newport Beach presents "Tomato Mania" the last weekend in February and offers over 250 tomato varieties. I think I show extreme self control to only take home 8 ( or was it 9?)</p><p><br /></p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-30094078356098791122022-09-09T12:30:00.003-07:002022-09-09T12:30:30.130-07:00Plums, plums and more plums<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6jeLG2jrRd_JH64JeGLecAv6l7J363NNz3Kz03owUkw2NJJNnY2V-GDY1y8Z0pBUesWSktUUWsNUCqGYQFz9mbjXwCJurws6LmNhv88nMeQt1VZApO0H17PI6RhVt1u7kTTMIz_QGfWf8vqgyc8L9QW80qCPN9j-710lsDxPYzS3opO6fh3tryrKgw/s4032/Satsuma%20harvest.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6jeLG2jrRd_JH64JeGLecAv6l7J363NNz3Kz03owUkw2NJJNnY2V-GDY1y8Z0pBUesWSktUUWsNUCqGYQFz9mbjXwCJurws6LmNhv88nMeQt1VZApO0H17PI6RhVt1u7kTTMIz_QGfWf8vqgyc8L9QW80qCPN9j-710lsDxPYzS3opO6fh3tryrKgw/w640-h480/Satsuma%20harvest.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On June 30 I stripped the Satsuma plum tree. This was what I picked on this day....all of these. I need more friends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When designing my orchard I wanted to add a Satsuma plum tree. They are so sweet with beautiful dark purple meat, I really only needed one tree but the Satsuma is not self pollinating and like almost all plum varieties needs a Santa Rosa plum for the bees to work with. The Santa Rosa plum is a gorgeous dark purple on the outside with yellow meat on the inside and usually not as sweet. Usually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCgw_3ze1vwn9KRi8lFlZ1kn0-cwjJYBSztNgJTC77c1lEMn-KT_q5KFS39w7FQS2yKPHxSEXLr97yoNgu_KAoe97DDJXK8Rj8mplG3eOZSQEgmfEMTujAbzAfECabyBQQDzKzGdyjXpxFTGcEvPvOjcl50M3Jwbwysxem0WW0-7Z9FGoPrDNV_X0YQ/s4032/Santa%20Rosa%20plums.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCgw_3ze1vwn9KRi8lFlZ1kn0-cwjJYBSztNgJTC77c1lEMn-KT_q5KFS39w7FQS2yKPHxSEXLr97yoNgu_KAoe97DDJXK8Rj8mplG3eOZSQEgmfEMTujAbzAfECabyBQQDzKzGdyjXpxFTGcEvPvOjcl50M3Jwbwysxem0WW0-7Z9FGoPrDNV_X0YQ/w640-h480/Santa%20Rosa%20plums.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Santa Rosa plums</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaaAVo2cn2oVCSWm7RSNt_On-egj_Q9_HpbMmxZQWgjQu3HR0h4olkjz8Mj7L6z6zvTrdK3dA4g6LLBBdIgmssWHAKA8VH0jy31gxeCG0YDNNe6OCqnwpJWK7GW1k1M1OlH4WPMbH0asz0oV4WTWH3F62rz_N5hadZEpSoP8UKRHewacYm-mIZ1ZPTw/s4032/Satsuma%20tree.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaaAVo2cn2oVCSWm7RSNt_On-egj_Q9_HpbMmxZQWgjQu3HR0h4olkjz8Mj7L6z6zvTrdK3dA4g6LLBBdIgmssWHAKA8VH0jy31gxeCG0YDNNe6OCqnwpJWK7GW1k1M1OlH4WPMbH0asz0oV4WTWH3F62rz_N5hadZEpSoP8UKRHewacYm-mIZ1ZPTw/w480-h640/Satsuma%20tree.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Harvesting time lags about 2 weeks starting with the Satsuma. So for six weeks solid I had ripe plums.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made some <a href="https://www.theyummylife.com/Stone_Fruit_Jam">stone fruit jam</a> from The Yummy Life blog. It's a recipe that uses 3 ingredients: stone fruit, sugar and lemon juice - no pectin so pretty easy.</div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF2XScDmjs7_2oM6ps1cihd-GH-kzdksjOchSjFpAYbbQjFDmNxO0iAJwfAWUoKP5Kdhp4BQOFZ9nCHAMn5TIWIg7QSOUr2L1N43FFvjKQGntMQKRFZTHE5gjMjbMxtzqIfnBuKZou3DTx8_ey6kCk94UNOoktiuKxatBc49QS2KwemP9f50WbIv-vg/s2584/plums.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="2584" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF2XScDmjs7_2oM6ps1cihd-GH-kzdksjOchSjFpAYbbQjFDmNxO0iAJwfAWUoKP5Kdhp4BQOFZ9nCHAMn5TIWIg7QSOUr2L1N43FFvjKQGntMQKRFZTHE5gjMjbMxtzqIfnBuKZou3DTx8_ey6kCk94UNOoktiuKxatBc49QS2KwemP9f50WbIv-vg/w640-h584/plums.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stone fruit jam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now what to do with the rest of the 400-500 plums? On about July 1 I pulled out my food dehydrator and put it to use. Each morning I would pit and slice enough plums to arrange on 6 trays. I started each morning at about 10 am so I would have all day to keep watch on the progress. Oh yes I set it up in the "office" kitchen ( which is just a part of the garage that has an air conditioning unit in the window and access to electricity. My "office " kitchen also houses my freezer and overflow pantry items along with the small appliances that don't have a home inside. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjAiHaq2EKvW-4jsrF-RTMX3vO3vobLfbC1V6ijKldUTsy0cAxr-twnzY1GpTAA3uxvJYT1mVs3jjBRj8wJZe-JeKxygZ2P3wRmKYPm15JDzLSM9vGYLy3u2A9SNDEoQmdyAoe01neomyigU3beykivhOpzEfvETOpz_K_p65u_7h6qUDU8v1jieOuw/s4032/plums%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjAiHaq2EKvW-4jsrF-RTMX3vO3vobLfbC1V6ijKldUTsy0cAxr-twnzY1GpTAA3uxvJYT1mVs3jjBRj8wJZe-JeKxygZ2P3wRmKYPm15JDzLSM9vGYLy3u2A9SNDEoQmdyAoe01neomyigU3beykivhOpzEfvETOpz_K_p65u_7h6qUDU8v1jieOuw/w640-h480/plums%20on%20dehydrator.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Satsuma on left, Santa Roses on right</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>The fruit took all day with a turn and right before bed I would remove the dried fruit and get it ready for the overnight fruit= tomatoes. The room smelled absolutely divine all day long whenever I would wander past or in the office. Almost without exception this was my routine every day of July.</p><p>I also froze several pounds but I am excited that I have such a reserve for the winter and plenty to share with my friends and family. I use a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-Machine-Automatic-Detection-Certified/dp/B00DI342IW/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=PUQ3H5D69Y5F&keywords=food+saver+vacuum+sealer+machine&qid=1662751471&sprefix=food+saver%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFETkpJNlhEU01SQUsmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAzNjg4Nzg2U0haUjFSMVE2QkwmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDEzOTQwNTFTSUJKRVk3QUZJNUUmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl" target="_blank">Food Saver </a>for vacuum storage. </p><p>OK moving on to my intermediate crop: tomatoes</p><p><br /></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-22940569497222125522022-09-09T11:53:00.005-07:002022-09-09T12:34:07.397-07:00After apricots come peaches, nectarines and plums<p> Next to ripen on the orchard trees is peaches followed by nectarines. One characteristics of stone fruit is that it all ripens within a short period of time - usually 2 weeks to a month. When I planted my trees 3 years ago I studied a calendar of harvest time and made a graph. I jokingly realized that most of my fruit ripens in alphabetical order: apricots ( same time as apples), nectarines, peaches and plums. Although not stone fruit the Asian pears follow the plums, then pomegranates and this year the resurrection of persimmons. And there are tons of passion fruit ripening on the vine but first nectarines and peaches and what on earth am I going to do with my bounty<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sxHq0m4PtRWJNgVTU5XBIbzGAqeGFyEF85PLTzFXYE7PeFU90OvixWhIIpeogubHI-yPwBstmM1VdgOAPMnuAHPa7fHfJJWF9zjzEJGxN20MSnvxE5cCoSN_Se4ZmlXQD_X58SMRU8xSyHdyGWtbsMqJO5INkmnMmCcI18QeHQMWYgi9zFZFvkiaHA/s4032/towel%20of%20fruit.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sxHq0m4PtRWJNgVTU5XBIbzGAqeGFyEF85PLTzFXYE7PeFU90OvixWhIIpeogubHI-yPwBstmM1VdgOAPMnuAHPa7fHfJJWF9zjzEJGxN20MSnvxE5cCoSN_Se4ZmlXQD_X58SMRU8xSyHdyGWtbsMqJO5INkmnMmCcI18QeHQMWYgi9zFZFvkiaHA/w640-h480/towel%20of%20fruit.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">peaches plums and nectarines</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-oTxl8Fa8L5Sl3yDoBQcxPi-W0s-owxEk1_19H5jg086zAZChZw3ksMM4y1PoJ-luKa8sgGaMxVDcimd7Zsvij3oMuNcouW4ezjSK3nvGN6nVrRyIv0zQh6s5RytPxTnU6HhnJiRzzvV72WyqKsWRRqihAxDXyqusq86sqKMmopIBqFLinBxlQauaQ/s4032/nectarines%20on%20tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-oTxl8Fa8L5Sl3yDoBQcxPi-W0s-owxEk1_19H5jg086zAZChZw3ksMM4y1PoJ-luKa8sgGaMxVDcimd7Zsvij3oMuNcouW4ezjSK3nvGN6nVrRyIv0zQh6s5RytPxTnU6HhnJiRzzvV72WyqKsWRRqihAxDXyqusq86sqKMmopIBqFLinBxlQauaQ/w640-h480/nectarines%20on%20tree.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nectarines ripening on their branches - will be ready soon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My peach crop was ok- about 30 but my nectarines were abundant - maybe 400</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBJ8hNCbskV6b4qyP4VG86btCntWDOwTNMvjrl5xaEqwKtoiwnnq2BgxQgQGobZoynhUuPV2QlRexD9n_v52RFB0HMY4EMzifJRnA9bgDOwxPBPXk7ocMqmOwycDZgW3RFhTXiohIhZdD5m3JvBrgNa4n3YOasxnljyzZIMSsHuU7XMzDEJNvntqlcg/s4032/plum:nectarine%20jam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBJ8hNCbskV6b4qyP4VG86btCntWDOwTNMvjrl5xaEqwKtoiwnnq2BgxQgQGobZoynhUuPV2QlRexD9n_v52RFB0HMY4EMzifJRnA9bgDOwxPBPXk7ocMqmOwycDZgW3RFhTXiohIhZdD5m3JvBrgNa4n3YOasxnljyzZIMSsHuU7XMzDEJNvntqlcg/w464-h618/plum:nectarine%20jam.