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Turkey Bacon and Tomato sandwiches commenced yesterday with an Early Girl Tomato. Today, I had some of the first Dester Indiana tomato, which was quite large. It had a little split, but that was not a problem. Scott picked about nine more Early Girls, so I am set for a while as I wait for more of the Dester Indiana.
Our pumpkin plants--three seed planted in a grow bag--have had lovely long vines and flashy male flowers, but nary a single female flower. Scott thinks that there is perhaps one female bud, but it is late August, so if a pumpkin does form, he does not think it will mature before we get a freeze. I think that all that long hot weather with high humidity is not something the fairy tale pumpkin variety likes.
Joan, you can probably just use white whole wheat flour or even just all-purpose flour, and the cookies will be fine. If you use all AP flour, you might cut back the lemon juice by a teaspoon or two, since wholegrain flours absorb more liquid. Barley flour is hard to find ever since Bob's Red Mill stopped carrying it. I order 8 lb. bags from a place in Washington State, as it is vital for some of my recipes, but I am always looking for ways to use it in others, because 8 lbs. is a lot!
That looks good, Joan!
For dinner on Saturday, I made Green Bean, Cherry Tomato, and Feta salad again, using our green beans and cherry tomatoes from the farmers market, as we have some on our plants but not that many. I also made Oven Crisp Fish and Chips with Dill Tartar Sauce.
On Friday, I baked six Blueberry Oat Muffins for breakfast, which is a half recipe. We had about 1/3 cup of blueberries that we have accumulated from our two blueberry bushes (well, one underperformed, so mostly from a single bush), and these small berries have been drying out in the refrigerator. They made excellent muffins, and we reveled in having used ones we grew.
My other baking adventure was to take, as my starting point, the Lemon Oatmeal Sugar Cookie recipe that Joan bakes and to which she posted a link. I wanted to see if I could adapt it as an oil cookie with a more nutritionally dense profile. I had one last night, about an hour after baking, and thought that I was close. However, after eating one today, I know that I nailed it. The cookies need to rest overnight in order to come into their full flavor. Because I made so many changes, I have typed the recipe and will post it here at Nebraska Kitchen in the recipe section, along with a picture.
Scott was dubious about a Lemon Oatmeal Cookie recipe until he tasted them. He is now a convert.
We had the leftover pizza for dinner on Friday.
When we cleared out my husband's parents' home after they passed away, we emptied saltshaker after saltshaker, and each one contained a few grains of rice.
My garlic powder, onion powder, Penzey's Mural of Flavor and their Sunny Paris will cake, but I just open the jar and use a thin butter knife to break it all up. What I really hate is when the espresso powder cakes, as it is difficult to break up. I sometimes put it in the coffee grinder. None of this was a problem when we lived in Texas, with its dry climate, but I do like living in an area with some humidity, although admittedly not the humidity we have had this summer.
To keep cabbage that I buy at the farmers market fresher for longer, I wrap it tightly in saran and store in the refrigerator.
We have had two days now of cooler weather, with temperatures in the 70s, so I took the opportunity to make Sourdough Pan Pizza for dinner. It has been a long time since we have had pizza for dinner, and Len's pizza pictures on Nebraska Kitchen reminded me of how much I wanted pizza!
Yes, Chocomouse: husbands cannot be left alone with cakes or cookies!
For Wednesday night's dinner, I roasted some potato chunks in the countertop oven to go with the rest of the Turkey-Zucchini Loaf and the rest of the red coleslaw. That was an easy dinner, since we drove to Fort Wayne and back today for my husband's check-up with the oral surgeon.
I made dough for Whole Wheat Sourdough Crackers on Tuesday. I will bake them either at the end of this week or early next week.
We reheated two slices of the Turkey-Zucchini meatloaf, which we had with the rest of the green beans, cherry tomato, and feta salad.
We had a lot of lightening late Monday evening and into this morning, along with 2.36 inches of rain. It has been a long time since we had this much from storms.
My husband tells me that even the animals are ignoring the unripe watermelon!
Mike--I read your post to my husband and showed him the picture. His verdict is the same as yours: it does not look good.
I baked two recipes of Scottish Oatcakes on Monday afternoon. I have packed most of these to send to one of my sisters, along with four different jars of jam. She will be having surgery to deal with scar tissue sometime in the next month or so, and I wanted to send her an advance care package.
For dinner on Monday, I made Turkey-Zucchini Loaf with Peach-Dijon Glaze, using the rest of the zucchini that I grated yesterday, as well as some peach jam left over from when I canned a batch. I also made Green Beans, Cherry Tomato, and Feta Salad to go with it.
I'll add a picture tomorrow.
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