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I just froze 6 quarts of tomato sauce and 4 half-pint containers of tomato-basil soup. I still have a couple of 5 gallon pails worth of ripe tomatoes on the vine, but I think I'll take them to the local food shelf. Between the abundance of berries and tomatoes, I am running low on freezer containers; however, I just found a box of empty large Cool Whip containers that will work. We are done picking blackberries -- too much competition from the yellow jackets and their stings are very painful. I'll pick blueberries once more, maybe a quart, and remove the netting for the birds to feast. Raspberries are just approaching peak picking, and that will continue until we get a good frost, mid to late October most years.
We had calzones cooked on the grill. Excellent meal!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.I made the KAF chocolate zucchini cake - delicious! Cocoa, chocolate chips, and chocolate ganache topping.
We had salads tonight: d'Italini, seafood, and Greek. We dined in the middle of a thunderstorm with heavy winds and rain, but did not lose power.
Aaron, if your Weber is big enough, you can still put the veggies on a sheet pan, drizzle with oil and whatever seasonings, and grill them at the same time as the chicken. Just use an old sheet pan (or buy an old one at a yard sale or thrift shop) because it will probably warp and not look so great when done. Or, you could buy what I call a "grill wok", with holes in it, made special for grilling.
Major concerns in the Northeast about low supplies of heating fuel, as we approach the winter heating season. But some suppliers are saying don't worry, we're prepared.
BLTs for dinner. Easy prep!
I have a mess in the kitchen - it's the preserving season of the year! I have salsa started, with about 8 pints of chopped tomatoes draining, and jalepenos, and garlic ready to chop. I probably don't have enough cilantro still growing in my herb planter. I also have about 30 large tomatoes skinned, and ready to process with the stick blender, and then will add diced celery, bell pepper, and onion, and cook down for several hours. I need to get this done today because it is predicted to be 92 tomorrow.
I'm also in the process of making a d'Italini salad, with celery, onion, red bell pepper, summer squash and zucchini, and peas if I can find some in the freezer. Maybe add some sliced black olives, too. We'll have that with grilled pork ribs for dinner.
I made 2 loaves of bread with oatmeal, bread flour, barley, rye, onion and flax meal.
My bean crop is very disappointing, and I'm not sure why. I grow them in a 2' x 4' x 8" deep planter on the deck, and fertilize with 1/4 strength Miracle Grow about every 10 days. I've also watered them, soaking, about every 3-4 days, as we've had only about 1.25" of rain this month. The first, main crop, was excellent, similar to the crop last year. But I didn't get another crop! For 37 years, I've gotten one huge main crop, a 2nd smaller crop, and then a handful of beans every week or so. This time, the plants did not produce any more flowers, so no more beans. We've had about 20 days of 90* temps, but with about 5-7 days of low to mid-80s in between hot days. It's a variety I have often grown, Blue Lake. Since everything else on my deck flourished with the same management, I don't know why I didn't get more beans. I miss having fresh beans for dinner!
I just picked a 5 gallon pail of huge, ripe Celebrity tomatoes. Tomorrow I freeze sauce and salsa. There are another couple of pails of huge green tomatoes. I think this is the best crop in the 37 years I've been gardening here. Very few of the LaRoma tomatoes are red, but there must be a couple of pails of green ones. The average date of our first killing frost is October 15, so they have plenty of time to ripen.
BakerAunt, I'm so glad your husband is looking out for us!! The .70 inches saved us from watering the garden, but I don't know that it was enough to make a dent in the drought. Hopefully with the onset of meteorological fall next week, the weather patterns will change, but who knows these days what Mother Nature has in mind for us.
We had grilled hamburger patties, corn on the cob, broccoli salad, and a tomato-cucumber-onion salad. We got a horrendous thunderstorm with heavy winds and pouring rain this afternoon, .70 inches of water. My garden will look green and happy tomorrow. Me, too!
Dinner tonight was pizza. I decided to not make our usual thick-crust, loaded pizza, but to try the Neopolitan thin-crust recipe from from KABC's Pizza School. The crust was good, but the toppings were a bit charred from trying to get the bottom of the crust brown and crispy. That is a function of my misbehaving oven. I rarely bake in it any more, choosing to use my Breville countertop oven. However, the Lodge cast iron pizza pan that I love, and that gives great results, is a little too big for the Breville.
We grilled salmon and potatoes, and had leftover broccoli salad.
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