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I roasted a chicken on Thursday, which we bought at a good price at the local grocery on Tuesday. I think that they sometimes sell rotisserie ready chickens that they end up not roasting. We had it with the remainder of the stir-fry. It was a busy day for us, as we decided to re-arrange an area of our living room that has never looked right. That also meant removing Annie's favorite chair, which was not in good condition, and that has caused her some anxiety, as she does not like change, and on top of that, we were running the vacuum cleaner. The new area looks great, and Annie has been consoled with some chicken. We are trying to get her to adopt a different chair, but right now, she is ignoring it, so I moved her mat next to the desk.
I forgot to add that I made more refrigerator dill pickles on Wednesday. Our dill is gone from the garden, but we froze a bunch of it to use.
Thanks, Mike. That's helpful.
That is yummy, Joan! I like those meals that go another night.
Our dinner on Wednesday was the last two pork chops, the rest of the zucchini stir-fry, and a new stir-fry of brown and wild rice (from the earlier batch of rice) that I added to sauteed red bell pepper and green onion, then broccoli florets and a cup of chicken broth (Penzey's chicken base, as I did not have a small amount available). There is enough of the stir-fry to have with tomorrow's dinner.
On Tuesday, I baked a Braided Apple Filling loaf. I used my cinnamon roll dough and filling that I froze nearly two years ago. I had a lot of filling and enough was left over that I used the dough that I cut off at the corners to make a mini-braided loaf. I have a baking mat that I bought from King Arthur that has the instructions on how to do a filled bread (also on how to do a six-strand braided bread), but I also looked at the Braided Lemon Bread recipe that they have. I baked the loaves at 350 F, which works better for an oil based rather than a butter based filled loaf. The little loaf was done in about 20 minutes. The larger loaf, toward the back of the oven was done after 25 minutes. I cut the little one in half while it was still warm and had it for tea, leaving the other half for Scott when he got back from the woods to have with his tea. We also each had a slice for dessert. I am pleased that the filling, made with regular Clear Jel held up over the two years. I still have another, larger container of filling to use in sweet rolls.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.I always put out the pumpkin and squash seeds for the squirrels and chipmunks. They go fast!
We had the leftover pork chops and vegetable stir-fry for dinner on Tuesday.
Well, some critter did hollow out the rinds, so some animal appears to have deigned to eat it.
I am about to bake Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers on Monday evening. I had planned to bake them in the late afternoon, but we had a power outage for about an hour due to a gas leak in town which required the electricity be turned off. It takes about an hour and a half to do my four trays of crackers, and I did not want dinner to be late, so I bumped them until after dinner.
For Monday night's dinner, I made pecan-coated boneless pork chops, and a stir-fry of brown and wild rice (cooked in the rice cooker in turkey broth from the freezer), with green onions, mushrooms, and yellow zucchini.
I love Vitacost. If you order $49 worth, then shipping is free. They also ship fast. I usually have the order within a couple of days. As Aaron notes, they also have coupons and specials when you get on their email list. They just sent me a 20% off When they have other promotions, they allow you to stack the savings. So, if they are having a 20% off of food and drinks and 15% off of Bob's Red Mill, they let you have both discounts.
My only issue is that I've had a couple of boxes where an item broke open. The last time, it was a bag of milk powder. However, I notified them online, and they quickly sent a replacement. I've even order almond butter and maple syrup from them, and the glass jars were well wrapped and arrived undamaged.
So, by all means order from them. They are one of the best deals out there.
On Sunday, I baked three loaves of Whole Wheat Oat Bran Bread. We will begin slicing one for lunch tomorrow, and the other two will go into the freezer.
For Sunday dinner, I roasted salmon coated with pecan meal, Dijon mustard, maple syrup, and a bit of Panko. I also roasted potato chunks tossed in olive oil in the smaller oven. We had it with more of the green bean salad.
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!
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