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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46487
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      We were down to our last slice of bread, so on Wednesday, I baked three loaves of Whole Wheat Buttermilk Oat Bran Bread. Two will go into the freezer.

      Skeptic--If you have some tomato paste, you can mix it with some water and some seasonings for an improvised tomato sauce. I have also used Muir fire-roasted tomatoes (15 oz. can) and cooked them down in a pan in which I first heat some minced garlic in a bit of olive oil. In fact, that is the pizza sauce I make when I do not have any fresh tomatoes or frozen in the freezer.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46486
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        We have finished most of the leftovers, so for dinner on Wednesday, I made my healthier version of my Mom's Hamburger Stroganoff, which we had over brown and mixed wild rice. I was able to get some late asparagus at the farmers market yesterday, so for a side dish I roasted it with chunky mushroom slices and cherry tomatoes. My elder bonus son and I are both asparagus fans. As Scott is not, he had microwaved fresh broccoli as his vegetable. While the asparagus of June is not as wonderful as the asparagus of May, it is still very good.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46481
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          We had a leftover dinner tonight. My elder bonus sun had the rest of the turkey loaf, and my husband and I had the leftover roasted chicken thighs. We all had more of the quinoa salad, with just enough left over for me to have for lunch tomorrow. Our temperatures were in the upper 80s today, with periodic strong wind, so it was a good day not to turn on the oven. Tomorrow should be much cooler.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46479
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            On Monday, I baked another batch of Big Lake Judy's Best Ever Molasses Cookies so that we will have them for teatime and for snacks.

            in reply to: Tick Season is Bad this Year #46476
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              Thanks, CWCdesign. The article is very helpful. It's good to know that there is an alternative to Deet. I will check it out.

              The rash is clearing up, but the main bite area is still swollen. I've had some off and on fatigue, but I am definitely better today.

              We did another walk in the woods today, but I stayed out of any brush.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46475
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                Looks great, Joan!

                Mike--Quality Control is Very Important when it comes to cookies! You can't be too careful.

                I also see that CWC design had her priorities straight in saving room for tiramisu!

                Our Monday night dinner was leftover black-eyed peas with brown rice and ham.

                in reply to: 2025 Gardens #46470
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                  Sadly, that is true, Len, but I'm not sure that there was ever anything that you could have done to stop it, from what my husband told me. I hope you will at least get this crop of peaches from it this year.

                  in reply to: New Tortilla Press #46469
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                    I've wondered about the tortilla press, Skeptic. I have read that you do need to use waxed paper or parchment when flattening the tortilla dough or it will stick to the press.

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46458
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                      I baked Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers on Sunday from dough I made last week. My husband finished the last batch of crackers at lunch, so my timing is perfect.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of June 1, 2025? #46457
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                        Our Sunday dinner was Turkey Zucchini Meat Loaf with Peach-Dijon Glaze and a Penzey's quinoa salad recipe that calls for corn and lima beans. I'm actually posting this note while the turkey loaf is in the oven, but it will be true in another half hour!

                        in reply to: 2025 Gardens #46454
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                          Len, I showed the pictures to my husband. His first degree was in forestry, and he still works with lots of trees in our woods, planting, protecting from deer, sometimes taking them down. He said that the area looks dead, which is why the bark would be peeling. It may be some kind of disease that peach trees get, caused by a fungus.

                          My husband just moved his two citrus trees, one grown from a tangerine seed and the other from a blood orange seed, outside for the summer. We doubt they will ever have fruit, but they are getting rather large.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of May 25, 2025? #46447
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                            I baked Bittersweet Blackberry Brownies on Saturday night using more of the frozen blackberry puree I made last summer.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 25, 2025? #46445
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                              For dinner on Saturday, I made black-eyed peas with brown rice, ham from the freezer, yellow bell pepper, chopped celery, kale, dried onion, and thyme. The weather is still cool, with a high in the upper 60s today, but that will change by Monday.

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of May 25, 2025? #46441
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                                What a beautiful pie, Joan!

                                I baked Blackberry Jam Oatmeal bars on Friday. With a bonus son here, we are going through desserts fast!

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 25, 2025? #46440
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                                  I roasted six chicken thighs for dinner on Friday. We had the chicken with leftover potato salad from Monday and a green salad with spinach, cherry tomatoes, and carrots.

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