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Besides eating them fresh - lean over a sink because they are juicy I made a batch of canned stone fruit using as little sugar as possible. I added cinnamon, star anise, allspice and about 2 " of a vanilla bean for a rich spicy flavor Here is the<a href="https://foodinjars.com/recipe/spiced-nectarine-jam/"> recipe from Food in Jars </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I made a batch of peach scones. King Arthur Baking is a great go to for anything baked. Her is their <a href="https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/tender-peach-scones-recipe">recipe</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0B48X_ypsAnxiiA_4_CCfUu2TJKPzGDH-3QtqjvLzLU_9RbNv5CH3nPmRrieLjddvHLRmVWhOA0i36-VBhnp61p9Tu6g3rd433saHPOYjlparWBS6mx0nG59zqCTTNsnzXnmg31TDyyNORuWAvB01hRDkGvw90jUZgRZ-MDR3dZC2p9g1QPNF8gMtg/s4032/peach%20scone.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0B48X_ypsAnxiiA_4_CCfUu2TJKPzGDH-3QtqjvLzLU_9RbNv5CH3nPmRrieLjddvHLRmVWhOA0i36-VBhnp61p9Tu6g3rd433saHPOYjlparWBS6mx0nG59zqCTTNsnzXnmg31TDyyNORuWAvB01hRDkGvw90jUZgRZ-MDR3dZC2p9g1QPNF8gMtg/w480-h640/peach%20scone.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a great treat for breakfast </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-30057750317715778602022-06-14T13:12:00.000-07:002022-06-14T13:12:38.996-07:00Apricots! in May<p> Three years ago I planted a dozen fruit trees. Some have grown faster than others and have produced wonderful fruit. Last year I harvested about 50 apricots but this year was a bounty for sure.....well over 40 pounds which equates to about 9 fruit per pound. When is the last time you had an apricot that tasted like an apricot? What to do with all these? I certainly don't have enough friends to share them with but they did help me make use of a lot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqunmQsTrFAKiRJC5-KeywoMQnmk-NkEl9vA8sC9P6xC9Y02vfGzO_tFWckbPH9OeIBc2H2HdO6z3E9nJW-lKNR9Gte0IN7mY4rrcrhceHYizZvYwB8UthMtgvwF_fHoxngiEithD69N347A-T9K-pyAgveZA3OgZX4xwasVpYjyWVcCXIZv0x-LETAw/s4032/apricots%20in%20colander.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqunmQsTrFAKiRJC5-KeywoMQnmk-NkEl9vA8sC9P6xC9Y02vfGzO_tFWckbPH9OeIBc2H2HdO6z3E9nJW-lKNR9Gte0IN7mY4rrcrhceHYizZvYwB8UthMtgvwF_fHoxngiEithD69N347A-T9K-pyAgveZA3OgZX4xwasVpYjyWVcCXIZv0x-LETAw/w480-h640/apricots%20in%20colander.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>One morning harvest<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUE-aMhjbR9VnvtSFoU4r79azV3PRr7p9cD_gJrq8CDUK9R4D5LaSRI-zRMTFYEK9mtJBXtmk-kS_C31wnlpwlOawLlrruloVAd6THMdd_D4wrvS_BhK0r-BKD3bntkccSKeETQtHskyJ5KdOYZ3EdVlxmqAyPnJbggEf8YA5LppS-TLTi45BfdgT3Cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="3169" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUE-aMhjbR9VnvtSFoU4r79azV3PRr7p9cD_gJrq8CDUK9R4D5LaSRI-zRMTFYEK9mtJBXtmk-kS_C31wnlpwlOawLlrruloVAd6THMdd_D4wrvS_BhK0r-BKD3bntkccSKeETQtHskyJ5KdOYZ3EdVlxmqAyPnJbggEf8YA5LppS-TLTi45BfdgT3Cg=w640-h580" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My apricot tree is a gorgeous three year old tree.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwBD1vLuPe6agp8xMCO7sXhw0JRDAVBpzXJLbeUl-lyZGE4uQFQ4dwjUdvTmtG6xiaf7rw9jHWPFgVHGsF4ES_SJoUzIzyTUM54ldgOc0qTb5lOfW_YEJ4ISGLtFzf6hGSgvHHFHEdURCaTSbdKOgQhMzJ78bzeA1b7mnO5SEExLXarBqSguH6kgLIA/s4032/apricots%20on%20tree.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwBD1vLuPe6agp8xMCO7sXhw0JRDAVBpzXJLbeUl-lyZGE4uQFQ4dwjUdvTmtG6xiaf7rw9jHWPFgVHGsF4ES_SJoUzIzyTUM54ldgOc0qTb5lOfW_YEJ4ISGLtFzf6hGSgvHHFHEdURCaTSbdKOgQhMzJ78bzeA1b7mnO5SEExLXarBqSguH6kgLIA/w640-h480/apricots%20on%20tree.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first thing I made not knowing how many fruit I would have was jam/preserves. Ingredients: just halved apricots, sugar and lemon juice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaWHGkXzICYZJtDE91_-C6Dpfa8Xp9kikK_7aIh_NJRvDGcCPjT8dwldDTw0CoNyA8W9ZNxp4EL8cbmYq0A2QxAyX8c5Hn67nTa0Lg9yLac7oYVrWB_M5x4VZ-Uk6BT0gYeSOKCSR_DvUT8f4KFodR3DmDCCkjj-PSTsJd4INzgylLkwDEnCaJvyAfug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="2834" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaWHGkXzICYZJtDE91_-C6Dpfa8Xp9kikK_7aIh_NJRvDGcCPjT8dwldDTw0CoNyA8W9ZNxp4EL8cbmYq0A2QxAyX8c5Hn67nTa0Lg9yLac7oYVrWB_M5x4VZ-Uk6BT0gYeSOKCSR_DvUT8f4KFodR3DmDCCkjj-PSTsJd4INzgylLkwDEnCaJvyAfug=w640-h531" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Here's the <b>recipe</b>:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ingredients:</b></div><div>2 pounds apricots, halved and pit removed</div><div>1 cup sugar</div><div>1/4 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Method:</b></div><div>Place apricots in a wide bottom pan. Simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes</div><div>Add sugar and lemon juice. Cook an additional 40 minutes or until jam is thick.</div><div>Place in clean glass jars.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to can in large batches. Use your favorite equipment and process in a water bath for 10 minutes. If you are new to canning I highly recommend <u>Food in Jars</u> by Marisa McClellan or jump to her website <a href="https://foodinjars.com" target="_blank">Food in Jars</a></div><div>I usually fill a couple of jars and then store the rest in the fridge.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also tried a second of her recipes from her book <u>Naturally Sweet Food in Jars </u> that uses honey as the sweetener and added vanilla</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ok What else? I halved and pitted about 10 pounds, vacuum packed them and put them in the freezer. Next I dried about another 20 pounds in my food dehydrator and vacuum packed them. And for dessert: tarts. When I was a student at the Cordon Bleu in Paris we made tartes aux abricot</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJic_XegdebE5rGjchTe6l1xUaPe3xQGwoQ7t5S4w655AP8DV9xgaVChE8WQbIYCs3gHFwy6cHA_md0e2nT7SMncaHLZC9ZePz-a-W4W254n7r6CsXaaqYEcXokRE86UUT6nKUZ7V7R4_JhF_GkMCHjLfma1nZt1rHCtPu_RLDBmOfobvxhj5RDKRTYw/s3587/apricot%20heart%20tarts.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="3587" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJic_XegdebE5rGjchTe6l1xUaPe3xQGwoQ7t5S4w655AP8DV9xgaVChE8WQbIYCs3gHFwy6cHA_md0e2nT7SMncaHLZC9ZePz-a-W4W254n7r6CsXaaqYEcXokRE86UUT6nKUZ7V7R4_JhF_GkMCHjLfma1nZt1rHCtPu_RLDBmOfobvxhj5RDKRTYw/w640-h520/apricot%20heart%20tarts.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tartes aux abricots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p>I used a sweet pate sucre (sweet pastry dough), a traditional pastry cream. and placed quartered apricots on top. Oh yes an a sprinkling of powdered sugar both before and after baking. These are a perfect serving size and can be popped in the freezer. Here is the book that I use for tart recipes:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwx5oO3_u1WgM9R3HIiM7O8qIJ9PxV0N5ZdatjBPCK63ApVFAADucFY1t7jpremKrEspexTl2i45Eaxtt_Rk5ro_ftp3Zu-r6-Fm0BUSPfz1HYhFTTe_VHsjq6kLTAW_8WEFdm6DrStTdkPROCmDTfdgp7imXT-bYjUm5Mre60uhiZY9ePX2yJhcDQbQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwx5oO3_u1WgM9R3HIiM7O8qIJ9PxV0N5ZdatjBPCK63ApVFAADucFY1t7jpremKrEspexTl2i45Eaxtt_Rk5ro_ftp3Zu-r6-Fm0BUSPfz1HYhFTTe_VHsjq6kLTAW_8WEFdm6DrStTdkPROCmDTfdgp7imXT-bYjUm5Mre60uhiZY9ePX2yJhcDQbQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not an abundance of pretty pictures but authentic recipes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/French-Tarts-Savory-Sweet-Recipes/dp/1885183399">French Tarts by Linda Dannenberg</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikpzGAU6JcmKySkyAMWOm_XPEkKE1J9xM_O3-id3obobcXSjF_k3StwdfAXzBWMOTFvbexfu00CEfQr5gmf2Nw7noS9TFkNXPtd5xnND3cY7DN6Ae0gHNOcmh_0_fLl6WMeyi01vW_f-ZK-ssbQ4I8K522SEtG5QNznNy8_0En_Y8iRcUxFCcI1NKuRQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikpzGAU6JcmKySkyAMWOm_XPEkKE1J9xM_O3-id3obobcXSjF_k3StwdfAXzBWMOTFvbexfu00CEfQr5gmf2Nw7noS9TFkNXPtd5xnND3cY7DN6Ae0gHNOcmh_0_fLl6WMeyi01vW_f-ZK-ssbQ4I8K522SEtG5QNznNy8_0En_Y8iRcUxFCcI1NKuRQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I was really fortunate this year to have such a huge crop. Next year could be a dud. My other fruit trees are about ready<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwDhkXBs5z1QBOvgfzlHxXgmx5USboHbHjSYBO4VhfOnskRTPiberBkh2aUFZRDgVMSamsAnacq4nh8eOwM088sELQNX6ZeLT7E_H2cN2yu3wr6-uH34ngNniF1daHbAlgtwMQncU7fvW3rX6nZY7NjGhqNELszAvkR9tFgtRip9I1CRz8hR46oqLNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwDhkXBs5z1QBOvgfzlHxXgmx5USboHbHjSYBO4VhfOnskRTPiberBkh2aUFZRDgVMSamsAnacq4nh8eOwM088sELQNX6ZeLT7E_H2cN2yu3wr6-uH34ngNniF1daHbAlgtwMQncU7fvW3rX6nZY7NjGhqNELszAvkR9tFgtRip9I1CRz8hR46oqLNA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nectarine tree is next - about the first of