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It has, typically, cooled off here lately; 78 now, but moving into the low 80s the next few days, with nights down around 50. This morning I made bagels - nice and crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside.
Happy Birthday, Mike! Hope you enjoyed all those baked goodies and have some leftovers for tomorrow!
My kitchen was busy today! I made a tomato tart, which came out a little runny (should have used my Roma tomatoes, but I will try to drain off some of the excess liquid) but delicious as usual. I fixed maple candied carrots for my husband. And I made lemon blueberry muffins (and forgot to put in the sugar; it helps to read the recipe!). And we grilled tuna steaks for dinner.
But the biggest excitement of my day was my trip to KAF!! Rather, KABC. I have not been there now for at least 6 months; I rarely leave the house these days. I called ahead with my order, and picked it up curbside 20 minutes later! A very efficient, pandemic-safe process. I also spent less money than usual, because I was not tempted by all the goodies I don't need when walking through the store. I had shopped online first, however, and taken inventory of my pantry. I got a bag of semolina, one of Harvest Grains Blend, and Pumpernickel. I also bought a #16, 1/4 cup, disher, which I immediately put to use at home making the muffins - perfect! I should have bought one of these 30 years ago. The dough slid out easily, no sticky mess, and although I'm left-handed, it was very easy to use. The sizing was perfect, nicely domed. I highly recommend. Now, I need to decided if I like the new packaging. Clear plastic bags replacing the plastic-lined brown paper bags. Still have the zip-lock closure.
BakerAunt, I'm sorry you cannot eat brats now. I feel badly just posting about them. How about some chicken sausage? I've eaten some really good ones, but I didn't pay much attention to the fat content. I have a feeling that the label "chicken" is supposed to make you think low-fat, although if you read the fine print, they are not very low fat at all!
I had a tomato sandwich and husband had a BLT for dinner. I processed about 5 quarts of tomato sauce for the freezer today also.
We had our first crop of string beans from the raised planters on the deck way back in July. I did a second planting about August 1st in one of the planters. In the other one, I cut back the original bean plants, leaving 4-6 inches, always leaving behind a couple of leaves. I know in the in-ground garden, that if I keep picking the young beans, the plants produce more flowers and thus beans, for quite a while; however, they do eventually stop producing. I wasn't sure if they would produce more leaves and beans as a result of the severe pruning that I did -- but they sure have!! This winter, I"ll go back over all my gardening notes and figure out a planting schedule to try next summer. How great to not have to plant more seeds, yet get like-new plants!! I love garden fresh beans, second only to tomatoes!
We had grilled boneless pork chops, kale salad, tomatoes, and green and yellow beans from the 2nd planting in the raised beds on the deck.
Our dinner tonight was brats on home-made buns with roasted onions and peppers, and refrigerator pickles.
Today I made a pecan pie, my husband's request. I also made two loaves of sandwich bread, using whole wheat, AP, oatmeal, and Super 10 Blend.
We had grilled steak -- a rarity in this house. It's just not one of my preferred proteins. Sides were pasta salad and cucumbers.
Sunday dinner was chicken patties, pasta salad with kale, onions, black olives, feta and Ranch dressing, and steamed summer squash and zucchini.
I made KAF's Seeded Rye Sandwich Bread today, doubling the recipe for two loaves. I used pickle juice in place of the water, and oil instead of butter. I added dried onion (a Tablespoon), caraway, and charnuska seeds. It did not rise well -- I ended up giving it 5 hours, and it did get puffy, but didn't rise even a full inch; I felt it really was not ready yet. However, I put them into a cold oven set to 350, and they rose 2 inches above the sides of the bread pan! It also sort of blew out, or perhaps more correctly, lifted up the top of each loaf, more on one side than the other. I've had that happen a couple of times over the years, but very rarely, and I'm always amazed! I will try to remember to take photos tomorrow.
Our dinner was grilled chicken thighs, grilled potatoes drizzled with olive oil and Penzey's Foxpoint seasoning, steamed zucchini and summer squash, and a cucumber-onion salad.
Thanks for posting that recipe, Joan. And Mike, that was my first thought too: "I'll just use my shortbread recipe." But then I thought "no way!", I'll file it with my "quick and easy" recipes -- yummy foods I can throw together just by opening pre-packaged foods and transforming them into something new and delicious!
Joan, what is blueberry yum yum?? It sounds delicious!
We had BLTs, again, although I have just a plain tomato sandwich while my husband has the works. But, when the garden tomatoes are ripe.... And today I made 2 pints of salsa and 2 quarts of tomato sauce.
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