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Monday's dinner was chicken salad, made with the rest of the roasted chicken breast combined with the leftover tartar sauce, a bit more mayonnaise, the green part of the scallions my husband is growing in a pot, and a bit of pepper. We had them on half whole grain bread wraps that I made on the stove top. We also had microwaved fresh broccoli, and my husband finished off the farro vegetable stir-fry.
After dinner, I de-seeded the 2 quarts of blackberries that we picked yesterday. I will be making jam soon. I also washed the 10.75 lbs. of blueberries we picked today and have spread them out on paper towel-lined sheet pans to dry overnight so that I can freeze them tomorrow.
I had planned to bake another batch of Len's buns to go with chicken salad tonight, but we went blueberry picking in the morning before running an errand, and after a late lunch, and hotter weather than we have had for a while, the last thing I wanted to do was to turn on the oven. So, I went back to an old recipe for Whole Grain Soft Wrap Bread, which started as a King Arthur recipe some years ago.
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/soft-wrap-bread-recipe
It was long enough ago that the recipe is handwritten in a small binder not typed in my larger one. I had substituted ½ cup white whole wheat flour plus ½ cup buckwheat flour and added a tablespoon of flax meal. I decided to make the recipe half wholegrain by increasing the white whole wheat substitution to 1 cup, adding 1 Tbs. special dried milk, and using avocado oil. As each wrap finished cooking, I folded it in half and put it under a towel to keep warm, since once they cool, they break if folded in half. Mine are not fluffy like the King Arthur ones, but they are delicious, and we enjoyed them. I think they would be great with an egg or tuna salad filling as well.
When my husband pushed it over, the little coon scampered out and went up the nearest tree.
We had leftover farro stir-fry with leftover roasted chicken breast and fresh green beans from the garden--the same menu as last night.
I should have made it clear that my stepson and I were having a joke. 🙂
I also believe in moderation.
Can you turn the bin on its side, Len? That's what we had to do to help out a juvenile raccoon that was in our garbage bin, although at least ours was empty.
We have found that our bins (trash and recycling) and the neighbor's two bins that are next to it, need to be set up so that the raccoons cannot stand on one side to flip the lids up to get inside the bin next to it. I hope the raccoon gets out.
Well, various health organizations tell us Americans eat too much sugar. I read that men should limit themselves to 9 tsp. per day, while women should limit themselves to 6 tsp. per day. My younger bonus son says that is more evidence of the patriarchy at work!
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/added-sugar-in-the-diet/#:~:text=The%20AHA%20suggests%20a%20stricter,of%20sugar)%20for%20most%20men.
I bought more zucchini at the farmers' market, so I will be baking zucchini bread soon.
On Saturday, I made Maple Granola.
I also baked three loaves of my Oat Bran Whole Wheat Buttermilk Bread. Hot weather is predicted for the middle and end of the coming week, so I wanted to have two loaves for the freezer.
On Saturday, I made blackberry-black raspberry jam and canned three 8 oz. jars and one 4 oz. jar. When I de-seeded the blackberries I picked on Wednesday, I only had three cups of pulp, so I added a half cup of black raspberries that I had frozen, which gave me the 3 ½ cups I needed. Tomorrow, I will go back to our woods to pick more blackberries. Our terrace has some but not in abundance.
A sloppy Josephine is made with ground turkey instead of ground beef.
We had leftover Sloppy Josephines on leftover Len's buns with leftover coleslaw. Are you sensing a theme? 🙂
Chocomouse-- I saw somewhere this week that those chocolate cookies are no longer being produced.
I have not tried freezing shredded zucchini for baking, but I have frozen it to use in turkey loaf. I usually freeze about 2 cups instead of the 1 cup that recipe requires, then drain off the water after thawing.
For dinner on Thursday, I made roasted bone-in chicken breasts, following the same recipe as I used recently, and again seasoning with Penzey's Justice. I do not know what size the chicken breasts in the recipe at Serious Eats are, but 35 minutes is not long enough. The smaller of the three needed about 40 minutes. The large ones took 50 minutes. I also made a stir-fry with farro and carrots, celery, yellow bell pepper, mushrooms, and kale from our garden. We also had microwaved green beans from our garden, so lots of vegetables! We will have plenty leftover, so I can focus my time in the kitchen the next few days on other projects.
I baked Big Lake Judy's Molasses Cookies on Thursday. I asked my husband what kind of cookie he wanted, and he requested these, even though I baked them just a couple of weeks ago. That recipe is definitely a winner in our house!
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