July</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoocE7371jQXFfWZabi2kCP3vapYG8chtsm0nOWMHVfUafwdK2BeWDUWZNGTGiDEuz3EczwcoEL_AvhvQFWQANjipvVmQCY_U0SYFChzQwzlvFxE_sLdUJ8CA4eRiN0HqMIx4pBabeisv_iV3rcNFGU6FaB9tjv1btf7dYcnzRDMWJQBgF276i8jkKyw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoocE7371jQXFfWZabi2kCP3vapYG8chtsm0nOWMHVfUafwdK2BeWDUWZNGTGiDEuz3EczwcoEL_AvhvQFWQANjipvVmQCY_U0SYFChzQwzlvFxE_sLdUJ8CA4eRiN0HqMIx4pBabeisv_iV3rcNFGU6FaB9tjv1btf7dYcnzRDMWJQBgF276i8jkKyw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Satsuma plum - maybe ready late July</div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnPfIIHs_-J17f10BqA_8eBM1Pwlfo33zg4gyCOA9aqGKMj3GxwYz1MdpRbH1wH0dqrpTnf0qy-KTFq_YOjCeg2v38_lzl8INxHliKthUqOyg4sm19eCpeUhZg10fK8-AhXFeuhnwsY_CgC3IfpYZGQpUnmY3buuMAUZJiFzZVwv8bntPfFEZfcKSeqw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnPfIIHs_-J17f10BqA_8eBM1Pwlfo33zg4gyCOA9aqGKMj3GxwYz1MdpRbH1wH0dqrpTnf0qy-KTFq_YOjCeg2v38_lzl8INxHliKthUqOyg4sm19eCpeUhZg10fK8-AhXFeuhnwsY_CgC3IfpYZGQpUnmY3buuMAUZJiFzZVwv8bntPfFEZfcKSeqw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sally - who is the official orchard kitty</div><br /><br /><p></p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-66041518608607921462022-02-01T15:07:00.001-08:002022-02-01T15:13:40.291-08:00February 1st in the garden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of leafy greens ready to make into something wonderful! Each day my chickens give me a few eggs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are much fewer on these short days of winter. They will go back to full production in a couple of months. Poppy provides about 2 cups each day of delicious milk. This month I made cheddar, Feta and "fresh" chèvre. I thank her after each milking for her delicious milk and she thanks me for the treat of fresh and crunchy apples that she eats during the chore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiggqxaOGt7ulbYFIlv13w4Q18oADFpOmSTsGMageAjYzZ3a7qVIUiymFsZVjfraXhwmgP4Rrzjrl4QwUMvXbpMoUvPDFXlWF-NeLuD5-liBOh6sbXi6DJXckL42PKovAbpbC03L_U2DU_fvt2Lt3ZeaRJAl4Ic3U1rP_vVJfVEaNs73oQJZ9Hpn7qCmg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiggqxaOGt7ulbYFIlv13w4Q18oADFpOmSTsGMageAjYzZ3a7qVIUiymFsZVjfraXhwmgP4Rrzjrl4QwUMvXbpMoUvPDFXlWF-NeLuD5-liBOh6sbXi6DJXckL42PKovAbpbC03L_U2DU_fvt2Lt3ZeaRJAl4Ic3U1rP_vVJfVEaNs73oQJZ9Hpn7qCmg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tetsoi - Asian spinach </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This grows in a gorgeous florette about 12 inches across. You can pull leaves off or I think that I will just steam the whole burst</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's winter but in Southern California a garden can still give you a plethora of fruits and vegetables. Citrus is the dominant fruit here right now. I planted a few small trees when I moved here 3 years ago but this tangerine tree of my neighbor's is absolutely amazing:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVLq-96SbXX8lqhaeR7CME__5FHTVbIG-SQ3xJHOYaTEuPnVKQGbmt0j_BWbqWoE9wmNENzHRgs24DTM7Goql4LYirEhuomNPqg14v7kjyEK8XdAFMU1rxM8zTEPHe6gRemWejZnLaM7S2mItyT8ecSGEVLwqHUdvrGAp8p5o9HVjT2zJTNuTzz5rDCQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVLq-96SbXX8lqhaeR7CME__5FHTVbIG-SQ3xJHOYaTEuPnVKQGbmt0j_BWbqWoE9wmNENzHRgs24DTM7Goql4LYirEhuomNPqg14v7kjyEK8XdAFMU1rxM8zTEPHe6gRemWejZnLaM7S2mItyT8ecSGEVLwqHUdvrGAp8p5o9HVjT2zJTNuTzz5rDCQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even in a year of draught this beauty is loaded with fruit. Often neighbors share their abundance with others Last month I posted my tiny grapefruit tree. I still have a dozen fruit left to pick but they do well on the tree. I also have a Meyer lemon tree- with about 8 gorgeous lemons, a blood orange tree (no fruit yet) and a kumquat tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM5GmMqQ_qS5qbujqDjh8E22-hcGS14JN9l6m57v1h7OkV23QbCXvaxC1vjLSGRBBWVqGgpyJ2tyRPipfUwNFQ0EGQqFeoshS11Sw-RnFxMW4cpo_WXf6gKNcgUxqwJevbEfGV9B568Z_inJ29hdwF0Z3s-4v1LroNrhEjirOx7mjRG6eW9pR35J7uZQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM5GmMqQ_qS5qbujqDjh8E22-hcGS14JN9l6m57v1h7OkV23QbCXvaxC1vjLSGRBBWVqGgpyJ2tyRPipfUwNFQ0EGQqFeoshS11Sw-RnFxMW4cpo_WXf6gKNcgUxqwJevbEfGV9B568Z_inJ29hdwF0Z3s-4v1LroNrhEjirOx7mjRG6eW9pR35J7uZQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have trained many of my friends and family how to eat these. The fruit is tiny - about an inch oblong. The skin is very sweet. The pulp is very sour with a few soft seeds. How to eat? Commit to eating the whole darn thing at once. Don't think about it. The blend of sweet and sour is delightful. These little gems are great made into a sauce with wine and honey. Try this:<a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/17/narsai-david-recipe-chicken-breasts-sauteed-with-kumquats-and-honey/" target="_blank">https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/17/narsai-david-recipe-chicken-breasts-sauteed-with-kumquats-and-honey/</a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Believe it or not I have one last tomato on the vine. It's a Berkeley tie dye beefsteak tomato. I planted it new last February and it gave me a beautiful production but then it reseeded and gave me another huge crop starting in October</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOatRU99esTS92lp1dnVX5yjwgtsAAI-nkpP97-uEWZDbOTqhvK8lS8gx82Q0LQD1zIz1nM0slIvF2ffAuGVgdR0b3u7njBYB1grzgWLWW3xcMeIV_YgWKlbtyy_r5LvE6aw3-vkqC36P9xs--z5nBIlOqUFX8WywjMvZBPc15l0SiSnHCO_20SIa1_A=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOatRU99esTS92lp1dnVX5yjwgtsAAI-nkpP97-uEWZDbOTqhvK8lS8gx82Q0LQD1zIz1nM0slIvF2ffAuGVgdR0b3u7njBYB1grzgWLWW3xcMeIV_YgWKlbtyy_r5LvE6aw3-vkqC36P9xs--z5nBIlOqUFX8WywjMvZBPc15l0SiSnHCO_20SIa1_A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglmTVD87EDtOyBYNn10s1DZrTpzUSCHD9vGHnNzpls4IVp4g3ivcKXgkcT4uugfWsd4Q03dUekEwyuKPZYw3Hdcly7U0UyHesu0v9T1oBPqcslwsV0PplHxWja-Wlciy-r7SqXIrHh9y3ulG2RvpRXj0GkeNGyGDC_agaKJbuYWdXNKtIN1ySk4nJO1w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglmTVD87EDtOyBYNn10s1DZrTpzUSCHD9vGHnNzpls4IVp4g3ivcKXgkcT4uugfWsd4Q03dUekEwyuKPZYw3Hdcly7U0UyHesu0v9T1oBPqcslwsV0PplHxWja-Wlciy-r7SqXIrHh9y3ulG2RvpRXj0GkeNGyGDC_agaKJbuYWdXNKtIN1ySk4nJO1w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I combined my freshly picked tomatoes with some of Poppy's cheese to make </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baked goat cheese and tomato pasta- recipe at the end of today's post</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjigTuk9DCuPTYccXb4swcCEKdp-Fp8vWhkRSYcmr4WswWVuU_R9IJSjKtN5y2TitFfYt9avV_rgQxkAzdD3twXwG_e5vxLSWJOByMen9YXRKBR4hSGjVDfhPW9GZNZKnF6YYXGj_TLjmKsWDuAFwa8LmUIiWOATEEfJVP7KEmeNbgz4TSAjeg915ISBg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjigTuk9DCuPTYccXb4swcCEKdp-Fp8vWhkRSYcmr4WswWVuU_R9IJSjKtN5y2TitFfYt9avV_rgQxkAzdD3twXwG_e5vxLSWJOByMen9YXRKBR4hSGjVDfhPW9GZNZKnF6YYXGj_TLjmKsWDuAFwa8LmUIiWOATEEfJVP7KEmeNbgz4TSAjeg915ISBg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are lots of other greens:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7BM62xtCor5MQeSjuNjewmIi91ULHXBb8i2JsN8WjYE5SbfjkCB_cC_mCZUBPBK-155wertEzgM2VEiSMqBHlWw5Byz6VMYkthkuAkUIEWb24Qu-aVBCwFlZonv7Z75o8-gtwF9TwT13ZXsbyX11j6Ky0UcTEljN0yOz63SLplPZgx9_Ra1JTWDO30w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7BM62xtCor5MQeSjuNjewmIi91ULHXBb8i2JsN8WjYE5SbfjkCB_cC_mCZUBPBK-155wertEzgM2VEiSMqBHlWw5Byz6VMYkthkuAkUIEWb24Qu-aVBCwFlZonv7Z75o8-gtwF9TwT13ZXsbyX11j6Ky0UcTEljN0yOz63SLplPZgx9_Ra1JTWDO30w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arugula : try making a salad with walnuts, cranberries and a balsamic dressing</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhArE4NgbCNpfc3q1NstCygdR7A69w-Y8vIAtr7X9ZbE72TRg2W8LQiBiUJyqgDQlAzsikrrwk-1bvyc6DLPpdufsibRD9dyXYPGL4vAb9_H4Ox7VrjEIXD7HFBbvwzmUdwOF1rtftwcOkJXPUd7V8UtNUZGhuuSXAkLnJCrw0R4RSCC_y_DTiYM-6oMQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhArE4NgbCNpfc3q1NstCygdR7A69w-Y8vIAtr7X9ZbE72TRg2W8LQiBiUJyqgDQlAzsikrrwk-1bvyc6DLPpdufsibRD9dyXYPGL4vAb9_H4Ox7VrjEIXD7HFBbvwzmUdwOF1rtftwcOkJXPUd7V8UtNUZGhuuSXAkLnJCrw0R4RSCC_y_DTiYM-6oMQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tuscan kale - love in a salad or quick stir fried in olive oil, add pine nuts for a minute and then balsamic vinegar, I love to add a piece of grilled white fish or steak to the top</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1H7adNzxuv-FAIk7TceKDoHXWOauasIoTrYYn-OafYZEKONfCwi3owAcoI0TMoutSSQfFAPESEfR8Zs5E3LG5k95_QTk26UiBPTlXegng9J9I81dZbZ07tJuDYQkUVrfICnwNjwHTW8mRgLj_XF_-LGcSJK4Tqv2Kfka4fE5FQok3DQthaLGsz_aO7g=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1H7adNzxuv-FAIk7TceKDoHXWOauasIoTrYYn-OafYZEKONfCwi3owAcoI0TMoutSSQfFAPESEfR8Zs5E3LG5k95_QTk26UiBPTlXegng9J9I81dZbZ07tJuDYQkUVrfICnwNjwHTW8mRgLj_XF_-LGcSJK4Tqv2Kfka4fE5FQok3DQthaLGsz_aO7g=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And red freckled lettuce</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's still plenty of passion fruit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrlmqcdiJ4ctT1o_J8Oab6iSVeclWxBFPMGR4dWmi1V4y026yfYQGWMLyv27SRVkavn8aybxt2yuvJ3c16Yv3gftayfgfi-qol0mvq9aOYnXOjiCvFATS2aJJEpBgkmRLfHJ3rVSXPRBjwTaBA5kESh6Eedz2IkRpcQSVWa6dTpAwwTyDglXzlo0Aqnw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrlmqcdiJ4ctT1o_J8Oab6iSVeclWxBFPMGR4dWmi1V4y026yfYQGWMLyv27SRVkavn8aybxt2yuvJ3c16Yv3gftayfgfi-qol0mvq9aOYnXOjiCvFATS2aJJEpBgkmRLfHJ3rVSXPRBjwTaBA5kESh6Eedz2IkRpcQSVWa6dTpAwwTyDglXzlo0Aqnw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my very first strawberries</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2629" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO8dVBuR9eriNDYSgXSg-x6dhhH81GWiDyts1huu5kBkMiEYMSRzdqR1AEGYqtSZBL8NMmIX3MLos4KxPoOWgCaWgf39VYFZFcjWFrM7qHHZjMjCDSx1meqiZyxh8_M5Chg_iP8jv1qsHV4Xje-3R3cuTwh2jhr6ZQXK-aSGJIIDMGCeCQgvX56wYVKA=w584-h640" style="text-align: left;" width="584" /></div><p></p><div><br /></div>But also there is a lot of HOPE: The fruit trees are bare, pruned and starting to blossom<div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-g2d7XJEtV9fwimLZCrPrOIWI3ekLlPzNJbb1DaVr6mOEwxgRGTamJ84GDQsF7j2XJZeBuSJk1DzcbuKqACr_9mCYqdwCUQ5uTDo64WFnSS573MYQCLb9pX6p5g4jTxFb24hzCpjfVqdkIpIkSqrJnDcKRXqxZDwqAx2zM46xJ3SUDjjm9JfL1D-4tQ=s2624" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="2346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-g2d7XJEtV9fwimLZCrPrOIWI3ekLlPzNJbb1DaVr6mOEwxgRGTamJ84GDQsF7j2XJZeBuSJk1DzcbuKqACr_9mCYqdwCUQ5uTDo64WFnSS573MYQCLb9pX6p5g4jTxFb24hzCpjfVqdkIpIkSqrJnDcKRXqxZDwqAx2zM46xJ3SUDjjm9JfL1D-4tQ=w572-h640" width="572" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nectarine</div>Then the apple tree is starting too:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqMYCf0kaGLXhhO0QKc8O3d-9iJ5OkONePEGueaGIpzD4z19sQQsR8v_kZFc7cC-cUa4BStMOe65q7xzoOeSv05RpZIi5bhc9BeNrXqnyue2NPepBOcz8UlREFCkiPoWXB0CGB-emnG4luYJjEUJP6YyPtaYkpoXeGLyhdpVQHORwmnQOUjCeLVkG2LA=s2708" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="2390" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqMYCf0kaGLXhhO0QKc8O3d-9iJ5OkONePEGueaGIpzD4z19sQQsR8v_kZFc7cC-cUa4BStMOe65q7xzoOeSv05RpZIi5bhc9BeNrXqnyue2NPepBOcz8UlREFCkiPoWXB0CGB-emnG4luYJjEUJP6YyPtaYkpoXeGLyhdpVQHORwmnQOUjCeLVkG2LA=w564-h640" width="564" /></a></div>Here come the nastursiums.....flowers soon.....lovely and spicy in a salad or under a crab cake<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhndfK_BpmG-ZloPP-0EW20JSi0MUB_zSifUbN8FVpyMbw3RMGhOWJV1-9l26VC0n-XWehfthlyuucS6nuUofHo60yo4g8ZpRqsa31HXSKIldoRa_V50Mxy6VbzUoLDeBGqYMEYsuOtqSywBJzKs3w1wBCtVcOtz8ZQ7oxdqt7i9SavGLI-Qxs9kFc_vQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhndfK_BpmG-ZloPP-0EW20JSi0MUB_zSifUbN8FVpyMbw3RMGhOWJV1-9l26VC0n-XWehfthlyuucS6nuUofHo60yo4g8ZpRqsa31HXSKIldoRa_V50Mxy6VbzUoLDeBGqYMEYsuOtqSywBJzKs3w1wBCtVcOtz8ZQ7oxdqt7i9SavGLI-Qxs9kFc_vQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />And this is my first artichoke plant :<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2i-4aySSgVDsPVq9Y2-cCCd7jlWtc3nxzeodF2L2ei-4jQSm9UCdRwSAsNoRZ-FXUNdfuUMXcZiO1UbRXhYXSasAltp4--n9dgz9vDpM7tB1H0KpZZ7WOtG_i2XRkVZLglU6nNkcKgpj-8ufup6xq3c-1WlVVeSJE8kEmGJr_mJXI-1bJmgskfaofWw=s3292" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3292" data-original-width="2885" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2i-4aySSgVDsPVq9Y2-cCCd7jlWtc3nxzeodF2L2ei-4jQSm9UCdRwSAsNoRZ-FXUNdfuUMXcZiO1UbRXhYXSasAltp4--n9dgz9vDpM7tB1H0KpZZ7WOtG_i2XRkVZLglU6nNkcKgpj-8ufup6xq3c-1WlVVeSJE8kEmGJr_mJXI-1bJmgskfaofWw=w560-h640" width="560" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This morning my friend Linda Avignon shared with me her recipe for baked goat cheese and tomato pasta. I had all the ingredients on hand and decided to make it for lunch. It is so good.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Baked goat cheese pasta:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ingredients:</b></span></div><div>1/2 cup good olive oil - is there really any other kind?</div><div>11 oz goat cheese- unflavored</div><div>20 oz cherry or small heirloom tomatoes</div><div>3 garlic cloves - peeled and sliced thin</div><div>1 shallot - peeled and sliced thin</div><div>10-12 oz dried pasta</div><div>10 large leaves of basil</div><div>2 sprigs of fresh thyme</div><div>salt and pepper</div><div>cooked pancetta for a top of garnish. I didn't have any but I wish that I did. It would be perfect!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Method:</b></span></div><div>Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees</div><div>In a 3 quart casserole dish (that will take high heat) pour in the olive oil. Then add all of the goat cheese to the center of the dish. Add the tomatoes, garlic and shallot. Place 4 leaves of basil and the thyme on top and then add salt and pepper:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw2YQcI7TItrSXMDBubNswLyRVWvCYiM8gumUeRY81w-rkYZNW8wEkiND4xyRjQ34M3RtQvyhi_ev8znXfj0kOyTmGoZb4qcQ67DJS0YHFuxDupjPVMK_2t_-Yp6jkDsSdW6li364tqLZywLGrQnzFp5fjGuRvkEC52-_FXe-WHVVYKDWzcrCmu4SR8g=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw2YQcI7TItrSXMDBubNswLyRVWvCYiM8gumUeRY81w-rkYZNW8wEkiND4xyRjQ34M3RtQvyhi_ev8znXfj0kOyTmGoZb4qcQ67DJS0YHFuxDupjPVMK_2t_-Yp6jkDsSdW6li364tqLZywLGrQnzFp5fjGuRvkEC52-_FXe-WHVVYKDWzcrCmu4SR8g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>Bake in 400 deg oven for 20-25 minutes. The corners of the dish should be lightly brown and bubbly.</div><div>Meanwhile cook the pasta according to box directions. Use any kind you want....gluten free would be nice too.</div><div>Optional: cook under broiler for 2-3 minutes to crisp up the cheese. I didn't do this step.</div><div>Drain the pasta reserving some of the water in case you want to thin the sauce. Add the pasta to the sauce. Finish with the remaining 6 leaves of basil and pancetta.</div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Enjoy!</b></span></div><div>Serves 6</div><div>Serve with a leafy green salad for vitamin A and C</div><div>Would be perfect with a citrus based dessert or throw a little citrus into the green salad.</div><div>This will keep in the fridge a few days or freeze</div><div>This recipe was inspired by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-Cook-Managing-Comforting-Lifestyle/dp/1513262653" target="_blank"><i>The Dizzy Cook, </i>by Alicia Wolf</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-6987560690076646542022-01-07T08:54:00.001-08:002022-01-07T08:54:29.750-08:00Happy 2022 - January in the garden<p> Happy New Year! Another new beginning and hope for a great year! It's time to clean out the pantry and the doors to the fridge. Do your storage containers all have lids? Toss out the pieces that don't have their mates! It's time to start fresh.</p><p>Even though it's winter I have gifts from the garden and farm. Of course I have eggs.....fewer on the short days of winter. Poppy gives me about 2 cups of delicious milk each day...plenty for my lattes and making cheese and ice cream. I think I'll try buttermilk this week! The deciduous fruit trees have all dropped their leaves and are waiting to be pruned but my citrus trees....as young as they are ...are my benefactors this month. Surprisingly I am still enjoying fresh tomatoes....but my garden's abundance is leafy greens, Here's what nourishing me this month:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUSOzA7lOOgyKmmjPUP9UI2Bw07zIpmzJIFov7uPiqB9MrmYcUhcK18LLruW6C0ehCB7WEkIJ7X0xe94p-DEz7O_Xk6Ogu282CX6xeyVQ0g5KMnCQNBvdZekvarHBMvYtPSsRpG8TDP1K5ub9hHcS1uLg0OuBsq7IKDHGl2pFBJEzrxNxPWmJWSDptTA=s2774" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="2106" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUSOzA7lOOgyKmmjPUP9UI2Bw07zIpmzJIFov7uPiqB9MrmYcUhcK18LLruW6C0ehCB7WEkIJ7X0xe94p-DEz7O_Xk6Ogu282CX6xeyVQ0g5KMnCQNBvdZekvarHBMvYtPSsRpG8TDP1K5ub9hHcS1uLg0OuBsq7IKDHGl2pFBJEzrxNxPWmJWSDptTA=w486-h640" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruby Red grapefruit. There are about 20 of these beauties even though this tree is only about 2 feet tall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs_ZXA2PwfQnwhc956LRp6spaiFoVyODeAYWrEBryIhtGNFy5ALlX4xh11Tq8FX0WnlTF0UQPwHBb5o2viqgpInlq-O2MRQvoMi-WqPSYSovu5ToKQbvIfpunsXZjDqKDreL8_6-Sb7ILN0phm04gvf0ge-gTOcIwRN28XxqZzWn3UmYCp6qj9XbqRsQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs_ZXA2PwfQnwhc956LRp6spaiFoVyODeAYWrEBryIhtGNFy5ALlX4xh11Tq8FX0WnlTF0UQPwHBb5o2viqgpInlq-O2MRQvoMi-WqPSYSovu5ToKQbvIfpunsXZjDqKDreL8_6-Sb7ILN0phm04gvf0ge-gTOcIwRN28XxqZzWn3UmYCp6qj9XbqRsQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leafy greens: Mizuna lettuce, red freckle lettuce, kale, arugula</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUEEu5QZYMj2EB4-eFMOL3NNU_GIvpoLT9LE6AJ6aHaCumBuBAkK8TjF_nSnYEdxQyyO1L0epKABPPihhW5-9l771L3-WljTJ3LuAT81RLWqLuLnIoiOocXJ7me1EfdjkG8dnTMW6QnXOkxqLu_kFNQ4lFpsYeFJ9oD6b--NYqswk7ZMo6xSlXeSfzUA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUEEu5QZYMj2EB4-eFMOL3NNU_GIvpoLT9LE6AJ6aHaCumBuBAkK8TjF_nSnYEdxQyyO1L0epKABPPihhW5-9l771L3-WljTJ3LuAT81RLWqLuLnIoiOocXJ7me1EfdjkG8dnTMW6QnXOkxqLu_kFNQ4lFpsYeFJ9oD6b--NYqswk7ZMo6xSlXeSfzUA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swiss chard, rainbow...such pretty red ribs....filled with nutrients</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHTeYwaXsZZ7uf0wg6Nwla2sBlf7_C2Z1LN7iruRwOvngkzwsp2U2HhPC-NHyLPOs0UZQqVj2qYbPScooodlt6m8zBo9ioZGkGzNifBZDkAfN_oYsFB01QLj7wHxDbF4rXWDXvJmk2xQ8tDpVPdi2F8x2iWlv4XkcGqW07GyIfrfPDjCmfK0SBwoHNUQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHTeYwaXsZZ7uf0wg6Nwla2sBlf7_C2Z1LN7iruRwOvngkzwsp2U2HhPC-NHyLPOs0UZQqVj2qYbPScooodlt6m8zBo9ioZGkGzNifBZDkAfN_oYsFB01QLj7wHxDbF4rXWDXvJmk2xQ8tDpVPdi2F8x2iWlv4XkcGqW07GyIfrfPDjCmfK0SBwoHNUQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A new crop for me this year: celery. I know it sounds boring but celery from the garden is delicious</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yes and I will harvest my first sugar snap peas today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxQuCrz_KwaXDr6t06oJN3zI5hNsGGedw5UKXzdu1hg6gbPNExlGrp3Fc4ckvBrykH_4EoVFxV17kQVWh-c_8vc7QP6xHcxG3fBPIaZRPizxcUPASy9jnL-U5wAEnx5ypRuaiDus2mn382Zw_eY2Blxl3UP-OO0x5dIuQ__LxOLXhQ2RALHpN4DMne_A=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxQuCrz_KwaXDr6t06oJN3zI5hNsGGedw5UKXzdu1hg6gbPNExlGrp3Fc4ckvBrykH_4EoVFxV17kQVWh-c_8vc7QP6xHcxG3fBPIaZRPizxcUPASy9jnL-U5wAEnx5ypRuaiDus2mn382Zw_eY2Blxl3UP-OO0x5dIuQ__LxOLXhQ2RALHpN4DMne_A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKKd3VglQAQ5y_3rrnxvuVEZiS-cDne2mQ-Ei2QrvLyKGA1XJ0gq10SusBBg1aGBmrcZw5aD5KlTMEGg44KXlRNBA72vvTij-OYgkt8XFms9RwXwuAM9j_pXq_f1Qc3ncMWjcsDrCdHGkdvGOFRmTNLxjMpyd0XmWJuXeenoji2FXQju07Lfy9xNobNg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKKd3VglQAQ5y_3rrnxvuVEZiS-cDne2mQ-Ei2QrvLyKGA1XJ0gq10SusBBg1aGBmrcZw5aD5KlTMEGg44KXlRNBA72vvTij-OYgkt8XFms9RwXwuAM9j_pXq_f1Qc3ncMWjcsDrCdHGkdvGOFRmTNLxjMpyd0XmWJuXeenoji2FXQju07Lfy9xNobNg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">definitely too pretty to eat</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi58H86zaCJAgSnqwpBbh2z2quY6Hoshnye5BMOdw4rt3PbR9cEaC150wbL2ltmxIzGdWf8-1CmOiFc1dVskZCd9nm5XAwAZlRURSnSrGF3B3ktQAwJFey0jfh7P4OwF_y5WKkoubZ0JtIIZwOFD9kv99B8dfB4bU7-z3hhvmpZet4NDD3y3i_0H4E-vQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi58H86zaCJAgSnqwpBbh2z2quY6Hoshnye5BMOdw4rt3PbR9cEaC150wbL2ltmxIzGdWf8-1CmOiFc1dVskZCd9nm5XAwAZlRURSnSrGF3B3ktQAwJFey0jfh7P4OwF_y5WKkoubZ0JtIIZwOFD9kv99B8dfB4bU7-z3hhvmpZet4NDD3y3i_0H4E-vQ=w375-h499" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the never ending stream of passion fruit</div><br /><br /><br /></div>Enjoy your January and your New Year!<br /><p><br /></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-33502070189237393572021-12-24T14:03:00.005-08:002021-12-24T14:10:53.137-08:00Merry Christmas!!!! Cookies and Crackers<p> This year's theme is based on a pastry chef nutcracker made in the region of Erzgebirge, Germany- the Christmas region by Christian Ulbricht. Nutcrackers are hand made from the local forest. They have the tradition of bringing good luck to the home and are perfect housewarming or hostess gifts. Judge Drosselmeier, godfather to Clara and Fritz, brought one to their Christmas Eve party which became the setting for The Nutcracker Suite. These carving also are rumored to ward off malevolent spirits or in 2021 viruses</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJDtR46lQACPTGEBa4XBzJg_zySotr8KK2FOLAm8Yb4BQg29rc-CEiPINuSuwtWfAFWGuFKfoMZip3LhXeCjjK9KtOoiVwpYVZ75poXexQdZotD-9yqDjji283qYxU4NHmJ1HP0Z4KoboUmMOFKftUNdVh4423WlFdIcXtVD902pEGfZuOMQhy8aXpaA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJDtR46lQACPTGEBa4XBzJg_zySotr8KK2FOLAm8Yb4BQg29rc-CEiPINuSuwtWfAFWGuFKfoMZip3LhXeCjjK9KtOoiVwpYVZ75poXexQdZotD-9yqDjji283qYxU4NHmJ1HP0Z4KoboUmMOFKftUNdVh4423WlFdIcXtVD902pEGfZuOMQhy8aXpaA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pastry chef nutcracker</div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This was my muse and then it just became fun:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Who doesn't have just a little smile on their face when they see a sunflower? especially a field of them just walking or driving by? This year I took an unused space of dirt about 15" by 30 " in between my fruit trees in my orchard and wanted to grow a space dedicated just to flowers <a href="https://www.floretflowers.com">Floret Flowers in Washington state</a> inspired me and I had the space just had to do all of the work. I had seeds from last years sunflowers that I managed to save from the birds and rodents so I started with those. I planted a row of them straight down the middle of 2/3 of the bed. Then I planted some other seeds as well. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXBqCy43Z5Eeecc2lb86_gngkYea7Ut6IqMm1j5tr-MUE7LNSs3ffwjCy0SRDs2Fsn7VcrM4YXnEICQBdmBRnwyaMpBnkFU4HEr_DGuxGw4jh6dNJ5W791q4Z9GlTYcfMJeWelH9nCfI_/s2048/May+sunflower+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXBqCy43Z5Eeecc2lb86_gngkYea7Ut6IqMm1j5tr-MUE7LNSs3ffwjCy0SRDs2Fsn7VcrM4YXnEICQBdmBRnwyaMpBnkFU4HEr_DGuxGw4jh6dNJ5W791q4Z9GlTYcfMJeWelH9nCfI_/w400-h300/May+sunflower+garden.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But just 6 weeks later: whoops!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgcA3ymVcRVsYtEErUllops2BSfgA0bkfq8OhlcNZaba810KIn1-EJ7I-uVUC-maiHO_i0iV07cBG8esuy4vZ8ohx8SHYG_ePkaK9KfbvucrTTtYJudlCEoYpm5zmp-iSi3pmh0IcuFn1/s2048/jungle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgcA3ymVcRVsYtEErUllops2BSfgA0bkfq8OhlcNZaba810KIn1-EJ7I-uVUC-maiHO_i0iV07cBG8esuy4vZ8ohx8SHYG_ePkaK9KfbvucrTTtYJudlCEoYpm5zmp-iSi3pmh0IcuFn1/w400-h300/jungle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see this sunflower garden from the street around the corner but not from the front of my home. Often I have passers-by who comment on my surprise garden towering 12 feet into the sky!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p> I did save one third of the space for a new variety: Ruby Eclipse!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEKXsVPw0AANWmic2wnHmxP8XFlDz8SsTEELqAoR0FovIii4j_YV1sKNcVGMWo3aYayW8Agx1RWvoR8xlLW5zekJLL2JrL4d9VrWmiCy9EsjyvQB2iV__GWQmY_4AX-KObP5RAE5Hs8qV/s2048/full+ruby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEKXsVPw0AANWmic2wnHmxP8XFlDz8SsTEELqAoR0FovIii4j_YV1sKNcVGMWo3aYayW8Agx1RWvoR8xlLW5zekJLL2JrL4d9VrWmiCy9EsjyvQB2iV__GWQmY_4AX-KObP5RAE5Hs8qV/w516-h640/full+ruby.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruby Eclipse - Isn't she lovely?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjLqwlKgSLlcQOVy5-NneLMO23eAKxAF59VfO7nCRl9AOHph4oHv6eixGg90ms3zt2jVuqBIti6OxSxl9DchqfE5gVN3sp7VJnG3VXy5PuVNfKITIElapWDjBbB98b7J56U2SmYWU4xe8/s2048/field+of+rubies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjLqwlKgSLlcQOVy5-NneLMO23eAKxAF59VfO7nCRl9AOHph4oHv6eixGg90ms3zt2jVuqBIti6OxSxl9DchqfE5gVN3sp7VJnG3VXy5PuVNfKITIElapWDjBbB98b7J56U2SmYWU4xe8/w455-h341/field+of+rubies.jpg" width="455" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae0gKIgWCU6zrbCDtPxfFYsCs4nJPNKCTMbdZZC5Ddaj5GVYL9Fa8Gf43MweoLNuaeYqHSWy04GvUSzAVtRQr1laGXIs8bZFIAGU9O0l_ezFI2lzBslP9LQGXJkr2WuN4MbnAjRoWyMpg/s2048/ruby+eclipse+and+seed+pod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae0gKIgWCU6zrbCDtPxfFYsCs4nJPNKCTMbdZZC5Ddaj5GVYL9Fa8Gf43MweoLNuaeYqHSWy04GvUSzAVtRQr1laGXIs8bZFIAGU9O0l_ezFI2lzBslP9LQGXJkr2WuN4MbnAjRoWyMpg/w480-h640/ruby+eclipse+and+seed+pod.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> And just this morning the first of this beauty greeted the sun: Evening Sun<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheSd8e1_-vJC5UyXZZVo9KkWx-_72z2lsN_6HThuD7R7UxawG7hfpvJaVzcOQvW1Ms4ualTFt1DfqEETTqwHV7PKMhZRC91-xctNg4kDRyTDY5AW8bDVn146svXygLwz5Cwyy2LHAPCBd/s2048/evening+sun+sunflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1695" height="727" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheSd8e1_-vJC5UyXZZVo9KkWx-_72z2lsN_6HThuD7R7UxawG7hfpvJaVzcOQvW1Ms4ualTFt1DfqEETTqwHV7PKMhZRC91-xctNg4kDRyTDY5AW8bDVn146svXygLwz5Cwyy2LHAPCBd/w602-h727/evening+sun+sunflower.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /> This one towered up to about twelve feet and them prepared for its debut<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF5N9iSaYjgiwMhWq5yPPoaSbCzw6keIgncPCVn-KtkE0aMohVmX74T2bDtDzcSluFy5p0mhS5aTpQ9npHhD6sBefHQl-9ChK9eytHeiq0KJ1wTVQGp22DeM4VqkksGY71XtzlTR8yrsh/s2048/debut+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF5N9iSaYjgiwMhWq5yPPoaSbCzw6keIgncPCVn-KtkE0aMohVmX74T2bDtDzcSluFy5p0mhS5aTpQ9npHhD6sBefHQl-9ChK9eytHeiq0KJ1wTVQGp22DeM4VqkksGY71XtzlTR8yrsh/w368-h490/debut+2.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then there are some preparing for their ensemble dance in the afternoon breeze</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHd7pRhGpEJwGLdGU75TXyaf9QwX-LXyDh9JWx7cCo8DLvRUy6tlX9F082GcVlc1BWXPyVaWzr3l5VPSmRkJjZg_Gs6TrdV1ymV3dNmY8SIX3rNvk3QUnh_OH5_2quJES5Ni1XjMfyT-60/s2048/preparing+for+a+debut+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHd7pRhGpEJwGLdGU75TXyaf9QwX-LXyDh9JWx7cCo8DLvRUy6tlX9F082GcVlc1BWXPyVaWzr3l5VPSmRkJjZg_Gs6TrdV1ymV3dNmY8SIX3rNvk3QUnh_OH5_2quJES5Ni1XjMfyT-60/w640-h480/preparing+for+a+debut+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They group in clusters:</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBQxdf0UMu0AnRnnDkrx91FhSTRSW5huNxl2YE6fFhJpTubKiJ5E-odw9BLztDwrg43FxmNb_7jx9kNxbFCrP9JVyIQ50EpgEo5SFJeTMkX-RTx8elZno78PBj12ji7NnHwIIvrvc6rW3/s2048/sunflower+cluster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBQxdf0UMu0AnRnnDkrx91FhSTRSW5huNxl2YE6fFhJpTubKiJ5E-odw9BLztDwrg43FxmNb_7jx9kNxbFCrP9JVyIQ50EpgEo5SFJeTMkX-RTx8elZno78PBj12ji7NnHwIIvrvc6rW3/w480-h640/sunflower+cluster.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some make it into the house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPzPnnMkTQpd-Tmb7JnEx_vS0TaoTSnt6oRfpNua5PgJeUzPIHxlaX3LnW4nqmNMGykP79ygJ2ttfhh8mp7fZvfy2sNCYKEOJ9eNQMJw_CDZNMpQwbNYmNMSbV7EHZ5WLX6xAhtXpmSg9/s2048/sunflower+bouquet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="2048" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPzPnnMkTQpd-Tmb7JnEx_vS0TaoTSnt6oRfpNua5PgJeUzPIHxlaX3LnW4nqmNMGykP79ygJ2ttfhh8mp7fZvfy2sNCYKEOJ9eNQMJw_CDZNMpQwbNYmNMSbV7EHZ5WLX6xAhtXpmSg9/w640-h622/sunflower+bouquet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But after the bees have pollinated and the petals have faded:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMtyhVFnXXikkJsa6onwf0V9VhV5a9fHG3MJXuc_LHahuglRCk3Qr0Pbmh0ZEe2XRkdsHXAYe_AWPzoVC5KEAi4bdFb5alK13NxDLXwpG1B7LaLvcrbK-C_EI_L62qxp83-AONK0WS7ik/s2048/faded+sunflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMtyhVFnXXikkJsa6onwf0V9VhV5a9fHG3MJXuc_LHahuglRCk3Qr0Pbmh0ZEe2XRkdsHXAYe_AWPzoVC5KEAi4bdFb5alK13NxDLXwpG1B7LaLvcrbK-C_EI_L62qxp83-AONK0WS7ik/w480-h640/faded+sunflower.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They make it to their final destination: food for the barnyard animals. The goats eat the leaves. The chicken peck out the seeds.</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWiU3FnQgRzJcWU9Fx1DsmJTcujrOPzsmjopCy57qe-uD0bLDVCuDfEzLYbxuqdXyxWbUyS6RKdjgz93lg1Nr6BxC-ZuJS_zoon6QH9h3lFbaX9xCMswEw5cBtXUFnxhkGI26TXu7FwxG/s2048/chicken+food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWiU3FnQgRzJcWU9Fx1DsmJTcujrOPzsmjopCy57qe-uD0bLDVCuDfEzLYbxuqdXyxWbUyS6RKdjgz93lg1Nr6BxC-ZuJS_zoon6QH9h3lFbaX9xCMswEw5cBtXUFnxhkGI26TXu7FwxG/w480-h640/chicken+food.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And everyone is happy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iMh85UVNlWSKxC21JhQ9gHH4E7T0IeUHVwQggfwBUnF0EwKGn4nkvMKuCHYtn8ifKfuiVUMw6AgWjYMT6_Edp8dgBh_3kdTc5yly-PxuRF-hDv6ZNbtoBkx2rw-pf1eCj-khv6FCiAMP/s2048/Poppy+and+Copper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iMh85UVNlWSKxC21JhQ9gHH4E7T0IeUHVwQggfwBUnF0EwKGn4nkvMKuCHYtn8ifKfuiVUMw6AgWjYMT6_Edp8dgBh_3kdTc5yly-PxuRF-hDv6ZNbtoBkx2rw-pf1eCj-khv6FCiAMP/w528-h640/Poppy+and+Copper.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">goat: Poppy and chicken: Copper</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-28622174751520977312021-06-21T09:58:00.003-07:002021-06-21T09:58:46.377-07:00Podcast interview with The Creator's Table<p> Today aired my podcast interview with Nicole @ The Creator's Table. I hope you have a chance to listen to it</p><p>The Creator's Table <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creators-table-podcast/id1551076824?i=1000526271903" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creators-table-podcast/id1551076824?i=1000526271903</a></p><p>Also some pictures from my blog:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbslOtEdgCr_vj83q7i_XHkCKC5XJjnXRKa6YbZsDGw9xOITCinmmsazcY39HiN3ttuhIwHU6gNWTloHQMcH5V2X29y2W6r32EBGr7AmiRus855flu0reXQiRS4zUs_aBzvF0Ii-YWcwL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbslOtEdgCr_vj83q7i_XHkCKC5XJjnXRKa6YbZsDGw9xOITCinmmsazcY39HiN3ttuhIwHU6gNWTloHQMcH5V2X29y2W6r32EBGr7AmiRus855flu0reXQiRS4zUs_aBzvF0Ii-YWcwL/w360-h640/39DD822A-48C7-4437-96E7-A8F61CA7F1CF.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr9hGXe3xYK_L1kXNLZmzBG2gJWLHP7MpBEzSfS60UnXwtUxyc3VL3HPfiEYDet_ZNbw_2fPiey9iq3VzwcGgJz7up1FWuYS-sFOHvDEInXikrSWkZajxYhmJEJ9V24t0BgLju1nCCKCu/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr9hGXe3xYK_L1kXNLZmzBG2gJWLHP7MpBEzSfS60UnXwtUxyc3VL3HPfiEYDet_ZNbw_2fPiey9iq3VzwcGgJz7up1FWuYS-sFOHvDEInXikrSWkZajxYhmJEJ9V24t0BgLju1nCCKCu/w640-h640/4D5F63B8-CBDA-45BD-967D-ADF3CA18FBF7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like now I'll have to keep posting. Coming up: Apricots</div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-24935893815387857592021-02-23T08:17:00.011-08:002021-03-18T13:16:26.120-07:00Got Eggs? Souffle! Souffle! Souffle!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVsAnPA5VPbUcaL1ncIiP0luUOHp8RE8w-7Bp4aIpu1slIP0jcBKseOkywAqGGQEsh-apa1SqFgYWRqjBJa6HkwApECu4ZiswIDC-940Ai7bFbaxPL-cImgQa4QPBtG5Ie8uBQjMh3dVd/s2048/cheese+souffle+-+blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1685" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVsAnPA5VPbUcaL1ncIiP0luUOHp8RE8w-7Bp4aIpu1slIP0jcBKseOkywAqGGQEsh-apa1SqFgYWRqjBJa6HkwApECu4ZiswIDC-940Ai7bFbaxPL-cImgQa4QPBtG5Ie8uBQjMh3dVd/w526-h640/cheese+souffle+-+blue.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pure perfection</div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawzlOCjdBz-h5QloZbHq_3oxVhFmAdJxnpknxjkMPT6wiCHauvzaNCGruQiLasStCbeVLX8nOIBkwnY-JwqfUX06lwiO-tMIopgcQ_T3gPCbg1adThAotSYJcrlunlTe9pfFLu7u7MA_V/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawzlOCjdBz-h5QloZbHq_3oxVhFmAdJxnpknxjkMPT6wiCHauvzaNCGruQiLasStCbeVLX8nOIBkwnY-JwqfUX06lwiO-tMIopgcQ_T3gPCbg1adThAotSYJcrlunlTe9pfFLu7u7MA_V/w644-h482/IMG_8947.jpg" width="644" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday's egg collecting</div>OK I waited 8 months for my new chickens to become hens and lay eggs. I always ask for abundance and this time I got it. Yesterday these sweet feathered friends gave me 8 beautiful brown and blue eggs. Now what? Souffles of course. First I made myself a lemon souffle for my birthday "cake" topped with a raspberry coulis. It really doesn't get any better than that.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLFAUFsIKIfut8t4YzOQO8yLWn0OvvOdO47ybSsQMXxDG_eiaEspAOEQczRT7AHuzWpR-sofBSpltWAgI55p2-ZfHZLkOjZSKn1bekHd0ixemr2rlMo0ljYjeGCSRSEA4vPJUQ9BWELIm/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLFAUFsIKIfut8t4YzOQO8yLWn0OvvOdO47ybSsQMXxDG_eiaEspAOEQczRT7AHuzWpR-sofBSpltWAgI55p2-ZfHZLkOjZSKn1bekHd0ixemr2rlMo0ljYjeGCSRSEA4vPJUQ9BWELIm/w480-h640/IMG_8910.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X4uNe0xdc2hzkKw2O0TlVA4xQhySCfs8ZQiTImA94qAS54je6ol_PNBeQVYS69pi2bHfkwocFSS0rQrAu8k6yG0KnyOvd7hPK909YQ6mr1dNwWVqkROi2oV2aLB_oxUCwLZdOj03slH4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X4uNe0xdc2hzkKw2O0TlVA4xQhySCfs8ZQiTImA94qAS54je6ol_PNBeQVYS69pi2bHfkwocFSS0rQrAu8k6yG0KnyOvd7hPK909YQ6mr1dNwWVqkROi2oV2aLB_oxUCwLZdOj03slH4/w480-h640/IMG_8911.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I made a classic Julia Child cheese souffle made with my goat milk cheddar cheese:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8TmJgLR4aRm8t1_9QTvRGOybI68bXAzQgR1_HQ4ZpnSmYjWOsro7-ApfR_7KqlL9270u-ARn3FO9s3NDqeDXPXk6Z-1Tv_eivVWfC_EuY9gO2TAscV5nVulUL0ept0PqiQjCQRJ8wfzO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2048" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8TmJgLR4aRm8t1_9QTvRGOybI68bXAzQgR1_HQ4ZpnSmYjWOsro7-ApfR_7KqlL9270u-ARn3FO9s3NDqeDXPXk6Z-1Tv_eivVWfC_EuY9gO2TAscV5nVulUL0ept0PqiQjCQRJ8wfzO/w640-h539/IMG_8940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>And last night I made chocolate souffle....yes I had a few strawberries and whipped cream<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmje5Xy-f539pXfsrh9ILUj3R1v8MJQJbZWNOogarAcV7UBL9OQGtavnXC7KEM9DuGhNu7rPjS5SC0u9kgfX90M1458VpOUVzpAkqDJm1M44ZqlrfvSFejmFFEOb7MPJrkYSTN8cKAsQCp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmje5Xy-f539pXfsrh9ILUj3R1v8MJQJbZWNOogarAcV7UBL9OQGtavnXC7KEM9DuGhNu7rPjS5SC0u9kgfX90M1458VpOUVzpAkqDJm1M44ZqlrfvSFejmFFEOb7MPJrkYSTN8cKAsQCp/w480-h640/IMG_8944.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfmnqOGCMULRRwNMd3O9LLhSrBeqe4ap4LPVmXibwGroMWqdQP095BdRTrbDixFt_Qb8ctwC2NMHOd-pJt0s9FaRyzBQtl17R-dFaeDkYJz_3Gv86OAIfdwCnVZi3Etjw-cXBphdsNCAM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfmnqOGCMULRRwNMd3O9LLhSrBeqe4ap4LPVmXibwGroMWqdQP095BdRTrbDixFt_Qb8ctwC2NMHOd-pJt0s9FaRyzBQtl17R-dFaeDkYJz_3Gv86OAIfdwCnVZi3Etjw-cXBphdsNCAM/w480-h640/IMG_8945.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>When I was a student at the Cordon Bleu School of Cooking in Paris in 1982 I learned to make this gorgeous and fun dessert. First you must learn the technique for a souffle and then choose savory or sweet. I want to share this with my Seattle granddaughters on my next trip. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20XyOSekfS82BXGEi0D83_0HyM6hZq6Hzs7ePWA1odeCoFtQTK4fP7WI_28quH6EEWBwWTUqmjTOo3Jy8AE_4Vth_64EDDWAJGV9cfwlwnhhxqpwdJq0GlH99u3Ztb6yHCszcXzd8V0aM/s2048/perfectly+beaten+egg+whites+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20XyOSekfS82BXGEi0D83_0HyM6hZq6Hzs7ePWA1odeCoFtQTK4fP7WI_28quH6EEWBwWTUqmjTOo3Jy8AE_4Vth_64EDDWAJGV9cfwlwnhhxqpwdJq0GlH99u3Ztb6yHCszcXzd8V0aM/w480-h640/perfectly+beaten+egg+whites+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">perfectly beaten egg whites</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCkODjYwxZvS7wC_ccwpLcF71SUO9nyKlwoVHEEIuozekOCcXNmk40REx_TNyN_ITdgkac4P5TLUqZiD9DnlPs7T-wd18Ffl_gx8du6X9st0tGD-6G_ZSB2ABkohv79RAAfwu54j1jZtw/s2048/chocolate+souffle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCkODjYwxZvS7wC_ccwpLcF71SUO9nyKlwoVHEEIuozekOCcXNmk40REx_TNyN_ITdgkac4P5TLUqZiD9DnlPs7T-wd18Ffl_gx8du6X9st0tGD-6G_ZSB2ABkohv79RAAfwu54j1jZtw/w480-h640/chocolate+souffle.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">chocolate souffle</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBMH1G3RvX06yBQ8KF5tuz0M1PkHvlbja2IWm8tgr9jfP46S-03Jh4PdH6Yp1JDRhEDnHcpq9CT3qFM0-RxvorvWBY-m29hJuU_SYTAfMKFfxo0FCyRmSJM5BNHKHzHjd7VPzEX2yFlfe/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBMH1G3RvX06yBQ8KF5tuz0M1PkHvlbja2IWm8tgr9jfP46S-03Jh4PdH6Yp1JDRhEDnHcpq9CT3qFM0-RxvorvWBY-m29hJuU_SYTAfMKFfxo0FCyRmSJM5BNHKHzHjd7VPzEX2yFlfe/w480-h640/IMG_8953.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> blood orange/passion fruit souffle <br /><br /><p></p><p>Souffle means "to puff" in French. French cooking is the origin of this dish and it is a classic delight. Souffles can be sweet like chocolate or lemon or they can be savory like cheese or lobster. Although the timing is sensitive it is not a difficult dish to make. The expertise comes in the method. That is usually the trick in French cooking. All of the flavor comes from the egg yolk have of the combination. You make a roux of butter and flour, add a little milk or other liquid and allow the roux to thicken the liquid. Let the liquid cool and add egg yolks, one at a time. And that's your base....add more flavorings like lemon or orange/passion fruit juice, citrus zest or other intense flavors and set this aside until your souffle dish or ramekins are prepared and your egg whites are beaten stiff but not dry. When it's time to mix the base with the "poof" take gentle care in folding (not mixing) the two together by starting with adding 1/4 of the whites to the base and then continuing 1/4 egg whites at a time until fully incorporated. Gently add any more ingredients like broccoli or lobster or raspberries before filling the baking dish (s).</p><p>Preparing the souffle dish is important too. If sweet, butter the dish then coat the butter with sugar and put in the fridge to get cold before filling them. If savory, butter and then coat with Parmesan cheese. This will give the outside of your souffle a little flavor and crunch of its own.</p><p>Fill the souffle dishes 3/4 of the way full and make sure the rims are clean before popping them in a hot oven. An aluminum foil collar is optional but if the baking pan has adequate space left it's not necessary Now NO PEAKING until the last 2 minutes of baking. If you open the oven door too soon the souffle with fall.</p><p>I used <a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/lemon-souffle-recipe-1925031">Anne Burrell's recipe for my basic lemon souffle:</a> I prefer baking in just one 6 cup souffle dish but the little ramekins are cute</p><p>Next fruit souffle: blood orange/passion fruit. I used the exact same method and substituted 3/4 cup blood orange/ passion fruit juice for the lemon juice and blood orange zest for the lemon zest. So fresh and delicious</p><p>I used <a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/claire-robinson/chocolate-souffles-recipe-1923266" target="_blank">Claire Robinson's recipe for chocolate souffle.</a> It's easy and reliable but not as traditional. Still it's impossible to find fault with any of it.</p><p>Now when you make a cheese souffle the only mentor I have for this is Julia. A perfect Julia Child masterpiece You can watch the entire <a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gti4y" target="_blank">French Chef episode on YouTube</a></p><p>Julia's ingredients:</p><p>Sauce: 8 egg whites (1 cup) 1 cup of cheese</p><p>3 TBs Butter 1 tsp cream of tartar</p><p>4 1/2 TBs flour pinch (large) of salt</p><p>1 1/2 cup warm milk</p><p>salt, pepper, nutmeg, cayenne</p><p>6 egg yolks</p><p>Place in 400 deg oven and once in reduce to 375 deg. Bake for about 30 minutes. A little jiggle is ok. I followed this recipe for the blue background cheese souffle above. You can see it's perfect</p><p>Bon Appetit!!!!!!!</p><p><br /><br /></p></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-59992724139701777052021-01-31T21:48:00.001-08:002021-01-31T21:48:26.105-08:00January 2021 challenge 1570 exercise minutes for the month<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CQVVQardDpOVwGTX2CksXWuOzue_i7NkoPipgw4sLw_xGobgIxol9kSj3TK98hGXlBbiCaVPNx_DuQSk6RZJzUWattdI4RvDqWR0zpLi2e_235O8QutJvyx3X8doxRQYU6TB0hGcY5O/s1200/jan+chal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CQVVQardDpOVwGTX2CksXWuOzue_i7NkoPipgw4sLw_xGobgIxol9kSj3TK98hGXlBbiCaVPNx_DuQSk6RZJzUWattdI4RvDqWR0zpLi2e_235O8QutJvyx3X8doxRQYU6TB0hGcY5O/w640-h640/jan+chal.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK I'm going to pat myself on the back one more time and then go back to posting food stuff. After completing the December challenge---just barely then January offered a new one: 1570 exercise minutes for the month. Holy Cow that makes it 50 exercise minutes a day.....every day for 31 days. OK forget about it. Never mind. No can do. But wait.....is it possible? I get my morning workout walking Charlotte for 2.25 miles....that's usually 40 minutes. Then in the evening we go out for a short walk....maybe 15 minutes of getting my heart rate up to a working level (Not too hard when your 72) and I also get on my mat and do some Yoga or Pilates or stretches so maybe it is possible. Well on January 24 I hit my 1570 minutes.....with 8 more days to go in the months. Now that January has come to a close I not only met this challenge but added 520 minutes to it......2090 minutes That's almost 35 hours of exercise. Well good for me. Along with that I was alcohol free and mid month went sugar and flour free as well. With all of that I should have shed 25 pounds, n'est pas? I'll accept 5. I'm afraid to read what my Apple Watch challenges me for February.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-35342773707042002402020-12-31T12:41:00.004-08:002021-01-01T10:54:27.125-08:00CHALLENGE: 2020 December fitness Happy New Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENuX5zppleJampv3SaZmhm0HhSdQtQAT31N5BIR4H7sIk-QdpH0CJ3VR_-L-UDxGDxCAztPkxXdDiUAv474uwVB_zm0ro2rk5IsvEao0wlNtedS33bKKFP3YPB9Bzg1RJAmpk4o_EMZME/s2532/December+challenge.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENuX5zppleJampv3SaZmhm0HhSdQtQAT31N5BIR4H7sIk-QdpH0CJ3VR_-L-UDxGDxCAztPkxXdDiUAv474uwVB_zm0ro2rk5IsvEao0wlNtedS33bKKFP3YPB9Bzg1RJAmpk4o_EMZME/w296-h640/December+challenge.PNG" width="296" /></a></div><br /> Read this carefully. I earned this award by moving 178.4 miles in the month of December. This translates to over 5.75 miles per day....14,400 steps EVERY SINGLE DAY in the 31 days in this month. It reflects this whole darn year of 2020, doesn't it? Some days are easy with no reminders of the big picture and some (like Monday---rained hard all day long--) days I was reminded of every challenge. I am proud of reaching this goal. Congratulations to you too for meeting all of the challenges of 2020 and I hope that 2021 will be a good one for us all. Now go out and move a little!<p></p><div>Edit note: At the end of this day I added a couple more miles making the total 180 miles exactly!</div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392705991888716722.post-20206629454629876112020-12-10T13:02:00.001-08:002020-12-10T13:02:47.175-08:00The BEST CORNBREAD ever<p> Who doesn't love a good piece of cornbread? I have tried a lot of recipes.....some simple.....some loaded with cheese, jalapeño chilis, creamed corn.....but I just love this one. King Alfred Baking Company, formerly King Alfred Flour has a plethora of great baking recipes but I do go back to <a href="https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/cornbread-recipe" target="_blank">this one </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2skB2gCyzBU9Gw6oH35AqvEDBOboP3bpwSEOTaZJGJZsUYez8Ol-19yL5iV-mPlhWtadRq8iqtOFtg9O0b4mi6D_GhYqP-Yib-KN60PsD6VGaxFIzqhEYTC2t1jRiPSN2RuNH96iSFpN/s2048/cornbread+ready+to+serve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2skB2gCyzBU9Gw6oH35AqvEDBOboP3bpwSEOTaZJGJZsUYez8Ol-19yL5iV-mPlhWtadRq8iqtOFtg9O0b4mi6D_GhYqP-Yib-KN60PsD6VGaxFIzqhEYTC2t1jRiPSN2RuNH96iSFpN/w640-h482/cornbread+ready+to+serve.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Try it with Brad's quince jam:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoDKkBZaECrM1D7e-Rr4pOxcCvthpmCG-6xjo_SkDtsV4Hci688OPHTRFMquYMRDQtB6LpsNQGG4mufUJc3hLtS4A8jpN6Q2UG_P8zVscr5zOg85PKZZMO5J7nBkLZnjDt5oyLYZixXKs/s2048/with+Quince+jam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="2048" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoDKkBZaECrM1D7e-Rr4pOxcCvthpmCG-6xjo_SkDtsV4Hci688OPHTRFMquYMRDQtB6LpsNQGG4mufUJc3hLtS4A8jpN6Q2UG_P8zVscr5zOg85PKZZMO5J7nBkLZnjDt5oyLYZixXKs/w640-h612/with+Quince+jam.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Try it with a bowl full of vegan chili</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MSMnSakOgab3h4dR-H3-mU6D-Gs3IyfXb7VwiwHkkebds1H77jsmTthGtgLV1YXiTZW9ps8dlQLtz3duHjX4XD8K9WCWvqYXE0nhnbE8V1O3qfmh7_xBX7zSwItVZcBiSx0jJO58DJYP/s2048/with+chili.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MSMnSakOgab3h4dR-H3-mU6D-Gs3IyfXb7VwiwHkkebds1H77jsmTthGtgLV1YXiTZW9ps8dlQLtz3duHjX4XD8K9WCWvqYXE0nhnbE8V1O3qfmh7_xBX7zSwItVZcBiSx0jJO58DJYP/w640-h633/with+chili.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Or just try it warm with butter....have you tried Goat milk butter? It's about $5/pound but so worth it<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DXEdpoFekXkHxEI2vndBH8af3olXDWzPXkf1Rzx8TmrzCwuaVqb3n6CbP00NSviP1xuhdczSncM-xtTgC2tyh5TekjLr_UEDV142wAsnfhCEQ2UkuN2dbVKorwrKUeqr83peVImhHEkZ/s2048/goat+milk+butter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DXEdpoFekXkHxEI2vndBH8af3olXDWzPXkf1Rzx8TmrzCwuaVqb3n6CbP00NSviP1xuhdczSncM-xtTgC2tyh5TekjLr_UEDV142wAsnfhCEQ2UkuN2dbVKorwrKUeqr83peVImhHEkZ/w480-h640/goat+milk+butter.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbWZYXV6Z2pd6qUYjpLdqNu8_wvvxWamweBZpxZ7BT9YMLhEvQHp-flr4PNfWAEmxCIHlJCQAbp4T3Lg8KZ-VUpszKDxI575JPNJAu3v08PEXOSoALsUROFVrjVCEkn15IEwv4qNr5Wuf/s2048/cornbread+mis+en+place.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbWZYXV6Z2pd6qUYjpLdqNu8_wvvxWamweBZpxZ7BT9YMLhEvQHp-flr4PNfWAEmxCIHlJCQAbp4T3Lg8KZ-VUpszKDxI575JPNJAu3v08PEXOSoALsUROFVrjVCEkn15IEwv4qNr5Wuf/w640-h480/cornbread+mis+en+place.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mis en place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I use buttermilk in place of regular milk when I have it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><ul class="list--bullets" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 0.313rem; padding-left: 1.875rem;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><b>Dry Ingredients:</b></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 3/4 cups (206g) <a data-name="King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour - 3 lb." data-price="$2.99" data-sku="211102" href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/king-arthur-unbleached-all-purpose-flour-3-lb" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; transition: all 0.3s ease;" target="_blank">King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour</a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 cup (156g) cornmeal</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/4 cup (50g) sugar</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">2 teaspoons baking powder</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/4 teaspoon baking soda</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon salt, to taste</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBnXu3S4jM6oklTqpSGzYO82pb9p9U8kJNQcPQtkLxvdVlBZg2Xje5OtoW7SBi_tGFqJXdqXL7Hr-jeqyU8Mt-HljIP1Lptlw5EztObvAtNtgywXFOzDvB2LnZ-eiial_eQR-LtitKV7y/s2048/mix+dry+ingredients.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBnXu3S4jM6oklTqpSGzYO82pb9p9U8kJNQcPQtkLxvdVlBZg2Xje5OtoW7SBi_tGFqJXdqXL7Hr-jeqyU8Mt-HljIP1Lptlw5EztObvAtNtgywXFOzDvB2LnZ-eiial_eQR-LtitKV7y/w640-h480/mix+dry+ingredients.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul class="list--bullets" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 0.313rem; padding-left: 1.875rem; text-align: start;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><b>Wet Ingredients:</b></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 1/4 cups (283g) lukewarm milk I use buttermilk whenever I have it</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">4 tablespoons (57g) unsalted butter, melted, cooled</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1/4 cup (50g) vegetable oil</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;">1 large egg</li></ul></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8r6N1ohOBbNzvpNEK1vTEThVkG_fi0ASLq_ca1wQka8wVpFAf-_b3yf4_uH9AFTyxGY0rUAM8l0cs8pei6Aw4a34rj1FUuWT9f3zvOCFS5bSFZ0tiwBhcncgcCDTV9T2DkKaeQjs4AZB/s2048/wet+ingredients.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8r6N1ohOBbNzvpNEK1vTEThVkG_fi0ASLq_ca1wQka8wVpFAf-_b3yf4_uH9AFTyxGY0rUAM8l0cs8pei6Aw4a34rj1FUuWT9f3zvOCFS5bSFZ0tiwBhcncgcCDTV9T2DkKaeQjs4AZB/w480-h640/wet+ingredients.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Method:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ol class="list--numbers" style="box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: a 0; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 0.313rem; padding-left: 1.75rem; text-align: start;"><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a 9" square or round pan (a cast-iron skillet will work fine, too), shallow 1 1/2 quart casserole dish, or <b>12 muffin cups.</b></p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Weigh your flour and cornmeal; or measure each by gently spooning into a cup, then sweeping off any excess. </span>In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.</p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">In another bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the milk, melted butter, vegetable oil, and egg.</p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Pour the liquid all at once into the flour mixture, stirring quickly and gently until just combined. Don't over mix: stir the batter just enough to bring it together and evenly moisten the ingredients.</p></li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJkRRJPPC8UOVMlcGb6HxmlPrPfDlez7jB5_tmTmEIvNSW3LpIQHrYKRcvrbUZUGoB9IS-Q5dmZxOAWp4ohohYx6e96DJX2mqHNNSFVcCNuk-fKEdjRKD-tYCX-Wkx5ZbixIzn7Y-KM7D/s2048/batter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJkRRJPPC8UOVMlcGb6HxmlPrPfDlez7jB5_tmTmEIvNSW3LpIQHrYKRcvrbUZUGoB9IS-Q5dmZxOAWp4ohohYx6e96DJX2mqHNNSFVcCNuk-fKEdjRKD-tYCX-Wkx5ZbixIzn7Y-KM7D/w480-h640/batter.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ol class="list--numbers" style="box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: a 0; font-family: brandon-grotesque; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 0.313rem; padding-left: 1.75rem; text-align: start;"><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Spread the batter into the prepared pan, or scoop into the muffin tin. I love these <a href="https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Reusable-Silicone-Baking-Cups/dp/B01KWTGAVQ/ref=asc_df_B01KWTGAVQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167125544335&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14500121739398238454&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030995&hvtargid=pla-299558049578&psc=1" target="_blank">silicone muffin cups</a></p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Bake the bread for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges just begin to pull away from the pan and a cake tester or paring knife inserted in the center comes out clean.</p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Remove the bread from the oven and cool it on a rack for 5 minutes before cutting; serve warm.</p></li><li class="field__item" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 0.016rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">If you have any leftovers and they go stale try making them into croutons.........really you almost wish there were some stale ones.</p></li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4S6Zob-_5gpW3KlK4aTikNNore72Weo06F4WKEf0hPI_XoyS6viVov5yNNFAnlSxXphGMv8yKcwWs9pFjhXzQHDbmqgGPDVer0IF4tvgGFouUIZfDggWYi9dBq78QOl_ualmcG_EU-4L/s2048/muffin+cups.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4S6Zob-_5gpW3KlK4aTikNNore72Weo06F4WKEf0hPI_XoyS6viVov5yNNFAnlSxXphGMv8yKcwWs9pFjhXzQHDbmqgGPDVer0IF4tvgGFouUIZfDggWYi9dBq78QOl_ualmcG_EU-4L/w640-h480/muffin+cups.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what they look like after 20 minutes in the muffin cups in a convection oven:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6rcyN4Dx-GSfOTtsy_puQLPGQPh3sLPWCx8MzLOYL1EWcoPkATT0X04d_rL3ky7pR-4I3uaD6uMvqGxltEQn-HlODGj5ch8FDe7ZPmwMvNGN6A6I_yGNeAA7GcV358NokwWZFAWQ1AdV/s2048/cool+on+rack+5+minutes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6rcyN4Dx-GSfOTtsy_puQLPGQPh3sLPWCx8MzLOYL1EWcoPkATT0X04d_rL3ky7pR-4I3uaD6uMvqGxltEQn-HlODGj5ch8FDe7ZPmwMvNGN6A6I_yGNeAA7GcV358NokwWZFAWQ1AdV/w480-h640/cool+on+rack+5+minutes.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Bon Appetit, y'all<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951939740601652672noreply@blogger.com0